Buitenlandse media over Oranje # 3 Het nieuwe Olanda Magica

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Op dinsdag 24 juni 2014 22:23 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Waarom eigenlijk?
Het is niet dat we ze niet genaaid hebben .

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The Netherlands is the only European team who could win this World Cup



SAO PAULO – A European team has never won a World Cup hosted in South America. Teams like Spain and England have done little to buck that trend. This year, there is one team from Europe which stands a chance of hoisting that beautifully misshapen hunk of gold at the end of the World Cup.

That’s the Netherlands.

The Dutch have never won before, but if ever there was a time for the Oranje to break an 84-year drought, it would be now. The Netherlands first true test against South American talent came Monday against Chile, a team who could find itself advancing deep into the World Cup as the rounds progress.

Surrounded by over 40,000 Chilean fans in the 61,00-seat Arena Corinthians, the Dutch meticulously picked apart a talented Chile team. It was the type of performance necessary for a team with sights on a championship. It was an ugly match for 75 minutes. The pace was rough and plodding, the fans were rowdy, the refereeing was suspect, and the Dutch were without star striker Robin Van Persie. All things that in the past would be the undoing of the Netherlands, didn’t phase this team.

In the 77th minute, Leroy Fer headed home the first Dutch goal and 13 minutes later, Memphis Depay added a second. The match was almost surgical in nature. Louis van Gaal’s team absorbed a furious Chilean attack for the first 20 minutes, seemingly took the air out of the ball for the next 50 minutes, and then overwhelmed Chile in the final 20 minutes.

It was textbook. It’s also the essence of single-match knockout game. Absorb the emotions and fury of the first 20 minutes, before slowing the play down, and eventually striking a blow your opponent can’t recover from.

The Netherlands plays Mexico in the second round. Should the Dutch win, they would face the winner of the match between Costa Rica and Greece. All respect to those teams, none are as threatening as Chile, and none will match the traveling support Chile received.

The path to the final is no walk in the park for the Netherlands, but it’s more manageable than the path of other European teams like France and Germany, who look set to play each other in the quarterfinals.

The Netherlands has never won a World Cup. The conditions are right for a bit of history.

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LeoBlokhuis twitterde op donderdag 26-06-2014 om 06:34:02 Okee, hier even een oranje hart onder onze riem vanuit de VS; http://t.co/Nv4nXRTlIs reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 26 juni 2014 11:04 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Leuk stukje Jane.

Uit welk blad of krant ?

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Op donderdag 26 juni 2014 11:04 schreef tong80 het volgende:
Leuk stukje Jane.

Uit welk blad of krant ?

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Nach einer ganz schwachen ersten Hälfte brauchte die Elftal scheinbar den Rückstand von dos Santos, anschließend kamen Depay und Huntelaar - und damit die große Aufholjagd in Orange. Nach dem Ausgleich durch Sneijder wirkte Mexiko geschockt, spätestens der Elfmeter von Joker Huntelaar versetzte "El Tri" den Todesstoß. Zum sechsten Mal in Folge ist für Mexiko damit im WM-Achtelfinale Schluss.

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Holland come from behind to snatch last-gasp victory against Mexico

This World Cup gets more dramatic by the day. Two goals in the last six minutes, one of them a penalty in the dying moments, sent Holland through to the quarter-finals. Wesley Sneijder and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored them. Huntelaar had come on as a substitute for Robin van Persie and made a decisive contribution, but no-one had been so significant as Arjen Robben. He it was who sprinted towards the end of the stadium clutching his fists at the full time whistle. It was a run he had made over and over and over; he had done the most to drag the Dutch into this game and back into the World Cup.

Huntelaar produced a brilliant header from Robben’s corner in the 85th minute, laying the ball into Sneijder’s path for the equaliser. And then he scored from a penalty that Robben had won in the very last minute. Just when Mexico appeared to be on the edge of breaking a barrier that has stood before them for 28 years and will now haunt them for four more. For the sixth successive World Cup they have reached the knock out phase and been knocked out.

