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Iniesta puts Spain on top of the world

Spain lifted the FIFA World Cup for the first time after Andres Iniesta's 116th-minute goal secured a 1-0 victory for the European champions over the Netherlands at Soccer City.

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Line-up

1 Maarten STEKELENBURG (GK) (GK)(C) Iker CASILLAS 1
2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL Yellow Card Gerard PIQUE 3
3 John HEITINGA Yellow Card Second yellow card and red card Yellow Card Carles PUYOL 5
4 Joris MATHIJSEN Yellow Card Yellow Card Goal Andres INIESTA 6
5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST (C) Yellow Card Out (-105' ) (-106'ET) Out David VILLA 7
6 Mark VAN BOMMEL Yellow Card Yellow Card XAVI 8
7 Dirk KUYT Out (-71' ) Yellow Card Joan CAPDEVILA 11
8 Nigel DE JONG Yellow Card Out (-99' ) (-87') Out XABI ALONSO 14
9 Robin VAN PERSIE Yellow Card Yellow Card SERGIO RAMOS 15
10 Wesley SNEIJDER Sergio BUSQUETS 16
11 Arjen ROBBEN Yellow Card (-60') Out PEDRO 18
Substitute(s)
16 Michel VORM (GK) (GK) Victor VALDES 12
22 Sander BOSCHKER (GK) (GK) Pepe REINA 23
12 Khalid BOULAHROUZ Raul ALBIOL 2
13 Andre OOIJER Carlos MARCHENA 4
14 Demy DE ZEEUW (+106'ET) In Fernando TORRES 9
15 Edson BRAAFHEID In (+105') (+87') In Cesc FABREGAS 10
17 Eljero ELIA In (+71') Juan MATA 13
18 Stijn SCHAARS Alvaro ARBELOA 17
19 Ryan BABEL Fernando LLORENTE 19
20 Ibrahim AFELLAY Javier MARTINEZ 20
21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR DAVID SILVA 21
23 Rafael VAN DER VAART In (+99') (+60') In Jesus NAVAS 22
Coaches
Officials
  • Singer Shakira performs "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" with South African band Freshlyground during the Closing Cermony
  • The Spain team celebrate victory with the World Cup, on the podium
  • Arjen Robben of the Netherlands has his shot saved by Iker Casillas of Spain
  • Iker Casillas of Spain celebrates winning
  • Fernando Torres of Spain celebrates as he lifts the World Cup with team mates
  • Vicente del Bosque head coach of Spain lifts the World Cup with his team

"There’s a great sense of happiness in the dressing room right now. It’s hard to put it all into words and the way the players feel goes way beyond words," Vicente del Bosque, Spain coach.

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Latest Comments:
Max1236
03/09/2012 at 14:45
Max1236 (Canada)
Nederlands showd have won that on beicuse tha your better then spain
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avinaash2003
25/08/2012 at 12:56
avinaash2003 (Germany)
What a game was it was a fantastic and iniesta puts spain on top of the world
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Mr.adudy
04/07/2012 at 02:30
Mr.adudy (Canada)
spain is my fav team from 2008 yayyy
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NetherlandsNetherlands SpainSpain
13Shots18
6Corner kicks8
7Yellow cards5
1Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
43%Possession (%)57%

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