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The Netherlands have been flawless in their journey to the 2010 World Cup final against Spain
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The Netherlands' path to Johannesburg's Soccer City for the World Cup final has been flawless, so far, both in qualification and at the finals.
Should captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst lift the trophy on Sunday night, the Netherlands will have become only the second side, after Brazil in 1970, to win all of their matches on the way to the title.
Having finished their qualifying group with eight wins from eight, Holland are bidding to win all seven of their matches here to give them an impressive 15 straight victories if they become the first Dutch team to win the title.
After the famous Dutch sides of the 1970s reached - and lost - the finals of both 1974 and 1978, the current crop seem to have coped under the huge weight of expectation from their Oranje fans.
Before these finals, Holland had a horrible habit of breezing through the group stages at major tournaments with dazzling football, only to be sent home early when it came to the knock-out phase.
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Netherlands Vs Spain: World Cup Final Preview
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Netherlands vs Spain
Final, 2010 FIFA World Cup
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Sunday, 11th July 2010
19:30 (BST) / 20:30 (Local Time)
And lo, here we are.
The culmination of a month of toil, jubilation and heartbreak is set to come to a showpiece head in the magnificent surroundings of Soccer City in Joburg on Sunday, as both the Netherlands and Spain will compete to be crowned world champions.
One certainty that lies in store is that there will be a new name engraved on the World Cup trophy come Sunday evening, as both countries – despite their continued prominence in world football – have never lifted that 6 kilograms of 18 carat gold before – despite their rich histories.
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Another surprising statistic is that neither side have ever met in major international tournament football before, so there is no tangible previous form to draw conclusions from – leaving us with a very unique prospect on our hands.
Bert Van Marwijk’s men were faced with the unenviable task of having to make their way past perennial underdogs Uruguay in the semi-finals, and eventually did so at a relative canter after a barren opening period.
After taking a breath-taking lead through Giovanni Van Bronckhorst’s superb angled drive, the Dutch (as we’ve seen throughout their World Cup campaign) once again laboured to capitalise on their advantage – looking decidedly short on ideas in the process.
The Netherlands’ struggled to come up with anything convincing in their bid to put Uruguay to the sword, and La Celeste duly pulled themselves back into the tie when Diego Forlan’s 25-yard effort ‘knuckled’ it’s way past Maarten Stekelenburg with just five minutes of the first-half remaining.
Although they had been markedly better in the early stages of the second-half, Van Marwijk’s men were still struggling to make in-roads through the staunch Uruguayan defense, that was until the increasingly stagnant flow of the game was altered tellingly in the 70th minute.
Just as during their 2-1 quarter-final victory over Brazil, the Dutch had to wait to be spurred into action by a timely piece of serendipity – and again it was their midfield talisman Wesley Sneijder that benefited.
After looking up to see his route to goal littered with sky blue shirts, the Inter Milan star fired off a speculative effort that was heavily deflected twice and just managed to evade the touch of the offside Robin Van Persie before nestling tamely in the far corner of Fernando Muslera’s net.
With the game now swung in their favour, the Dutch regained possession almost immediately after the restart and pushed in search of a third goal to effectively neuter Uruguay’s latent threat.
Just three minutes after Sneijder had restored the Netherlands’ lead, Arjen Robben extended it – leaping to head Dirk Kuyt’s pinpoint cross home via the far post.
Uruguay resolved to notch a well-worked 92nd minute consolation goal through midfielder Maxi Pereira, but it was a case of too-little-too-late for Oscar Tabarez’s side – who were forced to watch on as the pulsating hordes of Oranje-clad supporters celebrated at the final whistle.
Spain, who are incidentally vying to become only the third team in history to hold both the European and World champions title at the same time (after West Germany in ‘72 and ‘74 and France in ‘98 and ‘00), come into the final off the back of an (almost) exemplary run of results – but not necessarily on a high.
Their intrinsic predilection to score ‘the perfect goal’ every time has been more of a burden than a boon to Vicente Del Bosque’s side, as they have time-and-time again monopolised the possession statistics without ending games with much to show their dominance – but, when you have David Villa at your disposal, it rarely tends to matter.
The prolific striker has already netted five goals at this World Cup (tying at the top of the goal-scoring chart with the somewhat fortuitous Sneijder) and has repeatedly proved to be the difference between his side and their opponents by virtue of a series of crucial strikes – a run you’d expect that he is eager to keep going.
It was Germany that stood before them in the semi-finals, but La Furia Roja eased past Joachim Loew’s resurgent young team by registering a deceptively narrow 1-0 victory (thanks to a powerful Carles Puyol header) over Die Mannschaft after again dominating the proceedings with their self-indulgent passing display.
