Netherlands World Cup results

Ardhie Rachman writes

Everyone in the Brazil side tries to be a hero. No wonder they have dificulties to find the net. Except for Oscar and Willian plus a little Ramires who plays together on the same club.

Full time Deserved bronze medals for the Dutch, undefeated in seven games. For Brazil, it's reconstruction time.

90+5 min Maicon finishes (his international career) with a shot from 25 yards that flies 20 yards wide and 15 high.

90+4 min Robben twists David Luiz's blood, sending him this way, that, and off to the post office on the left of the box, chips in a cross that Janmaat couldn't control and smash in.

90+2 min Cancel that anti-romantic designation. Van Gaal sends on the one player who has not yet featured in the tournament, Michel Vorm for Cillessen.

Goal!! Brazil 0-3 Holland (Wijnaldum) Teriffic move, Robben holding the ball up as he pranced up the right, waiting for Janmaat on the overlap. The right-back cuts his cross back towards the penalty spot and Wijnadum crashes home a shot.

89 min With Jordy Clasie down he does make a sub - Joel Veltman replaces the midfielder.

88 min Van Gaal has two substitutions to make but he isn't going to do anything conventional or romantic is he?

85 min Holland break at pace, slicing through the Brazil defence on their left, Janmaat spinning in a cross that Maicon, take heed David Luiz, nods behind. In comes the corner, up goes Kuyt who heads it on to Julio Cesar's fist which he then takes on the cheek. It should have been another corner but the referee gives a goalkick.

84 min Hulk spins it to the near post smack in the middle of Wijnaldum's forehead. Garbage.

83 min Willian is foulded by De Guzman as he gets set to skin him down the oustide, 15 yards from goal on the right. Hulk takes the free-kick.

80 min De Vriij goes down when Maxwell shapes to trip him but pulls out of it. Free-kick for Holland. The ball is played up to Robben who goes flying when he takes it on his chest and is bundled over by Fernandinho.

77 min Holland continue to squeeze Brazil out by pressing them whenever they string a few passes together, knowing that they're not going to take it to the conclusion and keep trusting in a team move but to go for glory with a hugely selfish shot - as Oscar just does wastefully. He's got to ramp down this belief that they can do it or have to do it all by themselves.

James Johnson has some advice for the host team

If I were the Brazil 11, I would make post haste VK, plans, say to Iceland, where they have a chance to be safe and escape the screaming of the mobs.

VK = vacation, right? Jollies, etc?

75 min Jo plays the ball to Hulk barrelling in from the left and he larrups a shot from the tight angle high over the intersection of crossbar and post.

73 min Hulk replaces Ramires. Robben goes sashaying through the box and falls when he loses his balance as Fernandinho wraps his leg around the ball to pull off an excellent tackle.