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Kazakhstan national football team
European Championship | Qualifiers
Oct 10, 2015 at 5pm UK
 
Netherlands national football team

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Robin van Persie: 'I'm happy with 100th cap, but I wanted start'

Robin van Persie is pleased to have won his 100th Netherlands cap, but admits that he would have preferred it to come in a game in which he started.

Robin van Persie has admitted that his 100th Netherlands cap was marred by the fact that he started on the bench in Saturday's 2-1 win away to Kazakhstan in Euro 2016 qualifying.

Van Persie, 32, reached centurion status with a three-minute cameo after replacing Klaas Jan Huntelaar, with goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder in either half enough to earn a much-needed three points.

Coach Danny Blind suggested that a lack of fitness was behind his decision to bench the Fenerbahce forward, but the former Arsenal and Manchester United man disagrees.

"The important thing is that we won," he told De Telegraaf. "But I would have rather started.

"I'm very fit. I often played with aches for the Netherlands, but that was not the case today. But again, it's not all about me. It's about winning for the team."

The victory briefly saw Blind's men - who cannot qualify automatically - move into third spot in Group A with one qualifier left, before Turkey beat Czech Republic to reclaim it.

The Oranje need to beat the Czechs and hope that leaders Iceland win away to Turkey on Tuesday in order to secure a playoff spot.

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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

Group F

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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