World Cup 2010 - Final
July 11th 2010 - 7.30pm
Soccer City Stadum
| Netherlands | 0 - 1 | Spain (aet) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scorers | Iniesta 117 | ||
| Yellow Cards |  Mathijsen 117van der Wiel 111Robben 84Heitinga 57van Bronckhorst 54de Jong 28van Bommel 22van Persie 15 | Iniesta 118Capdevila 67Ramos 23Puyol 17 | |
| Red Cards |  Heitinga 109 | ||
| Lineups | Maarten Stekelenburg Gregory van der Wiel Johnny Heitinga Joris Mathijsen Gio van Bronckhorst (E Braafheid 105) Mark van Bommel Nigel de Jong (van der Vaart 99) Wesley Sneijder Arjen Robben Dirk Kuyt (E Elia 71) Robin van Persie | Iker Casillas Gerard Pique Carles Puyol Joan Capdevila Sergio Ramos Andres Iniesta Xavi Hernandez Xabi Alonso (C Fabregas 87) Sergio Busquets David Villa (F Torres 106) Pedro (J Navas 60) | |
| Corners | 6 | 8 | |
| On Target | 5 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 28 | 19 | |
| Offside | 7 | 6 |
The Netherlands and Spain will do battle on Sunday night in the 2010 World Cup final. Spain beat Germany 1-0 in Wednesday night's semi-final against Germany to set up a meeting with the Dutch who beat Uruguay 3-2 on Tuesday.
The Spanish go into Sunday's final in Durban as the overwhelming odds on favourites to win their first World Cup, but the ninety minutes match betting suggests that it will be a close final. Spain have only managed to score more than one goal in a game on two occassions during the World Cup, against Honduras and Chile in the group stages and have won each of their three knockout matches by one goal to nil. Possession is the key to the Spainiards success and is likely to be the way they play in the final. After a quiet first half against Germany in the semi-final, Spain upped the tempo in the second period but the goal that seperated the teams came from an unlikely source in Carles Puyol, scoring from a bullett header from a Xavi corner.
The Netherlands have won every match of their 2010 World Cup campaign, but it's difficult to say that they have impressed. Own goals have helped them on two occasions in South Africa, plus the odd generous referee decision and opposition goalkeeper howler. That saying, the Dutch have capitalised on any luck they have had and have scored some good goals on their route to the final, none more so than captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst's semi-final strike.
The Dutch have the kind of players who can hit a team on the break and if their frail at times defense can hold the inevitable barriage from Spain on Sunday they will offer a real threat on the counter-attack.
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Despite the results, the Dutch form has been skethcy and if they experience a similar lull as they did in the semi-final against Uruguay, you'd expect a team the quality of Spain to capitalise. The Dutch have scored in every match, twelve goals in total, but haven't kept a clean sheet since the second group match win over Japan.
| Date | Time | TV | Match Preview & Odds | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th June | 12:30 | ITV | Netherlands 2 - 0 Denmark | Soccer City Stadium |
| 19th June | 12:30 | ITV | Netherlands 1 - 0 Japan | Moses Mabhida Stadium |
| 24th June | 19:30 | BBC | Cameroon 1 - 2 Netherlands | Cape Town Stadium |
| 28th June | 15:00 | BBC | Netherlands 2 - 1 Slovakia | Durban Stadium |
| 2nd July | 15.00 | ITV | Netherlands 2 - 1 Brazil | Nelson Mandela Bay |
| 6th July | 19:30 | ITV | Uruguay 2 - 3 Netherlands | Cape Town Stadium |
No team has ever won the World Cup having lost their first match of the tournament, a stat Spain will be trying to re-write after they lost to Switzerland in their first game. The Spanish were less than impressive against Paraguay but an improved performance over the Germans on Wednesday means they will go into Sunday's final as the bookmaker's favourites.
| Date | Time | TV | Match Preview & Odds | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th June | 15:00 | BBC | Spain 0 - 1 Switzerland | Moses Mabhida |
| 21st June | 19:30 | ITV | Spain 2 - 0 Honduras | Nelson Mandela Bay |
| 25th June | 19:30 | ITV | Chile 1 - 2 Spain | Loftus Versfeld Stadium |
| 29th June | 19:30 | BBC | Spain 1 - 0 Portugal | Green Point Stadium |
| 3rd July | 19:30 | BBC | Paraguay 0 - 1 Spain | Ellis Park Stadium |
| 7th July | 19:30 | BBC | Germany 0 - 1 Spain | Moses Mabhida Stadium |
The latest team news for the 2010 World Cup final will appear here. Neither team have any suspension worries, but Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk can welcome back Nigel de Jong and Gregory van der Wiel who both missed the semi-final through suspension.
Spanish coach Vicente Del Bosque will have to make a decision on Fernando Torres, whom he dropped from the semi-final after struggling with form and fitness.
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