Holland did to them what Bulgaria did in 1994, Germany in 1998, the USA in 2002 and Argentina in 2006 and 2010. Just when they thought they had broken their barrier; just when they thought they might even go further. Now it is Holland who will be confident. Greece or Costa Rica stand between them and a place in the semi-final.

When Mexico took the lead it had not seemed possible. And yet by the final whistle, Holland could claim to have deserved it. Arjen Robben certainly could. For a long time, it felt like there was no way past Guillermo Ochoa and for a long time it felt like the conclusion would be that Robben could not do it on his own. Eventually, he was given some help by Huntelaar; eventually Ochoa was beaten. And Eventually the referee, Pedro Proença agreed: Robben had been turned down for two penalties when he was granted the third and Huntelaar sent Holland through.

Mexico thought they had done it. They took the lead early in the second half. Giovani dos Santos was first to reach a defensive header, controlled on his chest and allowed the ball to bounce three times, pursuing it and awaiting his moment. As Daley Blind Indi and Bruno Martins came to him, he held them off and, with the ball in the air, struck a wonderful left-footed shot that went into the far corner, twenty-five yards away. It was his first goal at this World Cup, his first for Mexico in over a year; it should have been his third. Unlike the opening night against Cameroon, no one was going to take this moment from him.

Now Holland were in a position they never wanted to find themselves in: they had to chase the game when so far there had been little sign of the energy that they might need. Indeed it was Jasper Cillessen who had just saved a shot from Oribe Peralta when Louis van Gaal bought on Memphis Depay. But however hard the conditions, they did react. The second half would be all theirs. It had started immediately when Ochoa somehow kept out Stefan De Vrij’s close range volley from a corner, pushing it against the post with a combination of head and hands.

Wide on the left, Depay was now running at them, more winger than wing back, but not as much as Robben. A familiar pattern emerged, a simple tactic: get ball to Robben. He cut in and provided a pass for Sneijder, whose shot squirmed wide off Rodriguez; he then clipped a ball in that just evaded Sneijder; and soon after that he appealed for another penalty. He cut inside away from Blind, who clipped him, and as he scrambled to his feet he tried to burst past Layun, lying on the floor and trying to reach the ball with an outstretched leg. Robben tumbled over his legs. He may have done so deliberately; certainly, Proença was unconvinced.

Still they came and still it was Robben. A swivel of the hips and cut back, this time to the outside, took him away from Rafael Márquez but Ochoa saved again. Robin Van Persie was withdrawn for Klaas Jan Huntelaar and his impact would be decisive. Even Ochoa could not do save when Sneijder thumped in the equaliser with just three minutes left. And when Robben cut inside once more, Márquezbrought him down. Huntelaar scored from the spot.

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haha grappig al die verzuurde reacties hier! schaam mij om belg te zijn... nederland heeft mexico van de mat gespeeld in de 2e helft .. en had altijd penalty moeten krijgen op einde van eerste helf! trouwens holland een kutpoeg? wat zijn onze rode duivels dan? heb al veel meer genoten van snijder en van persie dan van onze prestaties! cmon holland!

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Holland v Mexico: Klaas Jan Huntelaar puts Netherlands into last eight after Arjen Robben wins late penalty

In temperatures that give hint of what trying to play the game in Qatar's World Cup might be like, Klaas Jan Hunterlaar’s injury time penalty broke Mexican hearts here in Fortaleza. Holland advance to the quarter finals after the swiftest of one-twos dispatched their stubborn central American opponents. After leading for more than 40 minutes, Mexico succumbed in the final minutes.

First an astonishing goal by Wesley Sneijder cancelled out Giovani Dos Santos’s opener. Then Arjen Robben advanced brilliantly to the by-line, cut inside the penalty area and encountered Rafel Marquez’s leg. It was the third time Robben had looked for a penalty in the game, and this time he was making no mistake. Marquez went in on him, but Robben was looking for it. Perhaps angered by his two previous refusals, he gave the referee no option by flying through the air as if from the ten-metre board.

