Tue 06 July 2010
The Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 at the Green Point Stadium in South Africa
This World Cup in South Africa will see an all European finals, as Holland scraped passed their South American opponents Uruguay in the semi-finals and will meet either Spain or Germany in the World Cup finals. The Netherlands have reached the finals for the first time since 1978 where the Dutch lost to Argentina 3-2.
Holland took the lead in the 18th minute with a screamer from Captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst. Diego Forlan equalized just before half time with a free kick, to take his tally to four in the World Cup.
After the restart former Real Madrid players Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben made it 3-1 to Holland, scoring goals in the 70th and 73rd minute respectively.
Alvaro Pereira scored in the 92nd minute but that was too little too late as Uruguay crashed out of the World Cup.
This is Netherlands third appearance in the World Cup finals and having come close on two occasions and may be this year is the "Year of the Dutch".
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