The Dutch Touch
The Dutch Celebrate the Win
The World Cup is nearly over and last night we seen the 1st semi-final played and ended in delight for the ‘Oranje’ fans as Holland beat Uruguay 3 – 2. Goals from Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben ensured the Dutch booked their place in Sunday’s showpiece Final.
van Bronckhorst put his side ahead with a spectacular opener which will be a candidate for goal of the tournament. Uruguay’s goal machine Diego Forlan equalised as the Dutch goalkeeper failed to deal with a long range shot but Sneijder and Robben again made the difference with two goals in three second half minutes that killed of the South American World Cup challenge until Maxi Pereira’s injury-time reply left Dutch side with a frantic finale to hold on. However, the Dutch held firm to make sure of their progress.
Holland manager Bert van Marwijk has described securing a place in the World Cup final as “unbelievable”
Van Marwijk said: “It’s amazing that we have managed to do this. It’s been 32 years. It is unbelievable. We can be very proud for such a small country.”
And goalscorer Sneijder scored his fifth goal of the tournament to draw level with Spain’s David Villa in the race for the Golden Boot.
Sneijder said:”It was a hard match, but all that is forgotten now and we are in the final,” said the world class midfielder.
“The most important thing now is to win. We are so close. There is nothing bigger than the World Cup. This is tremendous, fantastic.”
Holland are awaiting the result of the 2nd semi – final between Germany and Spain, hoping it be third time lucky in the game’s biggest stage following defeats in 1974 and 1978.
