Boulahrouz included in Dutch side

Marco van Basten included Khalid Boulahrouz, whose prematurely-born baby daughter died in the week, at right-back in his team…

Marco van Basten included Khalid Boulahrouz, whose prematurely-born baby daughter died in the week, at right-back in his team to face Russia in their Euro 2008 quarter-final tonight.

The Dutch team will all wear black armbands as a sign of respect to the player and his family following the tragedy.

Van Basten has returned to his first choice starting lineup as expected for the match at St Jakob Park.

The Dutch coach had made nine changes to his team for their last Group C match against Romania with qualification for the quarter-finals already assured.

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Russia's Dutch coach Guus Hiddink has made one change to the side that beat Sweden 2-0 in their final Group D game.

He has brought in midfielder Ivan Saenko for Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. Saenko came on as a substitute for Bilyaletdinov in Russia's last two group matches against Greece and Sweden.

Holland: Van der Sar, Boulahrouz, Ooijer, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst, De Jong, Engelaar, Kuyt, Van der Vaart, Sneijder, van Nistelrooy. Subs: Timmer, Stekelenburg, Heitinga, De Zeeuw, Van Persie, Robben, Melchiot, Bouma, De Cler, Huntelaar, Afellay, Vennegoor of Hesselink.

Russia: Akinfeev, Aniukov, Ignashevich, Kolodin, Zhirkov, Semak, Zyryanov, Semshov, Saenko, Arshavin, Pavluchenko. Subs: Gabulov, Malafeev, Vasili Berezutsky, Yanbaev, Alexei Berezutsky, Adamov, Torbinsky, Ivanov, Shirokov, Bilyaletdinov, Sychev, Bystrov.