Netherlands 2-1 Serbia Recap: Zirkzee Winner on Van Dijk's 100th Cap Night (Oct 4)

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The Netherlands beat Serbia 2-1 at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven on Sunday, on a night that belonged to two milestones: Virgil van Dijk's 100th international cap, and Joshua Zirkzee's 72nd-minute winner.

What happened

Teun Koopmeiners opened the scoring in the 31st minute, his delivery finding its way through the crowd and into the net. Serbia hit back just four minutes later — Mihajlo Cvetkovic heading home from an Aleksa Terzic cross. Strahinja Pavlovic then missed a huge chance on the stroke of half-time, and Serbia goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic even came forward for the final set pieces as the visitors chased the game.

Zirkzee settled it in the 72nd, finishing from close range after the Dutch worked the ball back across the box. Drama at the death: Micky van de Ven went off injured around the 89th minute after the Netherlands had used all their substitutions, so the hosts finished with ten men — an injury, not a red card.

The betting recap

Mixed bag from the morning preview: Netherlands to score in both halves ~1.70 cashed (31' and 72'), but Netherlands -2 Asian handicap ~1.82 missed — they won by only one — and BTTS No ~1.75 fell when Cvetkovic equalized.

Group A2 standings

The Dutch go top with 8 points, level with Greece but ahead on the tiebreaker. Germany sit third on 5 points; Serbia are bottom on 0 after four straight defeats — and relegation is now confirmed.

Xavi's side remain unbeaten and take control of the group with two matchdays left.