Van Basten was heavily criticised for dropping Ruud van Nistelrooy ( who had scored 28 goals for the Netherlands ) before this game, in favour of Dirk Kuyt, who did not score throughout the entire tournament.

In May 2007, Van Basten announced the end of his long-running dispute with Real Madrid forward Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had previously declared never to play for a Dutch national squad with Van Basten as its manager.

Van Nistelrooy hit 150 goals in just 219 games for United, as well as being their all time European record goalscorer, but fell out of favour towards the end of his tenure.

Born in Oss, North Brabant, Van Nistelrooy started his professional career in 1993 with Dutch second division side Den Bosch, where he was converted from a central midfielder to centre forward after playing part-time for Nooit Gedacht and Margriet.

Van Nistelrooy capped off the year by winning the Dutch Player of the Year award.

According to a 2001 interview with The Telegraph, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson said that his son Darren, who was at tryouts for Eredivisie rival Heerenveen at the time, begged his father, " You've got to sign Van Nistelrooy right away, he's fantastic.

" Ferguson sent team representatives to PSV's next league game and signed Van Nistelrooy the next day.

Van Nistelrooy looked set to complete an £ 18. 5 million transfer to Manchester United in the summer of 2000.

Van Nistelrooy playing for Manchester United against Chelsea F. C.

Van Nistelrooy signed a five-year contract after passing his medical.

" During his first season, Van Nistelrooy scored 23 goals in 32 league games.

Van Nistelrooy missed most of the 2004 – 05 season due to injury, but nonetheless scored a Champions League-best eight goals.

At the start of the 2005 – 06 season, Van Nistelrooy scored in United's first four Premier League games.

By the end of his fifth season with United, Van Nistelrooy had amassed 150 goals in fewer than 200 starts.

Van Nistelrooy shields the ball during a match against Tottenham Hotspur F. C.

Van Nistelrooy was benched for the League Cup Final against Wigan Athletic, fuelling speculation of a rift between him and coach Alex Ferguson, which Van Nistelrooy denied.

Ferguson claimed that Van Nistelrooy was angry at the decision and left the stadium three hours before kick-off.

Van Nistelrooy allegedly criticised Ronaldo's tendency to hold onto the ball instead of passing to his team-mates, which sparked the fight, after which Van Nistelrooy remarked, " Go crying to your daddy.

Harlan Ellison ( who began reading van Vogt as a teenager ) wrote, " Van was the first writer to shine light on the restricted ways in which I had been taught to view the universe and the human condition.

His career revival began when the young Italian director Sergio Leone boldly cast Van Cleef, whose career was still in the doldrums, as one of the two protagonists, alongside Clint Eastwood, in Leone's second western, For a Few Dollars More.

Van Steenoven and the other bishops were excommunicated and thus began the Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands.

His fortunes began to improve when John Van Voorst, the leading publisher of naturalist writing, agreed, on the recommendation of Thomas Bell, to publish his Canadian Naturalist ( 1840 ).

Van C. Smith, a businessman from Omaha, Nebraska, and his partner, Aaron Wilburn, constructed two adobe buildings in 1869 that began what is now Roswell.

References to the show in popular culture began during its original broadcast when it was parodied in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, fittingly titled " The Man from My Uncle ", References in other televison shows have continued over the years, including a 2011 episode of Mad Men, " The Chrysanthemum and the Sword ".

Van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist.

Shortly after Lowery's former group Camper Van Beethoven finished in 1990, he began demoing material along with his boyhood friend, the guitarist Johnny Hickman.

It was not long after her arrival in Weimar that Johanna began to publish her writings, some articles on paintings with an emphasis on those by Jan Van Eyck.

Van Vliet began painting and sculpting at age three.

After Zappa began regular occupation at Paul Buff's PAL Studio in Cucamonga he and Van Vliet began collaborating, tentatively as " The Soots ".

Tamalpais Festival ( June 10 / 11 ) shortly before the scheduled Monterey Festival ( June 16 / 18 ), the band began to play " Electricity " and Van Vliet froze, straightened his tie, then walked off the ten – foot stage and landed on manager Bob Krasnow.

Soon after, Van Vliet retired from music and began a new career as a painter.

Towards the second half of the 19th century Van began to play an increased role in the politics of the Ottoman Empire due to its location near the borders of the Persian, Russian and Ottoman Empire, as well as its proximity to Mosul.

The Magic were also the only NBA team to wear black sneakers and socks in all their games, a tradition that began upon the hiring of Stan Van Gundy in 2007 ; however they wore white sneakers and socks at home in all of the 2008 – 09 season and early in the 2009 – 10 season before switching back to black sneakers and socks.

From 1950 to 1956, Morrison, who began to be known as " Van " during this time, attended Elmgrove Primary School.

The decade began with the release of The Best of Van Morrison ; compiled by Morrison himself, the album was focused on his hit singles, and became a multi-platinum success remaining a year and a half on the UK charts.

After a week of Los Angeles Times ads, and special excursion trains from Los Angeles to a bare townsite, lot sales began at the new town of Van Nuys on Washington's Birthday, February 22, 1911.

It began with Juan Formell, the former director for Orquesta Revé ( 1968 ), and the founder and current director of Los Van Van.

He then began campaigning to become Jackson's running mate, but Jackson favored Martin Van Buren instead.

However, the group later realized Van ' n Intraktus was a traitor after they discovered that he enslaved his home planet with his ring and began invading other worlds.

It began on land owned by Matthew and John Van Vleck.

In 1907 the company of Pitman and Henry began a motorboat passenger service up and down the Current River between Van Buren and Doniphan