Match Thread: Netherlands vs Spain

robdag2

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING!

multubunu

Morgan Freeman stands in for Mandela, eventually.

elvista

Far too many fouls and free kicks for anybody's liking.

weefreewoman

Right now, 180.000 disappointed, drunk and angry people are getting ready to make their way from Amsterdam Museumplein to the train station. Past my house...

Targ

Now it's official: Robben can really run.

jv27071

The fact that he had to go down for that to be a foul just makes these players take dives. That's the problem. You should be able to have a foul without someone falling to the ground and rolling around.

cocoon56

Fun Fact: A couple centuries ago, Spain and The Netherlands fought an 80-year war.

Niqulaz

For those who didn't catch it, the reason why we got a minute-long shot of the players waiting in the tunnel, was that somebody had jumped the barricades and tried getting to the World Cup Trophy.

bonecows

I'd just like to say my sincere thanks to spork22 for the great work with all the match threads this world cup!

With this out of the way, may the best team win! I hope we see a clean game tonight.

InternetsWasYes

Yellow Card! Yellow Card! Everyone gets a Yellow Card!

Geveeso

How do you not give a Red Card to cleats in the chest?!

condeh

LOL, no contact on that dive.

wheezl

23 guys that will never have to buy a drink in Spain again.

GhostSonata

To all the people who hate diving, that is EXACTLY why players dive.Had Robben taken the plunge, Puyol is off. Instead, there is nothing.

I'm not excusing diving but that is the way the modern game is now.

ph-x-

What the...should be red!

someone173

..in other news, many octopi have been found dead and mutilated on the shores of the Netherlands.

joazito

Goal kick? WTF?

Targ

Holland: If you don't stop fouls like this, I will switch sides.

Great way to make the Spanish focus.

GordonBennett

At the risk of jinxing it, it looks like extra time. The World Cup is extended by 1/2 an hour. Yay!

shogun26

Is it just me that thinks the extra time has been a much better game than the rest of the match?

Niqulaz

I think Webb forgot his red card in the dressing room, and is trying to seem "lenient" until half time when he can fetch it.

That's yet another situation that could easily have been a direct red.

Ketamine

WTF NED should have been given a corner ...

rainblood

this is starting to suck, so many bad fouls

synnth

Soccer?

THIS. IS. FOOTBALL.

astyguy

I am hoping the ref scores !

ManUnitdFan

That really should have been a red. What a ridiculous challenge.

pitchpatch

someone want to explain to me what happened re: fair play by holland? stepped away from the TV for a moment

mvonballmo

If you squint real hard, it's almost kinda like Switzerland just won the World Cup.

Look for that spin in the Swiss press ... hell we brag when a ref from our country whistles a final; do you think we're going to miss the opportunity to brag about beating the eventual winner?

Rigby

On a lighter note, that makes New Zealand the only team not to be beaten in the WC! Good stuff from our Kiwi brothers!

condeh

Robben should have gone down.... I'm glad he didn't though.

theflyingdutchman

Goodbye, Van Bronckhorst. You have represented your country well over the years.

T0ad

Maximus: [after swiftly dispatching another gladiator] Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?

Crowd: Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard...

GhostSonata

I fucking hate Spain but De Jong got away with attempted murder there.

GenerationGreg

It really upsets me that the story of these World Cup finals is the ref-ing. The refs should never be the story.

Golden_Kumquat

Interesting fact: Of the seven nations Spain will have played, only two were not at one point controlled by Spain. (And even then, the Holy Roman Empire and Spain had the same ruler for about 40 years.)

InternetsWasYes

I feel like we are moving into red card territory, I predict 0-0 overtime with 5 v 6 players

unnamed_player

Gotta catch em all! Yellow cards!

GordonBennett

"Must have been the first time in the tournament that Robben's stayed on his feet" -Lineker

UnnamedPlayer

Let's have a good game fitting of a finale.

elezeta

Octopus paul it's the new religion

yellowking

Iniesta Zidane?

