City opened a 2-0 lead thanks to a brilliant curler from Stephen Ireland and Benjani's side-foot finish.
Burke again threatened with a low curler that goalkeeper Graeme Smith did well to turn round the post.
Cost-cutting is on the agenda, courtesy of Bemis President and Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Curler, whose father was a Bemis chairman.
Accies' Flavio Paixao twice went close, hitting the side netting before seeing a curler saved well by Allan McGregor.
Towards the end of the first half McGregor made an uncharacteristic error with a Ledesma curler into the box when he mis-judged the flight of the ball.
Another 11 minutes elapsed before the next strike, which was the first by Derby when Bolder tried his luck with a 25-yard curler held by goalkeeper Tony Warner.
Ramsey's incisive pass found Steve MacLean in the Chasetown box with his back to goal, the striker laying it back for Whittingham to clip a left-foot curler inside the post.
The best effort of the first half by far, though, came from Messi, the Argentine's goalbound curler from 20 yards superbly tipped wide on the stretch by Inter keeper Julio Cesar.
Britain were on the back foot from the opening end of the play-off after lead curler Byers missed a routine take-out to allow Edin to patiently play out for a 2-0 lead.
In one such move, Dougie Imrie freed himself from full-back Steven Whittaker and cut the ball back for Flavio Paixao, who sent a curler from his Tweetie Pie-coloured boot to test cat-like McGregor in the Rangers goal.
However, goals from Sneijder - allowed to stand despite Robin van Persie appearing to be in an offside position - and Robben restored the Netherlands' lead going into the final 15 minutes and Van Marwijk's men held on, despite Maxi Pereira's stoppage-time curler.
But it was Rooney at the other end who twice came closest to breaking the deadlock, his first effort a drive inches wide from the edge of the area and the second a curler that had to be tipped round the post by Cech.
Both sides were relying on the counter attack in a cagey tactical affair and just after the half hour mark a classic Russian break saw Arshavin bear down on the Dutch goal to send in a low curler which Edwin van der Sar tipped around the post.
The Frenchman had an early sighter with a near post shot that Edwin van der Sar held comfortably, and he forced a far more impressive save from the Dutchman just after the half hour with a left-foot curler that the keeper had to beat away on the stretch.
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