It was a finish that belied the opening. The first half was largely as might be expected when two defensive teams met in an oven. As the Brazilian temperature gauge might insist it was hotter than Giselle out there (or, in old fashioned numbers, 38 degrees). In the stands, the fans stood in clusters at the back rather than taking to their seats and risking being fried on the spot. For the pale and bald Robben the tiny fringe of shade on the edge of the pitch in the first half must have been a tempting place to play.

This was the first game of the tournament in which a drinks break was sanctioned, triggered by an official reading of more than 32 degrees on the touchline. Louis Van Gaal immediately took this as an opportunity for an extended team talk. He had needed early reorganisation when Nigel De Jong was injured in a first minute challenge. After failing to limp on, he was replaced by Bruno Martins Indi, with Daley Blind moving ostensibly into midfield. Though as two midfielders routinely dropped in when the Mexicans had the ball, creating a back seven, his role did not significantly change. It was a hi-viz, orange wall the Dutch had constructed across the patchy turf, anchored around Ron Vlaar, a man who does not look as though he were bullied at school.

Mexico, who had conceded only one goal in the group stage, were equally adept at getting behind the ball. Every time Robben was in possession he found himself hemmed in by half a dozen opponents. No more so than just before half time when he strode into the penalty box to be met by a welcoming committee of green shirted defenders. First Marquez clipped him on the back of the calf, then Hector Moreno hacked his legs away from him. As he picked himself up, expecting imminently to be placing the ball on the penalty spot, he could not believe the referee had waved play on.

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Netherlands stuns Mexico with two late goals

FORTALEZA, BRAZIL - Why not?

Everything else has happened in this World Cup, so why not a totally unpredictable, crazy, controversial, mind-boggling ending that nobody saw coming.

You know it’s a crazy game when both the loser and the winner are stunned.

Mexico was within two minutes of moving into the World Cup quarterfinals leading the heavily favoured Netherlands 1-0.

There didn’t appear to be any reason why it wouldn’t happen.

Then the craziness started.

Wesley Sneijder tied it 1-1 in the 88th minute for the Dutch.

Just as everyone was settling in for a second extra time game, Arjen Robben did what Arjen Robben is so good at. He made a meal out of a challenge and wound up getting a banquet out of it.

Portuguese referee Pedro Proenca awarded Robben a penalty.

Substitute Klaas Jan Huntelaar made no mistake in the 90th minute to give Holland a 2-1 win and a trip to the quarterfinals.

There was bedlam in the stadium and yet another chapter in the book of Brazil 2014 which is already a best seller.

It was the second time in the game that Robben had a shot for a penalty. He had one late in the first half which wasn’t given.

That was more of a penalty than the one awarded late in the game.

Mexico was the master of its own demise. When they took a 1-0 lead in the second half, they stopped attacking the Dutch.

They absorbed the Dutch pressure but it was inevitable that something was going to break loose and in the end, all hell broke loose.

Mexico deserved better than a 0-0 draw in the first half. They were outstanding in their approach to pressuring the Dutch with their speed on the outside. It appeared the Netherlands couldn’t cope.

The Tricolours had the better of the chances as well.

They almost stole a leading goal near the end of the half when Giovani Dos Santos was set off in the penalty area. He was at an acute angle and while he got off a hard shot Dutch keeper Jasper Cillessen managed to get a leg on it.

The Netherlands were playing with fire. Whether it was the heat of Fortaleza -- where FIFA implemented the first cooling breaks in World Cup history -- or overconfidence, the Dutch kept giving Mexico the run of the ball.

Mexico would wind up cursing the number of chances they wasted considering what happened at the end.

Robben’s jaunt than ended with the non-penalty was the best the Dutch could do in the first half. The play did cost Mexico Hector Moreno, one of their best defenders who was carted off.

Early in the first half Nigel de Jong left the game with an apparent injury for the Dutch. Bruno Martins Indi replaced him.

In the second half Mexico just kept coming forward and finally they were rewarded.

Dos Santos did a good job controlling the ball along the top of the area. He had three Dutch defenders around him when he volleyed the ball from distance. It flew into the net.

