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Sneijder sees Dutch past Japan

Wesley Sneijder's second-half strike earned the Netherlands a narrow 1-0 win over a highly disciplined Japan side at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.

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Line-up

1 Maarten STEKELENBURG (GK) (GK) Eiji KAWASHIMA 21
2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL Yellow Card Yuki ABE 2
3 John HEITINGA Yuichi KOMANO 3
4 Joris MATHIJSEN Marcus Tulio TANAKA 4
5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST (C) Yuto NAGATOMO 5
6 Mark VAN BOMMEL Yasuhito ENDO 7
7 Dirk KUYT (-64') Out Daisuke MATSUI 8
8 Nigel DE JONG (-77') Out Yoshito OKUBO 16
9 Robin VAN PERSIE Out (-88' ) (-77') Out (C) Makoto HASEBE 17
10 Wesley SNEIJDER Goal Out (-83' ) Keisuke HONDA 18
23 Rafael VAN DER VAART Out (-72' ) Yuji NAKAZAWA 22
Substitute(s)
16 Michel VORM (GK) (GK) Seigo NARAZAKI 1
22 Sander BOSCHKER (GK) (GK) Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI 23
11 Arjen ROBBEN Atsuto UCHIDA 6
12 Khalid BOULAHROUZ (+77') In Shinji OKAZAKI 9
13 Andre OOIJER (+64') In Shunsuke NAKAMURA 10
14 Demy DE ZEEUW (+77') In Keiji TAMADA 11
15 Edson BRAAFHEID Kisho YANO 12
17 Eljero ELIA In (+72') Daiki IWAMASA 13
18 Stijn SCHAARS Kengo NAKAMURA 14
19 Ryan BABEL Yasuyuki KONNO 15
20 Ibrahim AFELLAY In (+83') Takayuki MORIMOTO 19
21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR In (+88') Junichi INAMOTO 20
Coaches
Officials
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  • Bert van Marwijk head coach of the Netherlands is pictured on a tv camera
  • Keisuke Honda of Japan looks on
  • Mark Van Bommel, with the match ball up his shirt, celebrates following victory during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group E match between Netherlands and Japan
  • Joris Mathijsen of the Netherlands celebrates with Mark Van Bommel (C) and the rest of the team
  • Yasuhito Endo of Japan (7) is dejected after defeat
  • Bert van Marwijk head coach of the Netherlands directs his players as Takeshi Okada head coach of Japan looks on

"You've got to be happy about winning your first two games. But we can play better than that, and we'll have to. We'll be taking a good look at ourselves and keeping our feet on the ground," Bert van Marwijk, Netherlands coach.

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Latest Comments:
Lucodo
11/08/2010 at 06:18
Lucodo (New Zealand)
good work Netherlands. I am going to count them as one of the favourites now. Definitely!
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footballfaan
08/07/2010 at 11:45
footballfaan (Hungary)
SNEIJDER IS GREAT AND HOLLAND AS WELL
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kimura121923
22/06/2010 at 12:16
kimura121923 (Japan)
i think Japan could play better than this , but for some reason they dont want to play their best
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9Shots10
4Corner kicks5
1Yellow cards0
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
61%Possession (%)39%

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