Oranje squashed
Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder (left) reacts even as Roman Pavlyuchenko of Russia celebrates victory at St. Jakob-Park.
Russia won 3-1 and qualified for the semi-finals.
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The Netherlands had looked to be the favourites ahead of the game after a tremendous run in the group stage, which saw them humble 2006 World Cup champions Italy 3-0 and runners-up France 4-1 before seeing off Romania with a second-string side 2-0.
But Russia outclassed the 1988 European champions with Roman Pavlyuchenko scoring his third goal of the tournament early in the second half and then Dmitry Torbinsky and Andrei Arshavin gave Russia the victory they richly deserved.
Ruud van Nistelrooy had pulled one back for the Netherlands in the 86th minute to take the game to extra time.
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