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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™12 June - 13 July

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Estadio NacionalBrasilia (BRA)
12 Jul 2014 - 17:00 Local time
Play-off for third place
Brazil
BrazilBRA
Netherlands
NetherlandsNED
Full-time
FT
0-3

Overview

Match summary

Robin van Persie of the Netherlands celebrates scroing

Dutch down Brazil, seal third place

Robin van Persie, Daley Blind and Georginio Wijnaldum struck the goals in Brasilia as the Netherlands secured third place at the FIFA World Cup with a 3-0 victory over hosts Brazil.
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Match Highlights

Quotes

"We had a fantastic tournament. I’m proud of my team and my staff. I’d like to thank the Brazilian people, their authorities and FIFA for a really well organised tournament," Louis van Gaal, Netherlands coach.
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Latest News

MatchCast

18:5312 Jul 2014
The final whistle sounds.
18:5212 Jul 2014
90'+MAICON (Brazil) sees an effort go off target.
18:5112 Jul 2014
90'+JANMAAT (Netherlands) is penalised after committing a foul.
18:5012 Jul 2014
90'+ VORM (in) comes off the bench to replace CILLESSEN (out) (Netherlands)
18:4812 Jul 2014
90'+ WIJNALDUM (Netherlands) scores!!
18:4712 Jul 2014
90' VELTMAN (in) comes off the bench to replace CLASIE (out) (Netherlands)
18:4512 Jul 2014
88'HERNANES (Brazil) commits a foul.
18:4312 Jul 2014
86'KUYT (Netherlands) sees an effort go off target.
18:4312 Jul 2014
86'ROBBEN (Netherlands) takes a corner kick.
18:4112 Jul 2014
84'DE GUZMAN (Netherlands) is penalised after committing a foul.
18:4012 Jul 2014
83'V. PERSIE (Netherlands) concedes a free-kick following a challenge on T SILVA (Brazil).
18:3812 Jul 2014
81'MAXWELL (Brazil) commits a foul.
18:3612 Jul 2014
79'OSCAR (Brazil) sees an effort go off target.
18:3612 Jul 2014
79'OSCAR (Brazil) swings in the corner.
18:3412 Jul 2014
77'WILLIAN (Brazil) commits a foul.

Man of the Match

ROBBEN
NetherlandsNED
Forward
SSI Err

Line-ups

Brazil
BrazilBRA
Netherlands
NetherlandsNED
12
JULIO CESAR
(GK)
1
CILLESSEN
(GK) 90'+3
3
T SILVA
(C)
2
VLAAR
4
DAVID LUIZ
3
DE VRIJ
8
PAULINHO
57'
4
MARTINS INDI
11
OSCAR
5
BLIND
70'
14
MAXWELL
8
DE GUZMAN
16
RAMIRES
73'
9
V. PERSIE
(C)
17
L GUSTAVO
46' HT
11
ROBBEN
19
WILLIAN
15
KUYT
21
JÔ
16
CLASIE
90'
23
MAICON
20
WIJNALDUM
SubstitutesSubstitutes
1
JEFFERSON
(GK)
22
VORM
(GK) 90'+3
22
VICTOR
(GK)
23
KRUL
(GK)
2
DANI ALVES
6
DE JONG
Injured
5
FERNANDINHO
46' HT
7
JANMAAT
70'
6
MARCELO
10
SNEIJDER
Injured
7
HULK
73'
12
VERHAEGH
9
FRED
13
VELTMAN
90'
10
NEYMAR JR
Injured
14
KONGOLO
13
DANTE
17
LENS
15
HENRIQUE
18
FER
Injured
18
HERNANES
57'
19
HUNTELAAR
20
BERNARD
21
MEMPHIS
CoachCoach
Luiz Felipe SCOLARI (BRA)Louis VAN GAAL (NED)

Match Facts

Brasilia

Brasilia
The construction of this ultra-modern city, situated in the centre of Brazil, began in 1956.

Estadio Nacional

General view around Mane Garrincha Stadium on June 15, 2014 in Brasilia
  • Stadium nameEstadio Nacional
  • CityBrasilia
  • Year constructed2012
  • Overall capacity69349

Weather

  • Partly Cloudy
  • 26° CTemperature
  • 19 m/sWind
  • 50 %Humidity

Officials

  • Referee: Djamel HAIMOUDI
    Algeria
    AlgeriaALG
  • Assistant Referee 1: Redouane ACHIK (MAR)
  • Assistant Referee 2: Abdelhak ETCHIALI (ALG)
  • Fourth official: Yuichi NISHIMURA (JPN)

Official Documents

English