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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| 1 Maarten STEKELENBURG (GK) | (GK) Eiji KAWASHIMA 21 |
2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL  |  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')
 Daisuke MATSUI 8 |
| 8 Nigel DE JONG |
(-77')
Yoshito OKUBO 16 |
9 Robin VAN PERSIE 
(-88'
)
|
(-77')
(C) Makoto HASEBE 17 |
10 Wesley SNEIJDER 
(-83'
)
| Keisuke HONDA 18 |
| 23 Rafael VAN DER VAART
(-72'
)
| Yuji NAKAZAWA 22 |
| 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')
 Shinji OKAZAKI 9 |
| 13 Andre OOIJER |
(+64')
Shunsuke NAKAMURA 10 |
| 14 Demy DE ZEEUW |
(+77')
Keiji TAMADA 11 |
| 15 Edson BRAAFHEID | Kisho YANO 12 |
17 Eljero ELIA 
(+72')
| Daiki IWAMASA 13 |
| 18 Stijn SCHAARS | Kengo NAKAMURA 14 |
| 19 Ryan BABEL | Yasuyuki KONNO 15 |
| 20 Ibrahim AFELLAY
(+83')
| Takayuki MORIMOTO 19 |
| 21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR
(+88')
| Junichi INAMOTO 20 |
Misses next match if booked
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| 9 | Shots | 10 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 5 |
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