Matches

Uruguay

2:3

Netherlands

2:3 (1:1)

Diego FORLAN (41')
Maximiliano PEREIRA (90'+2)

Summary

Oranje edge five-goal thriller

The Netherlands are through to the Final of South Africa 2010 after seeing off Uruguay 3-2 in an incident-packed semi-final at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium.

Highlights

Line-up

Uruguay

Netherlands

1 Fernando MUSLERA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/229498.png'} URU1 Fernando MUSLERA (GK)	(GK) Maarten STEKELENBURG $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184599.png'} NED1 Maarten STEKELENBURG 1
3 Diego GODIN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/229499.png'} URU3 Diego GODIN	John HEITINGA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184607.png'} NED3 John HEITINGA 3
5 Walter GARGANO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/276131.png'} URU5 Walter GARGANO	Joris MATHIJSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/228281.png'} NED4 Joris MATHIJSEN 4
6 Mauricio VICTORINO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/286484.png'} URU6 Mauricio VICTORINO	(C) Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/155679.png'} NED5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST 5
7 Edinson CAVANI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/267834.png'} URU7 Edinson CAVANI	Mark VAN BOMMEL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/179568.png'} NED6 Mark VAN BOMMEL 6
10 Diego FORLAN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/189259.png'} URU10 Diego FORLAN (C) (-84' )	Dirk KUYT $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/217313.png'} NED7 Dirk KUYT 7
11 Alvaro PEREIRA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/229502.png'} URU11 Alvaro PEREIRA (-78' )	Robin VAN PERSIE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/217315.png'} NED9 Robin VAN PERSIE 9
15 Diego PEREZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/185359.png'} URU15 Diego PEREZ	Wesley SNEIJDER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/215002.png'} NED10 Wesley SNEIJDER 10
16 Maximiliano PEREIRA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/286481.png'} URU16 Maximiliano PEREIRA	(-89') Arjen ROBBEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184616.png'} NED11 Arjen ROBBEN 11
17 Egidio AREVALO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/286238.png'} URU17 Egidio AREVALO	Khalid BOULAHROUZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/218246.png'} NED12 Khalid BOULAHROUZ 12
22 Martin CACERES $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/267829.png'} URU22 Martin CACERES	(-46'HT) Demy DE ZEEUW $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254097.png'} NED14 Demy DE ZEEUW 14

Substitute(s)

12 Juan CASTILLO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/276134.png'} URU12 Juan CASTILLO (GK)	(GK) Michel VORM $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254089.png'} NED16 Michel VORM 16
23 Martin SILVA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/175629.png'} URU23 Martin SILVA (GK)	(GK) Sander BOSCHKER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/160388.png'} NED22 Sander BOSCHKER 22
2 Diego LUGANO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/239433.png'} URU2 Diego LUGANO	Andre OOIJER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/155673.png'} NED13 Andre OOIJER 13
8 Sebastian EGUREN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/185369.png'} URU8 Sebastian EGUREN	Edson BRAAFHEID $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254094.png'} NED15 Edson BRAAFHEID 15
13 Sebastian ABREU $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/158398.png'} URU13 Sebastian ABREU (+78')	(+89') Eljero ELIA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/291415.png'} NED17 Eljero ELIA 17
18 Ignacio GONZALEZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/209511.png'} URU18 Ignacio GONZALEZ	Stijn SCHAARS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/217306.png'} NED18 Stijn SCHAARS 18
19 Andres SCOTTI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/176546.png'} URU19 Andres SCOTTI	Ryan BABEL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216733.png'} NED19 Ryan BABEL 19
20 Alvaro FERNANDEZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/306142.png'} URU20 Alvaro FERNANDEZ	Ibrahim AFELLAY $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216723.png'} NED20 Ibrahim AFELLAY 20
21 Sebastian FERNANDEZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/313905.png'} URU21 Sebastian FERNANDEZ (+84')	Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184615.png'} NED21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR 21
4 Jorge FUCILE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/276132.png'} URU4 Jorge FUCILE	(+46'HT) Rafael VAN DER VAART $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/180811.png'} NED23 Rafael VAN DER VAART 23
9 Luis SUAREZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/270775.png'} URU9 Luis SUAREZ	Gregory VAN DER WIEL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/291410.png'} NED2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL 2
14 Nicolas LODEIRO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/305378.png'} URU14 Nicolas LODEIRO	Nigel DE JONG $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216964.png'} NED8 Nigel DE JONG 8

Coaches

Oscar TABAREZ (URU)

(NED) Bert VAN MARWIJK

Officials

Referee: Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
Assistant Referee 1: Rafael ILYASOV (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Bakhadyr KOCHKAROV (KGZ)
Fourth official: Yuichi NISHIMURA (JPN)
Fifth official: Toru SAGARA (JPN)

Not eligible to play
Injured

"When I took this job two years ago, I said to the players, 'We're on a mission, and we just have to believe in ourselves'. We're only a small country but we're through to the Final, that's just unbelievable. We last made the Final 32 years ago, so what we've achieved is, and I'll say it again, unbelievable," Bert van Marwijk, Netherlands coach.

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Latest Comments:

17/03/2012 at 09:20

avinaash (Malaysia)

I think uruguay should won the match

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12/07/2010 at 17:26

uruguayfan88 (Malaysia)

Uruguay should have won over the Dutch and got into the finals. The Dutch played dirty all their way into the finals

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10/07/2010 at 21:35

clamejumpper (USA)

Man i cant believe Uruguay lost :(

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NED

Wesley SNEIJDER

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Statistics

Uruguay		Netherlands
12	Shots	11
4	Corner kicks	5
2	Yellow cards	3
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
47%	Possession (%)	53%

Algeria	England	Korea DPR	Serbia
Argentina	France	Korea Republic	Slovakia
Australia	Germany	Mexico	Slovenia
Brazil	Ghana	Netherlands	South Africa
Cameroon	Greece	New Zealand	Spain
Chile	Honduras	Nigeria	Switzerland
Côte d'Ivoire	Italy	Paraguay	Uruguay
Denmark	Japan	Portugal	USA

Summary

Line-up

URU1

NED1

URU3

NED3

URU5

NED4

URU6

NED5

URU7

NED6

URU10

NED7

URU11

NED9

URU15

NED10

URU16

NED11

URU17

NED12

URU22

NED14

URU12

NED16

URU23

NED22

URU2

NED13

URU8

NED15

URU13

NED17

URU18

NED18

URU19

NED19

URU20

NED20

URU21

NED21

URU4

NED23

URU9

NED2

URU14

NED8

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