The Netherlands play Brazil in the quarter final of the FIFA World Cup on 2 July 2010 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Brazil have been growing in strength with every game, and given how strong they were to start with that must be causing worries for all the other teams left in the tournament, including their next opponents the Netherlands, who they face in the quarter final on Friday 2 July 2010 at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
Brazil So Far in the FIFA World Cup
Chile have already shown this year they are a good side, but Brazil brushed them aside in the Round of 16. Even while the score remained goalless, the Chileans never really looked a threat and when Brazil hit two in three minutes just before half time, the game was all but over.
Juan scored the first of those followed by Luis Fabiano, and on the hour mark Robinho added a third to put to rest any lingering doubts that Chile could rescue something from the game.
Gone from the Brazil side was the nervousness that characterised the 2-1 win over North Korea in the opening game and back was the skill and passion seen in the 3-1 win over Côte d’Ivoire. The dull goalless draw with Portugal had been put behind them.
Netherlands So Far in the FIFA World Cup
The Dutch were in total control of their Round of 16 match from the eighteenth minute when Arjen Robben slotted the ball home. They frustrated the Slovakians for most of the match until just after the hour mark when Marik Hamsik and Robert Vittek both missed good chances for Slovakia. The game was put beyond doubt though with just over five minutes to go thanks to a goal from Wesley Sneijder. Slovakia did pull one back from the penalty spot, but as it was the last kick of the match it mattered not at all.
The Netherlands were the first team to qualify for the Round of 16 when they won their first two matches. Adding a third win gave them a 100 per cent record and made the Dutch team one to watch for the rest of the tournament.
Netherlands beat Denmark 2-0 and Japan 1-0 before the final group game against Cameroon, a bit of an anticlimax as Netherlands were already through and Cameroon already out. It ended 2-1 to the Dutch.
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