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Van Persie, Robben, Van der Vaart injured in Dutch win

21:44 BST, Wed 17 Oct 2007
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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Netherlands trio Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben and Rafael van der Vaart were injured in the 2-0 victory over Slovenia in a Euro 2008 Group G qualifier on Wednesday.

Midfielder Van der Vaart strained his hamstring midway in the first half while winger Robben, his replacement, was forced out with the same injury after 63 minutes.

Striker Van Persie limped off with a twisted knee on the hour.

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