Cillessen looked as if he saw the ball late but it was a ball he should have done much better with.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:06 schreef superworm het volgende:
Goal.com Dutch courage overshadowed by Robben dive

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:21 schreef LeTourdeFrance het volgende:
Leuk, even de zure reacties op HLN.be lezen.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:21 schreef LeTourdeFrance het volgende:
Leuk, even de zure reacties op HLN.be lezen.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:44 schreef Ronaldsen het volgende:
Je krijgt altijd wat haat als je een penalty krijgt, lekker belangrijk die zure reacties.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:44 schreef Ronaldsen het volgende:
Je krijgt altijd wat haat als je een penalty krijgt, lekker belangrijk die zure reacties.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:17 schreef superworm het volgende:
Duits:

Focus.de Joker Huntelaar kickt Mexiko raus! Holland bejubelt Fünf-Minuten-Wunder
Die Zeit Späte Tore retten Oranje gegen Mexiko
Osnabrücker Zeitung WM 2014: Last-Minute-Sieg für Oranje
Sportal.de Wesley Sneijder und Klaas-Jan Huntelaar drehen das Spiel: Holland steht im Viertelfinale
NZZ Holland mit Schlussspurt im Viertelfinal
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sneijder und Huntelaar retten Holland
Deutsche Welle Niederlande gewinnt Hitzeschlacht
20 Minuten Holland schafft die Wende in den Schlussminuten
Süddeutsche Zeitung Späte Tore retten Oranje gegen Mexiko

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:46 schreef TC03 het volgende:

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Was gewoon een penalty. Robben werd tegen z'n voeten getrapt en dat mag niet. Snap niet dat er twijfel over bestaat.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:37 schreef superworm het volgende:
Commentaren onder het Guardianstuk zijn erg pissig op Robben.

Robbed

Robben is a tw@t. The guy is a disgrace to football. Sorry for Mexico. Holland should now make the semis, hopefully that's where their journey ends.
They're not as good as we thought either.

Absolute outrage for this mediocre deceitful team to win. They have a bunch of mediocrities and two excellent players, who, however, are scoundrels of he first order supremely skilled in simulation, yapping to the referee, and lies. They well stay on their feet when they judge they can score but fall when the can't and look for a penalty. There was barely contact with Robben who leapt in the air and stayed there arms and legs outstretched as if he was sky-diving. Not a penalty but a yellow card for the b.....d!. And these absurd breaks of play in 32nd and 76th min, the second when NL was 0:1, in each case changing the plan. Extra time of 6 min for the second had obviously decided upon before 88th min when NL was still a goal down. Ugly, ugly rot prepared for a country with little FIFA or commercial pull.

I don't understand how someone who isn't Dutch can like that team. Their players are either thugs like Vlaar, egomaniacs like van Persie and Robben, or no-talent clowns like Kuyt. They play like crap, too. I look forward to their demise.

There are two ways to play football - the honest way and the Dutch way.....

To whom it may concern, please please DON'T let Holland win the world cup.

'Your Basic Dutchman' has a thin veneer of outward respectability and geniality, but with the creeping violent capacity of a panther. I know of what I speak.

Heartbreaking loss for the Mexicans. Marquez shouldn't have stuck his leg out. Everyone knows that Robben will flop like a dolphin.

Robben is as big a cheat, and as disgusting a "sportsman" as Suarez. If a referee doesn't grow some balls and send him off, he'll dive his way to the World Cup final.

Robben. It's hard to say if there was least likeable personality in the world of football than him. However, if there is a player I'd like to have in my team against the rivals that have much more quality in their ranks, it's Robben. No Messi, no Ronaldo - Robben. He is capable of producing something on his own even if his team-mates suck for over an hour. He can beat his marker and dance his way to the penalty box. After that, everything is possible - a goal, a red card for the opponents, a penalty. Remember, it was Robben who kept Holland alive against Brazil four years ago even if Sneijder was the one who got the credits for his goals.

