The first half saw a strong Dutch showing leading to a goal. Just before half time Diego Forlan scored a long sniper shot to level the field at 1-1. When the second half started up the Dutch kept fighting against the Uruguayans and scored two goals inside of five minutes to zoom ahead 3-1. All seemed lost for Uruguay as the game started to head to the closing whistle. They almost let their sense of victory snap them in the asses at the end. Uruguay put a goal into the net with only a few minutes to go as the Dutch players looked to be already celebrating, allowing their guard to fall. The final few minutes were tense as Netherlands fell into a defensive formation and Uruguay threw everything at them. The Netherlands held on for five minutes into extra time and won the match.
Congratulations to all the Dutch players and fans. After being runners up twice maybe 2010 is finally the year for the Oranje. It'll be Netherlands vs Spain or Germany for the championship. Tomorrow is going to be a brutal fight between two strong teams. Uruguay will face the loser of the match in the third place match. I can't wait until the excitement of the final! At this point I'll be happy with any of the remaining teams, obviously favoring Spain and Netherlands who have never won it. Though neither has half of Germany.
Here's some action shots of today's match.
And a victory pose for the Dutchmen.
1 comment:
you promised a star wars blog. where is it!!? hahaha. and netherlands and spain will probably be the game. but either way, it'll be great. germany is playing amazingly. i'm gonna miss futbol when it vanishes after this sunday. not to be talked about again for another four years.
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