FIFA World Cup

FT Saturday, July 12, 2014
Netherlands WWWWL 3
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Brazil DWWWL 0
1st2ndT
NED213
BRA000
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Match Report

Dutch beat Brazil to claim bronze

Netherlands claimed their first third-placed finish at a World Cup as Brazil were brushed aside thanks to goals from Robin van Persie, Daley Blind and Georginio Wijnaldum.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
1
42
Possession
58
8
SHOTS
11
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
279
Accurate Passes
417
340
Passes
483
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
21
0.3
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
47
21
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
19
20
Clearances
19

Head to Head

NED leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 4David LuizCD-L
  3. 3Thiago SilvaCD-R
  4. 14MaxwellLB
  5. 23MaiconRB
  6. 19WillianAM
  7. 17Luiz GustavoLM
  8. 8PaulinhoRM
  9. 21JôF
  10. 11OscarAM-L
  11. 16RamiresAM-R

NED · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Jasper CillessenG
  2. 2Ron VlaarCD
  3. 4Bruno Martins IndiCD-L
  4. 3Stefan de VrijCD-R
  5. 8Jonathan de GuzmánCM-L
  6. 16Jordy ClasieCM-R
  7. 20Georginio WijnaldumAM
  8. 5Daley BlindLM
  9. 15Dirk KuytRM
  10. 11Arjen RobbenCF-L
  11. 9Robin van PersieCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Thiago Silva (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 3' Goal! Brazil 0, Netherlands 1. Robin van Persie (Netherlands) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 9' Arjen Robben (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 17' Goal! Brazil 0, Netherlands 2. Daley Blind (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  5. 36' Jonathan de Guzmán (Netherlands) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 46' Substitution, Brazil. Fernandinho replaces Luiz Gustavo.
  7. 54' Fernandinho (Brazil) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Substitution, Brazil. Hernanes replaces Paulinho.
  9. 68' Oscar (Brazil) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 70' Substitution, Netherlands. Daryl Janmaat replaces Daley Blind because of an injury.
  11. 73' Substitution, Brazil. Hulk replaces Ramires.
  12. 90' Substitution, Netherlands. Joël Veltman replaces Jordy Clasie because of an injury.
  13. 90'+1' Goal! Brazil 0, Netherlands 3. Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daryl Janmaat.
  14. 90'+3' Substitution, Netherlands. Michel Vorm replaces Jasper Cillessen.

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