Congratulations to Mexico for playing football. You can go home with your heads up and proud. It was great to have you guys here. Congratulations to Netherlands for their great martial arts skills.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:49 schreef beantherio het volgende:

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Ik zie veel meer positieve reacties. En als die paar negatieve reageerders zouden nadenken dan zouden ze zien dat het een terechte penalty was en dat Oranje al voor de rust ook nog eens een 100% penalty door de neus geboord is. Maar ja: sommigen hebben gewoon iets tegen Nederland en tegen Robben. Daar doe je niets aan en daar hoef je je dus zeker niets van aan te trekken.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:46 schreef TC03 het volgende:

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Was gewoon een penalty. Robben werd tegen z'n voeten getrapt en dat mag niet. Snap niet dat er twijfel over bestaat.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:51 schreef portie het volgende:

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Niet in de buurt van de goal of een kansrijke situatie. Wel een penalty omdat de regels gewoon zo zijn. Maar die regels zijn gewoon hard op zo'n laat moment in de wedstrijd.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:52 schreef TC03 het volgende:

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Wat een bullshit knul. Als Robben niet onderuit was getrapt was het een goal geworden of had hij af kunnen leggen.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:55 schreef portie het volgende:

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Als robben niet onderuit getrapt werd schoot die mexicaan de bal een meter of 50 verderop. Die stond gewoon de bal op te wachten. Dat was nooit een doelpunt geworden.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:57 schreef Donnie-Brasco het volgende:
Goal.com spreekt van een dive

Robben werd gewoon op de voet getrapt... Hij is makkelijk gegeven, maar was gewoon een strafschop.

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Op dinsdag 24 juni 2014 16:59 schreef Old_Pal het volgende:
Oranjegekte houdt aan op Molukken

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:58 schreef TC03 het volgende:

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Makkelijk gegeven is ook bullshit.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:59 schreef Donnie-Brasco het volgende:

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Er zullen ook scheidsrechters zijn die um niet geven.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:55 schreef portie het volgende:

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Als robben niet onderuit getrapt werd schoot die mexicaan de bal een meter of 50 verderop. Die stond gewoon de bal op te wachten. Dat was nooit een doelpunt geworden.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:56 schreef TC03 het volgende:

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Als er niks aan de hand was, waarom trapt die ene Mexicaan Robben dan onderuit? Blijkbaar dacht iedereen dat er wat aan de hand was behalve jij.

Was een duidelijke overtreding en da's een pingel. Punt.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:58 schreef theunderdog het volgende:

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Dit is best ziekelijk eigenlijk...

Wat voor goeds hebben wij daar gedaan immers? niets XD

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:01 schreef portie het volgende:

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Ja, uhh ik ben het ook over eens dat het een terechte pingel was. Heb ook staan juichen en shit. Maar de actie was gewoon klaar als hij niet onderuitgetrapt werd. Dan is het voor de meeste mensen gewoon een zware bestraffing.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:37 schreef superworm het volgende:
Commentaren onder het Guardianstuk zijn erg pissig op Robben.

Robbed

Robben is a tw@t. The guy is a disgrace to football. Sorry for Mexico. Holland should now make the semis, hopefully that's where their journey ends.
They're not as good as we thought either.

Absolute outrage for this mediocre deceitful team to win. They have a bunch of mediocrities and two excellent players, who, however, are scoundrels of he first order supremely skilled in simulation, yapping to the referee, and lies. They well stay on their feet when they judge they can score but fall when the can't and look for a penalty. There was barely contact with Robben who leapt in the air and stayed there arms and legs outstretched as if he was sky-diving. Not a penalty but a yellow card for the b.....d!. And these absurd breaks of play in 32nd and 76th min, the second when NL was 0:1, in each case changing the plan. Extra time of 6 min for the second had obviously decided upon before 88th min when NL was still a goal down. Ugly, ugly rot prepared for a country with little FIFA or commercial pull.

I don't understand how someone who isn't Dutch can like that team. Their players are either thugs like Vlaar, egomaniacs like van Persie and Robben, or no-talent clowns like Kuyt. They play like crap, too. I look forward to their demise.

There are two ways to play football - the honest way and the Dutch way.....

To whom it may concern, please please DON'T let Holland win the world cup.