The Netherlands will be without Demy De Zueew (suspected broken jaw) for the final, but seeing as though he was only brought in as a replacement for the temporarily suspended Nigel De Jong, that shouldn’t be much of an issue.
Highly-rated right-back Gregory Van der Wiel will also be returning after serving a one-match ban, meaning that Khalid Boulahrouz will be demoted back down to the bench.
Vicente Del Bosque will face a tough decision on the fitness of Fernando Torres, after the Liverpool striker again looked leggy despite only coming on for the last ten minutes of the Germany game.
Torres’ replacement in the first string, Pedro, did his chances of securing a starting berth in the final no harm after putting in a lively shift but some late-stage wastefulness may be enough to persuade Del Bosque to go with a more experienced option.
This upcoming final should be (on paper, at least) a delight for all connoisseurs of football the way it should be played, but if this South African World Cup has taught us one thing and one thing alone, it is to expect the unexpected.
With so much riding on the game for both countries, I predict a cagey affair. If neither team manages an early goal, then we could be in for a pretty drawn-out encounter.
A single goal may be enough to swing it either way, but with so much attacking talent on display, it shouldn’t be too optimistic to hope for an entertaining game for the millions and millions of neutrals tuning in worldwide.
Netherlands vs Spain Betting
Spain rose to the occasion when they needed to in the semifinal after a shaky start to their campaign followed by mediocre results against mediocre teams. With the immense talent in the squad they are still the favorites with the bookies but the Dutch can overturn the tide and grab their first ever World Cup trophy at 14/5. Click here to bet on this and other World Cup games.
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Netherlands vs Spain
Final, 2010 FIFA World Cup
Soccer City, Johannesburg
Sunday, 11th July 2010
19:30 (BST) / 20:30 (Local Time)
And lo, here we are.
The culmination of a month of toil, jubilation and heartbreak is set to come to a showpiece head in the magnificent surroundings of Soccer City in Joburg on Sunday, as both the Netherlands and Spain will compete to be crowned world champions.
One certainty that lies in store is that there will be a new name engraved on the World Cup trophy come Sunday evening, as both countries – despite their continued prominence in world football – have never lifted that 6 kilograms of 18 carat gold before – despite their rich histories.
Watch the Final of the 2010 World Cup between Netherlands and Spain live online. Click here to sign up.
Another surprising statistic is that neither side have ever met in major international tournament football before, so there is no tangible previous form to draw conclusions from – leaving us with a very unique prospect on our hands.
Bert Van Marwijk’s men were faced with the unenviable task of having to make their way past perennial underdogs Uruguay in the semi-finals, and eventually did so at a relative canter after a barren opening period.
After taking a breath-taking lead through Giovanni Van Bronckhorst’s superb angled drive, the Dutch (as we’ve seen throughout their World Cup campaign) once again laboured to capitalise on their advantage – looking decidedly short on ideas in the process.
The Netherlands’ struggled to come up with anything convincing in their bid to put Uruguay to the sword, and La Celeste duly pulled themselves back into the tie when Diego Forlan’s 25-yard effort ‘knuckled’ it’s way past Maarten Stekelenburg with just five minutes of the first-half remaining.
Although they had been markedly better in the early stages of the second-half, Van Marwijk’s men were still struggling to make in-roads through the staunch Uruguayan defense, that was until the increasingly stagnant flow of the game was altered tellingly in the 70th minute.
Just as during their 2-1 quarter-final victory over Brazil, the Dutch had to wait to be spurred into action by a timely piece of serendipity – and again it was their midfield talisman Wesley Sneijder that benefited.
After looking up to see his route to goal littered with sky blue shirts, the Inter Milan star fired off a speculative effort that was heavily deflected twice and just managed to evade the touch of the offside Robin Van Persie before nestling tamely in the far corner of Fernando Muslera’s net.
With the game now swung in their favour, the Dutch regained possession almost immediately after the restart and pushed in search of a third goal to effectively neuter Uruguay’s latent threat.
Just three minutes after Sneijder had restored the Netherlands’ lead, Arjen Robben extended it – leaping to head Dirk Kuyt’s pinpoint cross home via the far post.
Uruguay resolved to notch a well-worked 92nd minute consolation goal through midfielder Maxi Pereira, but it was a case of too-little-too-late for Oscar Tabarez’s side – who were forced to watch on as the pulsating hordes of Oranje-clad supporters celebrated at the final whistle.
