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  "id": 12098836,
  "title": "Netherlands narrowly beat Serbia in Nations League",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/netherlands-narrowly-beat-serbia-in-nations-league",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:18:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DutchNews",
    "slug": "dutchnews",
    "url": "https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/10/netherlands-narrowly-beat-serbia-in-nations-league/"
  },
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  "account": "In a tightly contested match at Eindhoven on Sunday, the Netherlands men's football team secured a narrow 2-1 victory over Serbia in the Nations League, marking head coach Xavi Hernández's second win in four games. Substitute Joshua Zirkzee scored the winning goal in the 71st minute, capitalizing on a cross from Tijjani Reijnders while the Dutch fielded only ten men due to Micky van de Ven's hand injury. Captain Virgil van Dijk earned his 100th cap in the match. Serbia took the lead early through Anderlecht's 19-year-old striker Mihajlo Cvetkovic. Xavi's team had already used all his substitutes by the end of the game, which leaves them joint top of their group following Germany and Greece's 0-0 draw on the same day. The next round of international fixtures is scheduled for November.",
  "summary": "The Netherlands men’s football team beat Serbia 2-1 in the Nations League in Eindhoven on Sunday, marking Xavi Hernández’s second...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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