'Your Basic Dutchman' has a thin veneer of outward respectability and geniality, but with the creeping violent capacity of a panther. I know of what I speak.

Heartbreaking loss for the Mexicans. Marquez shouldn't have stuck his leg out. Everyone knows that Robben will flop like a dolphin.

Robben is as big a cheat, and as disgusting a "sportsman" as Suarez. If a referee doesn't grow some balls and send him off, he'll dive his way to the World Cup final.

Robben. It's hard to say if there was least likeable personality in the world of football than him. However, if there is a player I'd like to have in my team against the rivals that have much more quality in their ranks, it's Robben. No Messi, no Ronaldo - Robben. He is capable of producing something on his own even if his team-mates suck for over an hour. He can beat his marker and dance his way to the penalty box. After that, everything is possible - a goal, a red card for the opponents, a penalty. Remember, it was Robben who kept Holland alive against Brazil four years ago even if Sneijder was the one who got the credits for his goals.

Congratulations to Mexico for playing football. You can go home with your heads up and proud. It was great to have you guys here. Congratulations to Netherlands for their great martial arts skills.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:02 schreef MissionPhailed het volgende:

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Ja, waren daar niet de politionele acties in de jaren '40 ... ?

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:01 schreef theunderdog het volgende:
https://vine.co/v/MFgBWT7j03K

Gaat duidelijk op zijn voet staan, maar robben valt wel zeer makkelijk natuurlijk.

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Op woensdag 25 juni 2014 01:01 schreef superworm het volgende:

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We hebben ze vermoedelijk nog altijd minder hard genaaid dan Indonesië Nederlands-Indië.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:08 schreef Pleun2011 het volgende:

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Was gewoon optelsom.. die scheids zal in de rust ook wel zijn ingeseind dat die situatie in de 1e helft een zuivere strafschop was. Ben zeer tevreden dat we na jaren eindelijk weer eens een pingel mee krijgen op een groot toernooi, en nog een belangrijke ook. Bedankt scheids, ik vind Portugal opeens weer een iets sympathieker volk.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:25 schreef Blik het volgende:

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Ik vind optelsom wel het meest zwakker argument om een penalty toe te kennen of een gele kaart te geven. Webb deed dat gisteren ook door een Chileen een gele kaart te geven voor een overtreding die misschien niet eens een overtreding was. Geeft die geel onder het mom van een optelsom

Je geeft een penalty omdat het een overtreding is, niet omdat er toevallig al eerder een overtreding is geweest waarvoor je toen de keuze hebt gemaakt om niet te fluiten

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:27 schreef Pleun2011 het volgende:

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Het is allemaal psychologie.. als ik scheidsrechter zou zijn en ik zou in de rust zien dat ik een zuivere pingel over het hoofd heb gezien, dan zou ik die fout in de 2e helft ook goed willen maken door wat makkelijker naar de stip te wijzen.

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Louis van Gaal’s tactical genius moving Arjen Robben to the right won the day

After both Holland and Mexico started with a three-man defence the Dutch coach changed to a back four creating width on both flanks which he was able to successfully exploit

A 1pm kick-off in Fortaleza was always likely to produce a slow-burning contest. The temperature was so high, reaching more than 38C at one point, that it caused supporters, let alone players, problems before half-time. By electing to seek shade, the fans were not missing much action, with the conditions forcing both sides into slow football, with little pressing and few penetrative runs.

The tactical battle contributed to the sluggishness. So far at this World Cup, three-man defences have been extremely successful, with these two sides and Costa Rica demonstrating the value of playing this way. Their success has generally come against sides playing a back four, however, and when there have been contests between two sides playing a three-man defence, the result is often a very flat match.

This was 3-5-2 against 3-5-2, with predictable consequences – both teams had a spare man at the back, the midfield battle was even, and the wing-backs spent the duration of the game chasing one another up and down the touchlines. Neither had an advantage in a particular zone, and none of the attacking players could find space.

Mexico were the dominant side. Their strategy was simple – they know the Holland defenders concentrate on man-marking very tightly, so Giovani dos Santos and Oribe Peralta made decoy runs into deep positions, opening up space for midfield runners.

