Nederland		Nippon
We advance	Tactics	Sapporo
54%	Possession	46%
25%	Play in the half	75%
23	Shots	0
0	Fouls	3
0	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
3	Offsides	2
79.8	average mark	63.4
brilliant	Shooting	solid
incredible	Passing	very good
incredible	Defending	formidable

3 minute.
Hamada plays the ball off with his head. van Eerd takes over possession. Nagai approaches the ball. Gerlach cleverly intercepts the pass. Gerlach shoots. Morita palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nederland - Nippon 1:0

9 minute.
Giesen passes, it`s a high ball. Kobari ineptly catches the ball. Gerlach approaches the ball. Gerlach has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nederland - Nippon 2:0

10 minute.
Lagarde plays the ball off with his head. Giesen makes a sublime pass. Barazite takes over possession. Barazite centers. van Eerd makes a diving header. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

19 minute.
van Jut makes a sublime pass. van Eerd approaches the ball. van Eerd makes an instep pass. Here comes Gerlach, having a little trouble catching the ball. Gerlach takes a swing and hits it...
It was close.

25 minute.
van Eerd plays the ball off with his head. Gerlach takes over possession. Tsuzuki trips an opponent. That`s a foul! Tsuzuki is cautioned. The harmed player, Gerlach, quickly gets on his feet. He looks OK! The distance from the goal is not that far. Gerlach takes a run-up, and takes a cracking free-kick. Morita miraculously changed the ball`s trajectory. Nagai plays the ball off with his head. Ienaga attempts to pass. Gruisen takes over possession. Gruisen lobs the ball high into the air. Morita palms the ball clear.

28 minute.
Giesen passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Barazite takes over possession. Barazite lobs the ball high into the air. Gerlach just manages to reach the ball first. Gerlach takes a swing and hits it... Morita palms the ball clear.

29 minute.
Gruisen plays the ball through. Barazite approaches the ball. Barazite plays the ball through. Gerlach just manages to reach the ball first. Gerlach takes a swing and hits it... The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

37 minute.
Throw-in. Barazite, swiftly takes the throw-in. Giesen approaches the ball. Giesen passes, it`s a high ball. van Eerd rises up and heads the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nederland - Nippon 3:0

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: Nederland 29%, Nippon 71%.
Nederland - Nippon 3:0

48 minute.
Giesen takes over possession. Giesen makes an instep pass. Gruisen has problems with catching the ball. Gruisen centers. Gerlach makes a diving header.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nederland - Nippon 4:0

52 minute.
Throw-in. Busscher comes on to the pitch.

61 minute.
The ball is kicked out of play. van Hooijdonk comes on to the pitch. Gruisen, swiftly takes the throw-in. Giesen just manages to reach the ball first. Giesen passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Gruisen lobs the ball high into the air. Busscher gets his head on it.
What a tremendous chance!

62 minute.
Bosman passes, it`s a high ball. Busscher plays the ball off with his head. Gruisen attempts to pass. Busscher takes over possession. Busscher shoots.
What a tremendous chance!

67 minute.
Ienaga has problems with catching the ball. Gruisen just manages to reach the ball first. Gruisen passes, it`s a high ball. van Hooijdonk just manages to reach the ball first. van Hooijdonk has a fantastic effort at goal. Post! The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

68 minute.
Bosman centers. van Hooijdonk plays the ball off with his head. the ball bounces off Nagai`s chest. Busscher takes over possession. Busscher has a fantastic effort at goal.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nederland - Nippon 5:0

72 minute.
Warmolts lobs the ball high into the air. Busscher plays the ball off with his head. Barazite just manages to reach the ball first. Barazite centers. van Hooijdonk rises up and heads the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
Nederland - Nippon 6:0

84 minute.
Nakazawa centers. Throw-in. Giesen, swiftly takes the throw-in. Barazite lobs the ball high into the air. Busscher rises up and heads the ball.
It was close.

88 minute.
Gruisen approaches the ball. Gruisen passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Giesen takes over possession. van Hooijdonk just manages to reach the ball first. van Hooijdonk has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper makes a terrible mistake, losing an easy ball.

90 minute.
Gruisen makes a sublime pass. Giesen takes over possession. Giesen centers. van Hooijdonk approaches the ball. van Hooijdonk has a fantastic effort at goal. The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

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: Nederland 21%, Nippon 79%.
Nederland - Nippon 6:0