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10 July
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Netherlands vs Argentina semifinal review: Too smart to be crazy
Argentina oust Netherlands on penalties to reach their first final since 1990.
The second semi-final turned into sticky standoff with both teams being too good to allow their opponents penetration in the box. Both Netherlands and Argentina have been paving their ways through play-off stage wi...
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9 July
World Cup semi-finals. Netherlands vs Argentina preview.
The teams, posessing arguably two best attacking lines at the World Cup, but have shown cautious football in play-off round, face each other in the semifinals.
Road to success
The Dutch crushed holding champions Spain 5-1 in the opening game, outplayed Australia 3-2 and Chile 2-0, and won ...
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23 June
World Cup. Group B. Netherlands beat Chile to claim the top spot.
The Netherlands clinched the third victory in the group and avoided a potential Brazil clash (should the hosts beat Cameroon). Substitutes Leroy Fer and Memphis Depay scored on 77 and 90+2 minutes respectively. The Norwich City midfielder headed home just two minutes after appearing on the pitc...
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18 June
World Cup. Group B. Netherlands beat Australia 3-2
Netherlands have all but qualified to the round of 16 after beating stubborn Australia.
After terrific performance in the opening game against World Cup champions Spain, Holland were dubbed to crush underdogs Australia. However, the Dutch survived a scare in the second half having to come fro...
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18 June
2014 World Cup revelations. Top surprises and disappointments after six days
Six days after the beginning of the tournament all 32 teams have played a game (Brazil and Mexico have had two). Obviously, it is too early to make any conclusions, but we have been struck with the form of some of the squads in opening matches, both positively and negatively.
So, here are the nat...
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