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The Samba Boys threw the kitchen sink at the Dutch in the last 10 minutes but De Jong and Van Bommel marshalled the backline brilliantly. Sneijder wasted a glorious opportunity at the death to score a brace but that will not even be a footnote when this match is discussed again.
This has to rank as one of the greatest come from behind victories for the Dutch. The Brazilians' new found love for cautiousness mixed with physical aggression has been shown the door by the Netherlands.
The Dutch players are all smiles. The Brazilians look like they seen a ghost.
It was Zidane and Henry who combined to beat the Brazilians the last World Cup. It was Robben and Sneijder who have combined to down the Selecao this time.
The final whistle is blown. Netherlands have done it. They have beaten the five-time World Champions Brazil - The team ranked No. 1 by FIFA.
In the final minute now..
90+1 Huntelaar wastes a few valuable seconds by holding the ball near the right corner flag.
We are into extra time. Robinho, meanwhile, shoots from a difficult angle.
89th minute Alves lines-up a free-kick from 22 yards but his shot is blocked by the wall.
Huntelaar comes on for Van Persie.
85th minute Kaka, at the other end, goes on a little run down the left but he cannot cut inside much and his shot, from a difficult angle from near the six-yard box is deflected behind for a corner
84th minute Sneijder plays in Van Persie, who tries to trick his way past the last defender and Cesar. After making a yard of space, with the ball still near his right-foot, Sneijder takes it off Van Persie and hits a first-time effort but Cesar goes low and pouches it.
82nd minute A Brazilians corner goes right across the six-yard box with no one able to take advantage. Kuyt is first on the scene and plays it behind for another Brazilian corner.
80th minute Van Persie is policing a free-kick from about 25 yards. But his left-footed strike, from the right goes over the bar.
79th minute The Dutch breakaway at pace. Sneijder, near the halfway line from the left, cuts inside before passing to Van Persie. Van Persie tries to play in Kuyt with a perfect ball but it is overhit nad is held by Cesar.
76th minute It's all beginning to explode. Ooijer gets yellow-carded for time-wasting.
74th minute Robben is at the receiving end again, but he won't this constant hacking. Felipe Melo, after bringing him down, stamps on Robben. You can't do that when the referee is watching and produces a straight red.
68th minute A corner from Robben is flicked on by Kuyt on the near post and is glanced delightfully into the back of the net by Sneijder. Not really Total Football from the Dutch. But Sneijder and Co. won't care. They are in dreamland. Has the World's No. 1 team got an answer? The goal has set-up a cracking finale.
66th minute Kaka has a shot from the edge of the box going agonisingly wide of Stekelenburg's left-post.
63rd minute A loose, jumping ball is not cleared and Van Persie has an impulsive left-footed strike from the edge of the box. But his shot is blocked.
62nd minute That's a change meant to keep this match a 11 on 11. GIlberto Melo replaces Bastos.
Some attacking possession from the Dutch - especially down the right where Robben is getting a lot of joy.
Van Persie is on his feet again and has not been substituted.
55th minute Van Persie is down and is in a lot of pain. Not a good sign that. He has been afflicted with a lot of injuries.
52nd minute Robben again earns a foul of Bastos who comes in very late. The Dutch want the referee to send Bastos off but the referee shows no card. From the free-kick, Robben plays a short-pass to Sneijder's whose left-footed effort takes a touch of Melo before nestling in the back of the net. Massive mistake that from Brazil. Sneijder took the free-kick. He sent down Robben down the right but Robben again played Sneijder, who cut in marginally before electing to cross. Melo and Cesar came for the same ball. It's catostrophe for the Brazilians. Dunga will be livid.
50th minute A promising Dutch move comes to nothing. Kuyt and Van Persie are involved before the latter tees up Sneijder. But the Inter MIlan man's left-footed effort from 30-yards goes well wide.
47th minute Van Der Wiel goes down in the hope of a free-kick to the Dutch but the referee does not get conned. Brazil get the free-kick while Van Der Wiel is yellow-carded for diving.
46th minute Robben miscontrols a touch on the run and it scoops up for Cesar to pouch safely.
The second-half is underway. Brazil doing the honours. No changes at half-time.
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The Dutch do have some attacking options - led by Van der Vaart - but the Brazilians have looked rock solid at the back. Can they find a way past this very effective battering ram? Join me in five minutes for all the second-half action.
Brazil have flowed with controlled aggression and almost scored the goal of the tournament but Kaka was stopped by Stekelenburg. At the other end, Van Persie and Robben have tried to fashion some openings but to no avail.
The half-time whistle blows.
45+1: Robben dances in from the right but is hesitant to pull the trigger and is closed by an army of Brazilian players. That's the bigegst cul-de-sac in the stadium right now. At the other end, Maicon shoots from the edge of the box but it goes behind. Maicon screams for a corner but the referee says. goal-kick. Turns out Maicon was right. The referee has done a disservice to Stekelenburg but the Ornaje stopper won't mind that.
Just stoppage time to go. Brazil have completely policed the Dutch up till now.
43rd minute More troubles for the Dutch. This time, Van Persie mops up to leave Maicon on the deck. But Maicon's free-kick, from the right, is cleared.