Spain, who are incidentally vying to become only the third team in history to hold both the European and World champions title at the same time (after West Germany in ‘72 and ‘74 and France in ‘98 and ‘00), come into the final off the back of an (almost) exemplary run of results – but not necessarily on a high.
Their intrinsic predilection to score ‘the perfect goal’ every time has been more of a burden than a boon to Vicente Del Bosque’s side, as they have time-and-time again monopolised the possession statistics without ending games with much to show their dominance – but, when you have David Villa at your disposal, it rarely tends to matter.
The prolific striker has already netted five goals at this World Cup (tying at the top of the goal-scoring chart with the somewhat fortuitous Sneijder) and has repeatedly proved to be the difference between his side and their opponents by virtue of a series of crucial strikes – a run you’d expect that he is eager to keep going.
It was Germany that stood before them in the semi-finals, but La Furia Roja eased past Joachim Loew’s resurgent young team by registering a deceptively narrow 1-0 victory (thanks to a powerful Carles Puyol header) over Die Mannschaft after again dominating the proceedings with their self-indulgent passing display.
The Netherlands will be without Demy De Zueew (suspected broken jaw) for the final, but seeing as though he was only brought in as a replacement for the temporarily suspended Nigel De Jong, that shouldn’t be much of an issue.
Highly-rated right-back Gregory Van der Wiel will also be returning after serving a one-match ban, meaning that Khalid Boulahrouz will be demoted back down to the bench.
Vicente Del Bosque will face a tough decision on the fitness of Fernando Torres, after the Liverpool striker again looked leggy despite only coming on for the last ten minutes of the Germany game.
Torres’ replacement in the first string, Pedro, did his chances of securing a starting berth in the final no harm after putting in a lively shift but some late-stage wastefulness may be enough to persuade Del Bosque to go with a more experienced option.
This upcoming final should be (on paper, at least) a delight for all connoisseurs of football the way it should be played, but if this South African World Cup has taught us one thing and one thing alone, it is to expect the unexpected.
With so much riding on the game for both countries, I predict a cagey affair. If neither team manages an early goal, then we could be in for a pretty drawn-out encounter.
A single goal may be enough to swing it either way, but with so much attacking talent on display, it shouldn’t be too optimistic to hope for an entertaining game for the millions and millions of neutrals tuning in worldwide.
Netherlands vs Spain Betting
Spain rose to the occasion when they needed to in the semifinal after a shaky start to their campaign followed by mediocre results against mediocre teams. With the immense talent in the squad they are still the favorites with the bookies but the Dutch can overturn the tide and grab their first ever World Cup trophy at 14/5. Click here to bet on this and other World Cup games.
© 2006-2010 Soccerlens - Football News
WORLD CUP 2010: Holland 0 Spain 1 - Dirty Dutch whine over Webb 'bia
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Holland coach Bert van Marwijk astonishingly accused English referee Howard Webb of being biased towards Spain after the Dutch tried and failed to kick their way towards World Cup glory.
Webb was forced into dishing out 13 yellow cards and one red, with eight bookings and the dismissal of Everton's John Heitinga shaming the Dutch and five cautions for Spain. It was a record for a World Cup final.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUGvvZxy
Flashpoint: Holland coach Bert van Marwijk (left) argues with referee Howard Webb
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But Van Marwijk came out fighting, claiming that the Spanish were just as culpable for the foul play that ruined the game as a spectacle and suggesting that Webb had leaned towards Vicente del Bosque's team after they criticised his handling of their opening group game against Switzerland.
The Holland coach said: 'I don't think the referee controlled the match well. I read a few things today about how angry Spain were at the refereeing in the first match against Switzerland.
'If you view the performance of the referee today, you'd almost think now that the first match had an influence on this game.'
Certainly Webb endured a difficult evening at Soccer City, butthe Dutch were the villains of the piece, something that Van Marwijk, who confronted the referee after the game, seemed unwilling to accept as he reflected on a third failed attempt by his country to win a World Cup final.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUHN537w
He added: 'It's not our style. Let me put it this way, it's not our style to commit horrible fouls. It's not our kind of football. But I would have loved to have won it with foot the ball that was not so beautiful. It was a World Cup final and people were tense. Look at the rest of the tournament. I think both sides, also the Spaniards, committed terrible fouls.'
To his credit, Van Marwijk did admit Spain had been the better side in a final that fell a long way short as a global showpiece. But having seen the match settled by Andres Iniesta's goal at the end of extra time, Del Bosque declined to put the boot into Holland.