Héctor Herrera and Andrés Guardado obliged – sporadically, considering the heat. Holland defended in numbers, and always had someone sweeping up, sometimes the goalkeeper, Jasper Cillessen, who started very high up the pitch. He looked nervous throughout, and seemed slow to get down to Dos Santos’ long-range opener.

Then, however, we saw Louis van Gaal’s tactical genius, switching from a three-man defence to a back four, as he had done against Australia in the group stage. Soon after Holland went 1-0 down, he immediately summoned another attacker, Memphis Depay, with the right-wing-back Paul Verhaegh sacrificed and Dirk Kuyt switching flanks. Holland were now 4-2-3-1, with width on both flanks and Arjen Robben pushed to the right.

Immediately, the situation was different. The Mexico wing-backs, who had concentrated on tracking their opposite numbers, were now forced back against out-and-out wingers, and formed a five-man defence. This opened up space for the Holland full-backs to bring the ball forward, and while Kuyt and Bruno Martins Indi are hardly the most dangerous full-back pairing, they helped increase the pressure on the Mexico backline.

The key, however, was Robben’s new position on the right. He was involved in everything – dribbling with the ball at speed, crossing for a fine Wesley Sneijder headed chance, and forcing Guillermo Ochoa into a fine one-on-one save as Holland mounted their fightback.

After Sneijder’s equaliser following a corner, it was again Robben who wreaked havoc in the Mexico defence, forcing Rafael Marquez into a clumsy challenge for his third penalty appeal of the game – this time successful. On this form, the Holland’s tactics should be obvious – get the ball to Robben.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:32 schreef beantherio het volgende:
Mooie analyse op The guardian:

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Kort samengevat: Van Gaalgod

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:41 schreef xzaz het volgende:
Dat het een penalty was zijn ze het wel over eens:

http://www.reddit.com/r/w(...)_what_caused_the_pk/

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:56 schreef superworm het volgende:
http://www.theguardian.co(...)cup-2014-live-report

The Guardian-liveblog vergelijkt Dirk Kuyt met allerlei artiesten Hilarisch. Opmerkingen chronologisch:

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:25 schreef Blik het volgende:

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Ik vind optelsom wel het meest zwakker argument om een penalty toe te kennen of een gele kaart te geven. Webb deed dat gisteren ook door een Chileen een gele kaart te geven voor een overtreding die misschien niet eens een overtreding was. Geeft die geel onder het mom van een optelsom

Je geeft een penalty omdat het een overtreding is, niet omdat er toevallig al eerder een overtreding is geweest waarvoor je toen de keuze hebt gemaakt om niet te fluiten

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:25 schreef Blik het volgende:
Ik vind optelsom wel het meest zwakker argument om een penalty toe te kennen of een gele kaart te geven. Webb deed dat gisteren ook door een Chileen een gele kaart te geven voor een overtreding die misschien niet eens een overtreding was. Geeft die geel onder het mom van een optelsom

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:08 schreef Pleun2011 het volgende:

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Was gewoon optelsom.. die scheids zal in de rust ook wel zijn ingeseind dat die situatie in de 1e helft een zuivere strafschop was. Ben zeer tevreden dat we na jaren eindelijk weer eens een pingel mee krijgen op een groot toernooi, en nog een belangrijke ook. Bedankt scheids, ik vind Portugal opeens weer een iets sympathieker volk.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 23:29 schreef ikhouvannoodles het volgende:

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Scheids had weinig keus. De verdediger stak zijn been uit, er was contact en Robben struikelde. Of Robben te makkelijk ging liggen, zullen we nooit weten. Je hoeft iemand niet hard te raken om diegene uit balans te brengen. In geval van duwen en trekken, kan de scheids nog twijfelen of het een fysiek duel was.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 20:07 schreef affa het volgende:
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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:56 schreef superworm het volgende:
http://www.theguardian.co(...)cup-2014-live-report

The Guardian-liveblog vergelijkt Dirk Kuyt met allerlei artiesten Hilarisch. Opmerkingen chronologisch:

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"Dirk Kuyt is Status Quo" says Matt Dony. "You know exactly what you're going to get, but he just keeps going, even as the world he inhabits changes beyond all recognition. Endearingly popular, even though most would never admit it. The anti-hipster footballer."

