The first thing of note, and confusion, was why both teams appeared in non-standard colours - Spain in white and Netherlands in Blue. I was expecting that about 250 passes in the game would be pointless, and this was so clearly going to be the case that I couldn't find anyone to take the bet, including Ray Winstone.
De Jong ["He likes to hit people in the chest, doesn't he" - Mark Lawrenson] managed to commit the first unnecessary foul worthy of a yellow card but not to get one.
1-0 to Spain at half time, through a penalty scored by Alonso. DeVrij managed to get a yellow card in the first half. The bonus at the interval was not having to listen to Adrian Chiles, seeing as this match was on BBC1. Then in the 44th minute, a weird turn of events saw RVP get his head on the end of a long high pass, and score! Against the run of play, but truly a great goal.
Robben scored to put the Dutch into the lead, and this preceded to Diego Costa half-hearted head butt that would have resulted in a dismissal - if the referee had seen it. As ever, the footballers are a pathetic group and conning the referee and continual cheating, feigning injury and moaning are integral parts of a contaminated game.
The third Dutch goal was hardly a classic, but it was the catalyst for some argie-bargie. Silva's goal was ruled offside and then Holland took control - scoring again to make it 4-1 with twenty minutes to go. Who would have believed a fifth was on the way? Robben again managed to carve the defence apart.
At last an entertaining game that was not littered with refereeing mistakes.
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