127329853

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ManUnitdFan

Protip, Netherlands: Stop going into high tackles with your cleats up. It's not helpful.

shogun26

Dirty, dirty game.

Targ

Robben still looks like a very young and very desperate Jean-Luc Picard.

Detente

Were these last two yellow cards just for dissent? The fouls certainly didn't look to warrant yellows.

raffikki

How many yellows? Some of these are hardly fouls!

joazito

Great defending by Bronkhorst.

Aksalon

TIME FOR SOME REVENGE (429 years late).

Or Spain will just get their asses kicked and I'll be sobbing in an inconsolable heap for a few hours. One of the two.

InternetsWasYes

He got a card because someone ran into him?

ph-x-

Yay! Gratz Spain! And FUCK YEAH MÜLLERRRRRRR is top goalscorer =)

erkapathy

Dear Redditsoccer, Spain won because I bought a Spanish jersey after their first match, because I wore it to work during every subsequent match they played, because I've been writing a book set in the Spanish pyrenees, because my good friend Kiko has moved back to his home in Cadiz, because I saved a 2006 bottle of Naveran cava and opened it today during this last match, and because my beautiful wife and I met in Barcelona 5 years ago.

NicholasP

The Dutch are playing the dirtiest, ugliest soccer I have seen in awhile.

Shame.

karma_is_stupid

ALL HAIL THE OCTOPUS!!!

otrojake

Iniesta diving like a pro.

drwormtmbg

I'm so fuckin excited!

thethermals

oh Del Bosque, please, please, put Pedro in the starting 11.

UnnamedPlayer

Fuck I am so tense that I can't even enjoy the game right now. I am really tempted to start playing Civ and just check the score from time to time.

eriad19

Rough match. Spain had the possession dominance, but few opportunities overall.

condeh

Awesome play Van Bronkhorst

ezrawork

Beautiful defense

RidiculousKnight

Unbelievable.

holyfartsticks

Anyone see (and translate) what Iniesta's shirt said?

T0ad

anyone cares to make a GIF from that boot to the chest?

engineer_girl

As a supporter of Spain, all i would like to say is, may the best team win!

ph-x-

Time to make some history. Go Spain!

T0ad

Netherlands is satrting to scare me, this is going the long run

natussum

Forlan would have about 7 goals already.

thewittyname

PSYCHOCTOPUS WILL NOT BE MOCKED!!

jxmitchell

Robin van Persie is a class act. That was proper sportsmanship.

Jumba

HUP HOLLAND HUP!

Classy.

InternetsWasYes

there is going to be like 20 mins of added time

brunoa

Listen to that crowd. Not happy.

dn00

Both teams wants to win so much that they suck.

Ketamine

Well two dives by Iniesta, two yellow card for NED.

xhandler

People who complain about Robben diving. That's the reason, if he doesn't go down, playing it fair. He doesn't get the free kick he should have had.

revamparts

When people are talking about red cards instead of goals you know it was a shitty match.

jandemor

Confirmed squad As newspaper

Casillas, Ramos, Piqué, Puyol, Capdevila, Busquets, Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro y Villa.

Targ

Holland: don't be scared when you get the ball, goddamnit.

uchalas

Felicidades amigos españoles.

da_js

8 yellows already.... i think maybe someone should tell the players, you need to score goals to win not get the most yellows...

glisc

The scene Van Der Wiel got a yellow card for was a dive by Iniesta. :(

¡ANDA FURIA!

multubunu

Webb is losing control of the game.

da_js

imagine the ref from the germany - serbia game.... being in this final WTF

GenerationGreg

It'd be nice if Howard Webb called it both ways

Dangger

The most important thing of all is that Paul got every match right.

ManUnitdFan

Bummer. You hate to see Torres pull up like that.

nzxt

today the ardmediathek is not streaming but zdfmediathek.de

sonnichj

Come on Spain. You have to win for the sake of soccer!!

