Meh, both teams had the breaks to get the goals.
The winning goal leaves a bad taste...
a)the second yellow which took out the Dutch central defender was weak...hand was on the shoulder for sure but didn't pull back. He would've been in there to stop that play turning out the way it did
b)30 seconds earlier the attempt at net from the free kick that hit the defender, and was called a goal kick, could've turned out differently. Who knows what the Dutch do on the corner, but regardless, the play down the field doesn't turn out the way it does which leads to the goal if there was a corner at the other ends 30 seconds earlier. Brutal blown call, not sure what the ref was watching there.
c)First attempted pass was clearly offside...and should've been called as the intent of the pass was to go to the guy who was offside. Of course the second pass was fine thanks to the stumbling defender, but technically the play should've been dead after the original offside.
Not a big fan of that diving today, Spanish especially. Tough to blame the refs for the yellows..early he wanted to set tone and make sure the rough play didn't get out of control, but after he set that precendent, he carried on with it. Some cards simplay for mouthing off too.
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