Brazil vs Netherlands

Date
Sat 12th July 2014 (UTC)
Sat 12th July 2014 (Local)

Timestamp
2014-07-12T20:00:00

Time

20:00:00 UTC (17:00:00 Local)

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League
FIFA World Cup

Season
2014

Round
160

Status
Match Finished

Location
Brasilia
Brazil
Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
(68,034 Attendance)

2'	Yellow Card	Silva
54'	Yellow Card
68'	Yellow Card

3'	Goal (pen)	Persie
17'	Goal	Blind
91'	Goal	Wijnaldum

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Home Team Lineup

Oscar Attacking Midfield	Paulinho Central Midfield	Gustavo Central Midfield	Silva Centre-Back
Luiz Centre-Back	Jô Centre-Forward	Cesar Goalkeeper	Willian Left Wing
Maxwell Left-Back	Ramires Right Winger	Maicon Right-Back

Away Team Lineup

Clasie Central Midfield	Wijnaldum Central Midfield	Guzmán Central Midfield	Vlaar Centre-Back
Indi Centre-Back	Vrij Centre-Back	Persie Centre-Forward	Robben Centre-Forward
Cillessen Goalkeeper	Blind Left Wing	Kuyt Right Winger

Description

The two teams had met in 11 previous meetings, including four times in the FIFA World Cup: Netherlands won 2–0 in the second group stage of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and 2–1 in the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and Brazil won 3–2 in the quarter-finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw (after extra time) in the semi-finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

Brazil made six changes in their starting line-up from their semi-final, while the Netherlands made only two, with Wesley Sneijder, who was originally part of the Dutch starting line-up, replaced by Jonathan de Guzmán after an injury during the pre-match warm-up prevented him from playing. The Netherlands opened the scoring within three minutes, after Robin van Persie converted a penalty kick awarded for a foul on Arjen Robben by Thiago Silva. Daley Blind extended the lead in the 17th minute, scoring after a David Luiz headed clearance fell to him inside the penalty area. Georginio Wijnaldum completed the scoring in second half injury time as he shot home from substitute Daryl Janmaat's cross from the right.

The Netherlands finished third for the first time in their World Cup history. With Michel Vorm's participation (who was substituted into the match in second half injury time), the Netherlands became the first team to use all of their 23 players in a World Cup since the finals squads were expanded from 22 to 23 players in 2002. Brazil, who finished fourth for the second time in World Cup history, conceded a total of 14 goals in the tournament, the most they had ever allowed in a World Cup and also the most conceded by any World Cup hosts. Brazil also became the second team to concede 100 World Cup goals, after Germany.