Matches

Netherlands

0:1

Spain

0:1 a.e.t.

Andres INIESTA (116')

Summary

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.

Highlights

Line-up

Netherlands

Spain

1 Maarten STEKELENBURG $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184599.png'} NED1 Maarten STEKELENBURG (GK)	(GK)(C) Iker CASILLAS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/176644.png'} ESP1 Iker CASILLAS 1
2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/291410.png'} NED2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL	Gerard PIQUE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216973.png'} ESP3 Gerard PIQUE 3
3 John HEITINGA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184607.png'} NED3 John HEITINGA	Carles PUYOL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177914.png'} ESP5 Carles PUYOL 5
4 Joris MATHIJSEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/228281.png'} NED4 Joris MATHIJSEN	Andres INIESTA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/183857.png'} ESP6 Andres INIESTA 6
5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/155679.png'} NED5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST (C) (-105' )	(-106'ET) David VILLA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/229884.png'} ESP7 David VILLA 7
6 Mark VAN BOMMEL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/179568.png'} NED6 Mark VAN BOMMEL	XAVI $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177855.png'} ESP8 XAVI 8
7 Dirk KUYT $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/217313.png'} NED7 Dirk KUYT (-71' )	Joan CAPDEVILA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177907.png'} ESP11 Joan CAPDEVILA 11
8 Nigel DE JONG $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216964.png'} NED8 Nigel DE JONG (-99' )	(-87') XABI ALONSO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/207528.png'} ESP14 XABI ALONSO 14
9 Robin VAN PERSIE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/217315.png'} NED9 Robin VAN PERSIE	SERGIO RAMOS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216814.png'} ESP15 SERGIO RAMOS 15
10 Wesley SNEIJDER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/215002.png'} NED10 Wesley SNEIJDER	Sergio BUSQUETS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/303034.png'} ESP16 Sergio BUSQUETS 16
11 Arjen ROBBEN $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184616.png'} NED11 Arjen ROBBEN	(-60') PEDRO $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/318601.png'} ESP18 PEDRO 18

Substitute(s)

16 Michel VORM $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254089.png'} NED16 Michel VORM (GK)	(GK) Victor VALDES $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/217839.png'} ESP12 Victor VALDES 12
22 Sander BOSCHKER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/160388.png'} NED22 Sander BOSCHKER (GK)	(GK) Pepe REINA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/175413.png'} ESP23 Pepe REINA 23
12 Khalid BOULAHROUZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/218246.png'} NED12 Khalid BOULAHROUZ	Raul ALBIOL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216820.png'} ESP2 Raul ALBIOL 2
13 Andre OOIJER $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/155673.png'} NED13 Andre OOIJER	Carlos MARCHENA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/177846.png'} ESP4 Carlos MARCHENA 4
14 Demy DE ZEEUW $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254097.png'} NED14 Demy DE ZEEUW	(+106'ET) Fernando TORRES $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/183864.png'} ESP9 Fernando TORRES 9
15 Edson BRAAFHEID $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/254094.png'} NED15 Edson BRAAFHEID (+105')	(+87') Cesc FABREGAS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/200179.png'} ESP10 Cesc FABREGAS 10
17 Eljero ELIA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/291415.png'} NED17 Eljero ELIA (+71')	Juan Manuel MATA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/267811.png'} ESP13 Juan Manuel MATA 13
18 Stijn SCHAARS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/217306.png'} NED18 Stijn SCHAARS	Alvaro ARBELOA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/297330.png'} ESP17 Alvaro ARBELOA 17
19 Ryan BABEL $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216733.png'} NED19 Ryan BABEL	Fernando LLORENTE $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/233029.png'} ESP19 Fernando LLORENTE 19
20 Ibrahim AFELLAY $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/216723.png'} NED20 Ibrahim AFELLAY	Javier MARTINEZ $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/270714.png'} ESP20 Javier MARTINEZ 20
21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/184615.png'} NED21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR	DAVID SILVA $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/200176.png'} ESP21 DAVID SILVA 21
23 Rafael VAN DER VAART $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/180811.png'} NED23 Rafael VAN DER VAART (+99')	(+60') Jesus NAVAS $.img{src:'/imgml/tournament/worldcup2010/players/s/232978.png'} ESP22 Jesus NAVAS 22

Coaches

Bert VAN MARWIJK (NED)

(ESP) Vicente DEL BOSQUE

Officials

Referee: Howard WEBB (ENG)
Assistant Referee 1: Darren CANN (ENG)
Assistant Referee 2: Michael MULLARKEY (ENG)
Fourth official: Yuichi NISHIMURA (JPN)
FOF: Toru SAGARA (JPN)

Quotes

"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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28/11/2010 at 18:18

chileno456 (Chile)

i hav to admit spain did play better in the final..... but com on.....hollland did play better ovrall in the tournament

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26/11/2010 at 06:19

purefire23 (USA)

Spain is the luckiest team in the World, in my opinion not the best team but definetly the luckiest. The started at the bottom of their group with a first loss to the Swiss, then the game vs Paraguay was a total joke so much luck involved in their favor to win the match lucky bounces land on the feet of Villa that makes an 8 ball shot to the oppososite post. Villa you should try your luck at pool I guarantee you your probably better at it. Same thing in the last min vs the Oranje! Just pure stupidity.

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17/11/2010 at 21:01

luchiano1976 (USA)

congrats spain enjoy this 1 becuase we all know whos winning in 2014 which is brazil for couple of reasons they r the only title holders in history besides u spain that hasnt won in their own turf the other six england,france,uruguay,germany,argentina,and italy have all won at home before so brazil is gonna join them in 2014 and also try to erase the loss from 1950 sorry uruguay history wont repeat it self and uruguay enjoy playing in brazil in 2014 thats the closest home gm u gonna have for a while.. as worldcup host

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Statistics

Netherlands		Spain
13	Shots	18
6	Corner kicks	8
7	Yellow cards	5
1	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
43%	Possession (%)	57%

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

NED1

ESP1

NED2

ESP3

NED3

ESP5

NED4

ESP6

NED5

ESP7

NED6

ESP8

NED7

ESP11

NED8

ESP14

NED9

ESP15

NED10

ESP16

NED11

ESP18

NED16

ESP12

NED22

ESP23

NED12

ESP2

NED13

ESP4

NED14

ESP9

NED15

ESP10

NED17

ESP13

NED18

ESP17

NED19

ESP19

NED20

ESP20

NED21

ESP21

NED23

ESP22

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