The Spain coach said: 'I should congratulate our opponents. They made it very difficult for us to play comfortably. I'm here to speak about the beautiful things in football. Holland played a good game. It was very intense, balanced and even. It was rough at times, but that's part of football.
'Football is moving forward and, in this World Cup in South Africa - which has been an extraordinary success for this continent - the reward today was for beautiful football.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUHeCXFX
With Spain now champions of the world and of Europe - having won Euro 2008 - Del Bosque's team are the undisputed best team on the planet.
Match-winner Iniesta said: 'I can't quite believe this yet. I had the opportunity to score that goal that was so important for my team, and it's incredible.
'I've made a small contribution in a very tough game, a very rough game - there were all sorts of things happening on the pitch - but Spain deserved to win this World Cup. It's something we have to remember and enjoy, and should feel very proud of everyone in this squad.'
Del Bosque took phone calls from the King and Queen of Spain and the Prime Minister as his players celebrated with the trophy. He added: 'The dressing room is delighted, ecstatic.'
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Holland coach Bert van Marwijk astonishingly accused English referee Howard Webb of being biased towards Spain after the Dutch tried and failed to kick their way towards World Cup glory.
Webb was forced into dishing out 13 yellow cards and one red, with eight bookings and the dismissal of Everton's John Heitinga shaming the Dutch and five cautions for Spain. It was a record for a World Cup final.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUGvvZxy
Flashpoint: Holland coach Bert van Marwijk (left) argues with referee Howard Webb
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUHIyFdm
But Van Marwijk came out fighting, claiming that the Spanish were just as culpable for the foul play that ruined the game as a spectacle and suggesting that Webb had leaned towards Vicente del Bosque's team after they criticised his handling of their opening group game against Switzerland.
The Holland coach said: 'I don't think the referee controlled the match well. I read a few things today about how angry Spain were at the refereeing in the first match against Switzerland.
'If you view the performance of the referee today, you'd almost think now that the first match had an influence on this game.'
Certainly Webb endured a difficult evening at Soccer City, butthe Dutch were the villains of the piece, something that Van Marwijk, who confronted the referee after the game, seemed unwilling to accept as he reflected on a third failed attempt by his country to win a World Cup final.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUHN537w
He added: 'It's not our style. Let me put it this way, it's not our style to commit horrible fouls. It's not our kind of football. But I would have loved to have won it with foot the ball that was not so beautiful. It was a World Cup final and people were tense. Look at the rest of the tournament. I think both sides, also the Spaniards, committed terrible fouls.'
To his credit, Van Marwijk did admit Spain had been the better side in a final that fell a long way short as a global showpiece. But having seen the match settled by Andres Iniesta's goal at the end of extra time, Del Bosque declined to put the boot into Holland.
The Spain coach said: 'I should congratulate our opponents. They made it very difficult for us to play comfortably. I'm here to speak about the beautiful things in football. Holland played a good game. It was very intense, balanced and even. It was rough at times, but that's part of football.
'Football is moving forward and, in this World Cup in South Africa - which has been an extraordinary success for this continent - the reward today was for beautiful football.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUHeCXFX
With Spain now champions of the world and of Europe - having won Euro 2008 - Del Bosque's team are the undisputed best team on the planet.
Match-winner Iniesta said: 'I can't quite believe this yet. I had the opportunity to score that goal that was so important for my team, and it's incredible.
'I've made a small contribution in a very tough game, a very rough game - there were all sorts of things happening on the pitch - but Spain deserved to win this World Cup. It's something we have to remember and enjoy, and should feel very proud of everyone in this squad.'
Del Bosque took phone calls from the King and Queen of Spain and the Prime Minister as his players celebrated with the trophy. He added: 'The dressing room is delighted, ecstatic.'
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2010/article-1293917/WORLD-CUP-2010-Holland-0-Spain-1--Dirty-Dutch-whine-Webb-bias.html#ixzz0tUIL84VQv
© Associated Newspapers Ltd
World Cup 2010 Final Netherlands vs Spain (REPLAY)
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After a month of the best football, soccer fans favorite Spain won over The Netherlands 0-1 in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Here are the high quality replay videos of WC2010 Final game between The Netherlands and Spain. Please wait 5 seconds for the videos to fully load. 1st Half 2nd Half Videos courtesy of Loyal
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After a month of the best football, soccer fans favorite Spain won over The Netherlands 0-1 in the recently concluded FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Here are the high quality replay videos of WC2010 Final game between The Netherlands and Spain. Please wait 5 seconds for the videos to fully load. 1st Half 2nd Half Videos courtesy of Loyal
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