Dutch Took Third Place

Things got worse for Brazil after suffering their worst ever defeat during the last four match against Germany, Brazil now equaled another unwanted record when they lost for two consecutive matches on home soil, something that had not happened since before the second World war.

Brazilians who thronged the Estadio Nacional Mane Garrincha, Brasilia could be forgiven for thinking "Here we go again!" after seeing the Algerian referee, Djamel Haimoudi pointing to the spot after just two minutes after Arjen Robben was deemed to be fouled by the returning skipper, Thiago Silva.

A former Arsenal player slotted the ball past Julio Cesar and soon to be Manchester United manager, Louis Van Gaal rejoiced by the sidelines.

As much as the host tried to make a game of it, they looked like a bunch of players who were just playing for the first time with misplaced passes and not reading each other's game.

It went from bad to worse when David Luis attempted header to clear the danger fell to Daley Blind who slotted the ball past Cesar.

However, credit to Luis Filipe Scolari's men, they attempted to make a comeback in the second half and saw much of the ball as they attempted to break down the Dutch defence.

Ironically though, it was the Netherlands scored again when Georginio Wijnaldum ended a move he started with a sweet strike past Cesar to make it 3-0 in added time.


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