Kijamon

Paul, I stuck £10 on Spain, if you are wrong then you are kalamari you little shit

wascurious

Watching it in 3D in a theater. Excited to see a new World Cup winner regardless of who wins. Thy said, Go Spain!

Niqulaz

Come on SPAIN!

condeh

I can see Van Bommel sent off before 70th minute at this rate.

rainblood

Van Bommel again.... fuck this is irritating lol

Mattastrophe

I have a random question. What language are the players speaking when they talk to the other team?

elvista

Spain got lucky with Robben this time.

edit: AND AGAIN!

GenerationGreg

Howard Webb is chumping it up.

da_js

if fabregas was german he would have passed, and spain would have won...

YourIcarus

Nice save by Stekelenburg. I'm impressed.

ObjectiveGopher

How awesome would it have been if a guy named Jesus scored Spain's winning goal? Ah well, heart attack a minute at the end here.

T0ad

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Alamei

At this rate, NED could be the first team ever to get every one of their players booked in a single World Cup game. This is getting absurd.

Niqulaz

Robben's need to always be the bigger asshole almost gets him sent off.

Nice.

crookedparadigm

I was actually watching this final unbiased but now I want to see NED win just so I can watch Iniesta cry

johnleemk

Well, it's over.

Fucking octopus.

silvercuti

Congratulations, Spain!

robdag2

Dive by Iniesta

ezrawork

Throw Iniesta out for that bullshit.

doublewonderful

Holland's pass back to Casillas is the moment I decided I want them to win the game.

ManUnitdFan

What a whirlwind of emotion. I start out neutral, then kinda wanted Spain to win based on the bad Dutch fouls, then went to wanting neither team to win towards the end.

SquareRoot

Wonderful dive by Iniesta. Asshole.

T0ad

WHOAAAAAAAA, i have to go change i just shit on my pants excuse me gents..

condeh

Iniesta, sneaky cheat as ever, takes a "tactical" dive.

bagofmarbles

OH GREAT DIVE SPAIN. Jesus Christ.

theflyingdutchman

The card on Van Bronckhorst was bullshit.

JabberwockyJones

Well, we played terribly. Good job Spaniards, you're a great team.

swasheck

can we vote in howard webb as man of the match?

bendh18

Let's go ORANJE!

nadalofsoccer

Kicking ankles around is no way to defend in my book.

da_js

what are the dutch complaining not getting enough yellow cards or what

Benutzername

Everybody is Kung Fu fighting...

condeh

How did Iniesta avoid a card?? Again?

dialphone

Nederland oh Nederland

Jij bent de kampioen

Wij houden van Oranje

Om zijn daden en zijn doen

ravenclaw_girl

Am i the only one feeling thoroughly sad? League matches just cannot make up for the fun and excitement!! And I have to wait till 2012 for the Euro :'(

Scarblac

Revenge for 1983!

[ In Euro qualifying in 1983, Holland was as good as through to the finals in 1984 - Spain had one match left, and Holland's +16 goals was much better than Spain's +5. Spain beat Malta 12-1 (3-1 at the break). ]

pitchpatch

that was ridiculous by de Jong! fuckin hell

beastiebz

HOLY SHIT THAT MUST HAVE HURT!

tvshopceo

The highlight of the game so far has been Jimmy Jump's attempt at stealing the trophy. What a boring game.

http://imgur.com/Z1e6C.jpg

T0ad

Even the octopus is turning yellow

Niqulaz

Webb just read Sneijder the riot act.

I still can't understand why he haven't been booked yet.

upsidedown23

I feel like the Spanish players get really greedy with the breakaways. If the player would just simply pass to his teammate, Spain could score.

etoiledevol

I just want to say that Jesus is a beautiful human.

jv27071

Looks like Muller gets the Golden Boot most likely

timberbeam

No one wants to win this game

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