An inspired Netherlands won their second consecutive European Under-21 title with a 4-1 win over 10-man Serbia in Groningen on Saturday.

Otman Bakkal [ Images ] opened the scoring for the Dutch, chesting down a lofted pass from Daniel de Ridder in the 17th minute before tapping the ball home with his left foot.

Another fine cross from de Ridder provided Ryan Babel [ Images ] with the chance to latch on to a loose ball and score the second goal from close range on the hour mark.

In front of a capacity crowd of almost exclusively Dutch fans, Serbia began to look in disarray. A late lunge on Babel saw Aleksandar Kolarov sent off in the 62nd minute as the Serbs' fortunes sank further.

Maceo Rigters grabbed the third goal of the night after a through ball from Babel in the 67th while substitute Luigi Bruins scored the fourth 20 minutes later.

Dragan Mrdja had pulled a goal back for Serbia with a header past goalkeeper Boy Waterman in the 79th after Serbia keeper Damir Kahriman saved a penalty by Babel, awarded when the striker was brought down in the 71st minute.

The game appeared to pass without any sign of racist chanting.

Serbia face a UEFA [ Images ] disciplinary hearing on July 12 following charges of racist chants from their supporters towards England's [ Images ] black players in last week's group match.