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:56 schreef superworm het volgende:
http://www.theguardian.co(...)cup-2014-live-report

The Guardian-liveblog vergelijkt Dirk Kuyt met allerlei artiesten Hilarisch.
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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 22:02 schreef MissionPhailed het volgende:

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Ja, waren daar niet de politionele acties in de jaren '40 ... ?

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 00:10 schreef kossikvassik het volgende:

Het is nou niet bepaald dat Nederland wordt gemazzeld

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 21:46 schreef Dekatria het volgende:
Leuk hoe iedereen mauwt over een vermeende schwalbe, terwijl Mexico nergens te zoeken was de tweede helft en in de 1e helft al een pingel tegen had moeten krijgen.

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 23:41 schreef marcodej het volgende:
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Zeg het maar jongens.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 01:05 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Natuurlijk was het een terechte penalty.

Probeer maar overeind te blijven als iemand op je tenen staat.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 01:16 schreef TC03 het volgende:

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Daarnaast haakt Robben zijn rechtervoet achter het been van die Mexicaan.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 01:17 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Daar ben ik dan weer minder zeker van. Ik denk dat de hoek hierbij wat vertekenend kan werken.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 02:33 schreef Pandarus het volgende:
Toch wel verfrissend sommige buitenlandse media ipv het 'aan hetzelfde touwtje trekken'.

Zoals deze:
http://bleacherreport.com(...)-turns-the-gameagain

"First, Kuyt was a poor choice at left-wing-back."

Second, Sneijder struggled for the fourth game running.

Louis van Gaal switched to 4-3-3 and won the game for the second time in this tournament, sparking fresh questions over whether he should be starting with the 3-5-2.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 02:38 schreef Glijdt_licht het volgende:

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Dat is nu net het hele kunststukje van Van Gaal.
In het begin van de wedstrijd de tegenstander lekker steeds tegen de verdedigende muur laten lopen.
Dan switchen naar 4-3-3 als de tegenstander is moegestreden, terwijl NL nog niet zoveel heeft gedaan behalve verdedigen.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 02:45 schreef Yi-Long het volgende:
Ik begrijp de negativiteit rondom Kuyt nooit zo (zoals in dat artikel).

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Op zondag 29 juni 2014 23:41 schreef marcodej het volgende:
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Zeg het maar jongens.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 08:15 schreef Montagui het volgende:
Ze kunnen het gewoon niet hebben dat Nederland met on-Nederlands voetbal succes heeft.

Arjen Robben is nog steeds de beste speler van het tournooi, ....op korte afstand gevolgd door James Rodrigues.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 09:16 schreef Scorpie het volgende:

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Je hebt het over de media van al uitgeschakelde landen. Lachwekkend, dieptriest en kinderachtig, geen aandacht aan besteden. Sterker nog, ik hoop dat we de rest van het toernooi op dezelfde manier blijven winnen en ze van pure frustratie allemaal een aanval aan hun hartklep krijgen.

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Op maandag 30 juni 2014 02:39 schreef Pandarus het volgende:

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Mexico kwam terecht 1-0 voor terwijl ze toch duidelijk minder kwaliteit hebben. Tactiek om zelf eerst achter te komen?

Als de tegenstander de val heeft en jij acher de bal aan rent wordt je zelf eerder moe, niet later.

Ondanks tactische blunders van van Gaal zijn 'we' tot nu toe zo ver gekomen. Alles te danken aan individuele klassen en een heleboel geluk. Maar zonder geluk win je geen WK, dus wie zal het zeggen.

Alleen genant om te zien hoe van Gaal het zelf altijd weer uit weet te leggen als zijn kwaliteit, dat maken van fouten. En dan zie je tijdens zo WK ineens de kritische journalisten, schijnbaar onder druk van de Koninginnedaghosse, ineens een hele ommezwaai maken en 'samen aan hetzelfde touwtje trekken'.