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  • June 11th 1978 (16:45)
    Mendoza, Estadio Mendoza
    SCOTLAND - NETHERLANDS
    3-2 (1-1)
    
         GOALS             34'  0-1  Rob Rensenbrink (penalty)
                           44'  1-1  Kenny Dalglish (assist - Joe Jordan)
                           47'  2-1  Archie Gemmill (penalty)
                           68'  3-1  Archie Gemmill
                           72'  3-2  Johnny Rep (assist - Ruud Krol)
    
    
         REFEREE           Erich Linemayr (Austria)
         LINESMEN          Karoly Palotai (Hungary)
                           Hedi Seoudi (Tunisia)
    
         YELLOW CARDS      35'  Archie Gemmill (SCO)
    
         RED CARDS         -
    
         ATTENDANCE        40,000
    
    
    
    
         SCOTLAND                           AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          1 GK Alan Rough                    26   25 Nov 1951   Partick Thistle
          3 DF William Donachie              26   05 Oct 1951   Manchester City (ENG)
          4 DF Martin Buchan                 29   06 Mar 1949   Manchester United (ENG)
         13 DF Stuart Kennedy (c)            25   31 May 1953   Aberdeen
         14 DF Thomas Forsyth                29   23 Jan 1949   Glasgow Rangers
          6 MD Bruce Rioch                   30   06 Sep 1947   Derby County (ENG)
         10 MD Asa Hartford                  27   24 Oct 1950   Manchester City (ENG)
         15 MD Archie Gemmill                31   24 Mar 1947   Nottingham Forest (ENG)
         18 MD Graeme Souness                25   06 May 1953   Liverpool (ENG)
          8 FW Kenny Dalglish                27   04 Mar 1951   Liverpool (ENG)
          9 FW Joe Jordan                    26   15 Dec 1951   Manchester United (ENG)
    
         Substitutes
         None used.
    
         Coach: Ally MacLeod                 47   26 Feb 1931
    
    
    
         NETHERLANDS                        AGE   D.O.B.        CLUB
          8 GK Jan Jongbloed                 37   25 Nov 1940   Roda Kerkrade
          2 DF Jan Poortvliet                22   21 Sep 1955   PSV Eindhoven
          5 DF Ruud Krol (c)                 29   24 Mar 1949   Ajax
         17 DF Wim Rijsbergen          (-46) 26   18 Jan 1952   Feyenoord
         20 DF Wim Suurbier                  33   16 Jan 1945   Schalke 04 (GER)
          6 MD Wim Jansen                    31   28 Oct 1946   Feyenoord
         10 MD Rene van de Kerkhof           26   16 Sep 1951   PSV Eindhoven
         11 MD Willy van de Kerkhof          26   16 Sep 1951   PSV Eindhoven
         13 MD Johan Neeskens          (-10) 26   15 Sep 1951   Barcelona (SPA)
         12 FW Rob Rensenbrink               30   03 Jul 1947   RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
         16 FW Johnny Rep                    26   25 Nov 1951   SC Bastia (FRA)
    
         Substitutes
          7 MD Piet Wildschut          (+46) 20   25 Oct 1957   Twente
         14 MD Johan Boskamp           (+10) 29   21 Oct 1948   Racing Molenbeek (BEL)
    
         Coach: Ernst Happel (AUT)           52   29 Nov 1925
    
    
    
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