42nd minute The Brazilian charge, it's like a bullet-train whenever it comes into the attacking third, is halted by van Bommel.
40th minute Van Persie, who's again been average drops deep to get the ball and passes to Van der Wiel. But van Der Wiel runs into a cul-de-sac.
37th minute This will get interesting now. Robben wins a free-kick off Bastos, whose troubles puts him into the book.
36th minute Van Persie takes a hit on the head but wins a free-kick 35-yards from goal. But Sneijder's kick lands safely into Cesar's hands.
The Dutch are clearly rattled and there have been some long balls (yes, hoofs from the Dutch) played to Kuyt and Van Persie.
31st minute Stunning football from Brazil. Robinho escapes the attention of De Jong and finds Fabiano, who stationed himself just near the edge of the box. Fabiano, with a swagger, back-heels Robinho's pass to to Kaka. His shot, after making a yard of space, looks like hitting the roof of the net but a flying Stekelenburg puts it behind.
28th minute More forward moment from Brazil. Kaka, on the right, is fouled by Ooijer. The free-kick, put in by Alves, finds Fabiano but his free-header goes over the bar from about 15-yards out.
25th minute Alves, from near the right byline, tries to escape the attentions of Kuyt before making a yard of space and putting in a low cross across the six-yard box. Juan, who escapes his marker, blazes it over the bar. That's what everyone likes to call a "centre back's" finish.
22nd minute Van Bommel has had a couple of attacking runs into the attacking third but it comes to nothing.
Has been very short of form, Van Persie.
16th minute Bastos catches Robben to give the Dutch a free-kick from about 30-yards. But the free-kick is launched into orbit by van Persie. His last goal from a free-kick, if my memory serves me right, was against Sunderland at the Emirates two seasons back.
14th minute Heitinga goes into the book for taking down Robinho, who was trying to run onto a Maicon overhead pass. Some early nerves for the Dutch.
10th minute A defence splitting pass from Melo finds Robinho, who has the freedom of the Dutch penalty box, finishing calmly past Stekelenburg. Great pass from Melo, composed finish from Robinho. The Samba Boys are in town. Ooijer, who was the last minute replacement, played Robinho onside.
8th minute A delightful Brazilian move sees Robinho put the ball into the net. WHile Robinho is off to celebrate, the flag goes up. Moments later, a marauding Maicon tries to find Fabiano but his cross is overcooked.
5th minute More touches for Robben. From the right he tries to feed in Van Persie but his ball was miles wide of the Arsenal forward.
3rd minute And things are already heating up. Robinho and De Jong staring into each others' face.
1st minute An early ball from Kuyt, who as expected starts from the left, aimed towards Van Persie goes straight to Cesar.
The match has kicked-off.
The anthems are over and the players are shaking hands. A huge banner: "SAY NO TO RACISM" has been unfurled. Before the anthems, the captains Gio and Lucio read out anti-racism messages.
Rise, for the national anthems.
The players are out on the field. Surely a blow to Holland that, the late injury.
Breaking News: Mathijsen, who picked an injury during warming-up, has been replaced by Ooijer.
Some key battles which could decide the contest:-
The ability of Gio to keep the marauding Maicon at bay.
Robben - who could line up on the right hand side again with Kuyt being shifted to the left - against Bastos.
The raw power of Lucio against the smart trickery of van Persie.
The ability of the two water-carriers in both the midfields - Silva and Melo for the Selecao and De Jong and van Bommel for the Dutch - to keep out the opposition's attacking midfielders.
And how about this one, Real Madrid reject against one of Real Madrid's latest poster boys: Sneijder against Kaka.
Route to the last eight:-
Netherlands:- Beat Denmark 2-0, Beat Japan 1-0, Beat Cameroon 2-1 and Beat Slovakia 2-1.
Brazil:- Beat North Korea 2-1, Beat Ivory Coast 3-1, Beat Portugal 0-0, Beat Chile 3-0.
Netherlands are only one of the two sides - the other being Argentina - which gained maximum points from the group stages.
Detailed Team News:-
Netherlands: Maarten Stekelenburg, Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst Dirk Kuyt, Mark van Bommel, Wesley Sneijder, Nigel de Jong, Arjen Robben 9-Robin van Persie.
Brazil: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos, Felipe Melo, Gilberto Silva, Dani Alves, Kaka, Robinho, Luis Fabiano.
For the Samba Boys, midfield general Felipe Melo replaces the suspended Ramires.
The team news is in. And there are largely no surprises for the 'Oranje'. Robin van Persie, who had a verbal disagreement with Bert van Marwijk after he was substituted against Slovakia, keeps his place ahead of Klaas Jan-Huntelaar while Arjen Robben makes his second start of the tournament.
The footballing cultures of Holland and Brazil have been built around eye catching, free flowing football. But the coaches of the two teams - Dunga (Brazil) and Bert van Marwijk (Netherlands) - have their ethos based on winning even if it means dispensing with age-old identities. Saying that, both the teams have played some jaw-dropping football so far.
This match has all the makings of a smashing box office hit. At the same time, this match has the potential to be a damp squib.
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