México		Nederland
vamos mexico	Tactics	We advance
53%	Possession	47%
35%	Play in the half	65%
25	Shots	4
3	Fouls	6
0	Yellow cards	4
0	Red cards	1
4	Offsides	2
75.9	average mark	74.7
incredible	Shooting	formidable
outstanding	Passing	excellent
incredible	Defending	incredible

9 minute.
Bosman lobs the ball high into the air. van der Luer just manages to reach the ball first. Rubio fouls inside the box. Penalty! The harmed player, van der Luer, quickly gets on his feet. He looks OK! van der Luer approaches the penalty spot, taking just a short run-up. Godínez miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

11 minute.
Araujo plays the ball off with his head. the ball bounces off van Jut`s chest. Aguilar wins the ball from behind. Aguilar shoots. Volkers makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
México - Nederland 1:0

14 minute.
Denneboom approaches the ball. Araujo cleverly intercepts the pass. Araujo centers. Aguilar gets his head on it.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
México - Nederland 2:0

20 minute.
Santa Cruz makes a sublime pass. Here comes Morantes, having a little trouble catching the ball. de Bie fouls. de Bie is cautioned. Morantes was harmed in the clash. Aguilar approaches the ball, he strikes....
Missed by few inches.

23 minute.
Escobedo makes a sublime pass. Morantes takes over possession. The referee whistles for a foul van der Moot is guilty of misconduct. van der Moot is cautioned. Morantes was hurt. He`s crying with pain! The distance from the goal is not that far. Escobedo takes a run-up, and takes a cracking free-kick.
Missed by few inches.

24 minute.
van Lent just manages to reach the ball first. van Lent makes a one-touch pass. Giesen just manages to reach the ball first. Giesen lobs the ball high into the air. Drenthe gets his head on it. Godínez miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

28 minute.
Bosman plays the ball through. Serafín wins the ball from behind. Throw-in. Bosman approaches to take the throw-in. He is well-known for his good throws. Serafín centers. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

29 minute.
Santa Cruz approaches the ball. Santa Cruz passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Araujo just manages to reach the ball first. Araujo lobs the ball high into the air. Morantes makes a diving header.
Missed by few inches.

30 minute.
Araujo approaches to take the throw-in. He is well-known for his good throws. Santa Cruz attempts to pass. Araujo lobs the ball high into the air. Aguilar rises up and heads the ball. Volkers desperately tries to grasp hold of the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
México - Nederland 3:0

40 minute.
Araujo plays the ball off with his head. Santa Cruz plays the ball through. Escobedo just manages to reach the ball first. Escobedo lobs the ball high into the air. Aguilar rises up and heads the ball.
What a tremendous chance!

41 minute.
Santa Cruz just manages to reach the ball first. Santa Cruz makes a one-touch pass. Aguilar just manages to reach the ball first. Aguilar shoots. Volkers makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball. The ball hits the post. Morantes just manages to reach the ball first. de Bie fouls inside the box. Penalty! de Bie gets a second booking and as a consequence, the red card. He has to leave the pitch. Morantes was hurt. He`s crying with pain! Morantes confidently approaches the penalty spot, kicks, after a short run-up. Volkers miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

44 minute.
Santa Cruz makes a one-touch pass. Escobedo approaches the ball. Escobedo makes a one-touch pass. Morantes takes over possession. Morantes has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

45 minute.
Araujo just manages to reach the ball first. Araujo passes, it`s a high ball. Santa Cruz plays the ball off with his head. Morantes just manages to reach the ball first. Morantes shoots.
What a tremendous chance!

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: México 42%, Nederland 58%.
México - Nederland 3:0

48 minute.
Boussatta makes an instep pass. Drenthe approaches the ball. Elizondo fouls inside the box. Penalty! The harmed player, Drenthe, quickly gets on his feet. He looks OK! Drenthe will face the keeper in penalty kick. Following a moment of concentration he runs up to the ball. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

52 minute.
van der Moot cleverly intercepts the pass. Escobedo approaches the ball. Escobedo makes a sublime pass. Aguilar takes over possession. Aguilar shoots. Volkers miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory.

65 minute.
van der Luer plays the ball off with his head. Tapia approaches the ball. Tapia centers. Drenthe ineptly catches the ball. Drenthe takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers! the ball bounces off Bosman`s chest. Araujo approaches the ball. Bosman takes the opponents legs away. Bosman is cautioned. Araujo was hurt. He`s crying with pain! van Nelle comes on to the pitch.

68 minute.
Araujo approaches the ball. Araujo lobs the ball high into the air. Morantes approaches the ball. Morantes has a fantastic effort at goal. Volkers desperately tries to grasp hold of the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
México - Nederland 4:0

70 minute.
The ball is kicked out of play. Zárate comes on to the pitch.

72 minute.
Volkers plays the ball through. Santa Cruz plays the ball off with his head. van Jut approaches the ball. Aguilar wins the ball from behind. Aguilar has a fantastic effort at goal.
What a tremendous chance!

76 minute.
Rubio passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Santa Cruz takes over possession. Santa Cruz passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Morantes takes over possession. Morantes has a fantastic effort at goal. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar. Volkers palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

77 minute.
Araujo takes over possession. The referee whistles for a foul Bosman is guilty of misconduct. Araujo was harmed in the clash. Adriano comes on to the pitch.

78 minute.
Araujo approaches the ball. Bosman trips an opponent. That`s a foul! Araujo was harmed in the clash. Santa Cruz is likely to centre the ball towards the box, he takes a short run-up. Morantes gets his head on it.
It was close.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: México 29%, Nederland 71%.
México - Nederland 4:0