Spain 1-0 Netherlands (Final Score)
The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Final promises to be quite an occasion, with the Netherlands pitting their wits against reigning European champions Spain. Both sides have produced some good football during their campaigns and have been rewarded with the chance to add their nation’s names to the select list of former winners: Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina and France.
The match
Netherlands-Spain, Final, Soccer City, Sunday 11 July, 20.30 (local time)
As a glance at the head-to-head record between the two nations shows, tipping a winner is no easy task. Both sides have won four of their nine meetings, with the other game ending in a draw. TheOranje have been here before, reaching the Finals at Germany 1974, with Johan Cruyff, and Argentina 1978, without him, and losing to the hosts on both occasions. For Spain, however, this is new territory, although their confidence at rising to the occasion will be high after ending a 44-year trophy drought at UEFA EURO 2008.
The Netherlands’ record at South Africa 2010 could hardly be more impressive: six wins in six games with 12 goals scored and five conceded. For their part Vicente del Bosque’s men have strung together five wins in a row after kicking off with a surprise defeat. But while the Spaniards have found goals hard to come by, scoring just seven in total, they have been far more miserly in defence, letting in just two so far. The winners will also end an old hoodoo, with no European side having ever won the biggest prize in world football outside the old continent.
Players to watch
Wesley Sneijder v David Villa
The leading goalscorers at South Africa 2010, alongside Diego Forlan, Miroslav Klose and Thomas Muller, this in-form pair are in the frame for both the adidas Golden Boot and the adidas Golden Ball. Their goals have been vital to their sides’ respective runs to the Final. Can one of them end the tournament with a winner’s medal and two coveted individual awards? All will soon be revealed.
The stat
8 – Sunday’s game will be the eighth all-European Final. In 19 FIFA World Cup tournaments, Europe has been represented in 16 Finals, a record that includes an unbroken run of 14 going back to Switzerland 1954. Only two showpiece games have been all-South American, with the remaining nine pitching together sides from the competition’s two dominant continents.
What they said
“I don’t see David Villa as Spain’s most dangerous player. The ones you really have to watch are Xavi [Hernandez] and [Andres] Iniesta. They’re the players who set the tempo and make sure the ball gets to Villa. We have to stop them from playing and getting free. We need to mark them very tightly because if we give them the slightest space we’ll have problems,” Arjen Robben, Netherlands forward.
“I don’t think they’ll sit back and defend. They’ve got some quick players who are in terrific form right now. They’ll do what we do and stick to their style. I know Robben. He’s quick powerful and strong, and his shooting from outside the area is a concern for me. What we need to do is cut him off, although there’s more to the Netherlands than just Robben. They are powerful in defence and midfield, and [Wesley] Sneijder and [Dirk] Kuyt are just as dangerous,” Iker Casillas, Spain goalkeeper and captain.
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Spain 2-1 my prediction
Players Pick WP MP BI BP Tot
Slasher
Netherlands 2 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Snoek
Netherlands 2 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Henniek
Netherlands 2 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Baby Ewing
Netherlands 2 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Puma
Netherlands 1 – 0
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
rugbybal
Netherlands (pen) 2 – 2
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
EEE
Netherlands (pen) 1 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
grootblousmile
Spain 0 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
hulk!smash!
Spain 0 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
4man
Spain 0 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
croc
Spain 0 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Winston Champ
Spain 0 – 1
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
superBul (you)
Spain 1 – 2
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Blouste
Spain 1 – 2
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Bullsbabe
Spain 1 – 2
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Loosehead
Spain 1 – 2
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Vossa
Spain 1 – 2
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
Tzaersch
Spain 1 – 2
0.0 0.00 – 0.00 0.00
I had the most wonderfull weekend at Kambaku Safari Lodge, met a few Holland medical students and enjoyed their open mindedness and great views. Now i feel sad that i picked Spain, i wish a Holland win for them.
Go Holland
Nelson Mandela came to the opening of the World Cup final between Netherlands and Spain on Sunday, capping South Africa’s pride in staging a successful tournament.
Mandela (91), who is in frail health, waved as he briefly toured the pitch in a golf cart surrounded by bodyguards. He was given an ecstatic welcome by the crowd chanting his clan name Madiba and blowing vuvuzela trumpets.
Teams:
Spain: Iker Caillas (capt), Gerard Pique, Carles Puyol, Andres Iniesta, David Villa, Xavi, Joan Capdevila, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Sergio Busquets, Pedro.
The Netherlands: Maarten Stekelenburg, Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst (capt), Mark van Bommel, Dirk Kuyt, Nigel de Jong. Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben.
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque left Fernando Torres out of his starting lineup for Sunday’s World Cup final against Netherlands, replacing the misfiring striker with Pedro for a second straight match.
Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk restored right back Gregory van der Wiel and holding midfielder Nigel de Jong to his starting lineup after the pair were suspended for the 3-2 semifinal victory over Uruguay.
They replace Khalid Boulahrouz and Demy de Zeeuw respectively, who drop to the bench.
Hi Super. The game has been very stop start so far,so many yellow cards,I guess the guys are just very nervous but hopefully it picks up here in the second half..
Well done Spain…. deserved World Champs!
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