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Event

Netherlands vs Spain

Date
Sun 11th July 2010 (UTC)
Sun 11th July 2010 (Local)

Timestamp
2010-07-11T20:30:00

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20:30:00 UTC

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League
FIFA World Cup

Season
2010

Round
200

Status
Match Finished

Location
Johannesburg
South Africa

15'	Yellow Card	Persie
22'	Yellow Card	Bommel
28'	Yellow Card	Jong
54'	Yellow Card	Bronckhorst
57'	Yellow Card	Heitinga
84'	Yellow Card	Robben
109'	Yellow Card	Heitinga
109'	Red Card	Heitinga
111'	Yellow Card	Wiel
117'	Yellow Card	Mathijsen

16'	Yellow Card	Puyol
23'	Yellow Card	Ramos
67'	Yellow Card	Capdevila
116'	Goal	Iniesta
118'	Yellow Card	Iniesta
121'	Yellow Card

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Home Team Lineup

Sneijder Attacking Midfield	Bommel Central Midfield	Jong Central Midfield	Mathijsen Centre-Back
Heitinga Centre-Back	Persie Centre-Forward	Stekelenburg Goalkeeper	Kuyt Left Wing
Bronckhorst Left-Back	Robben Right Winger	Wiel Right-Back

Away Team Lineup

Xavi Central Midfield	Pique Centre-Back	Puyol Centre-Back	Villa Centre-Forward
Busquets Defensive Midfield	Alonso Defensive Midfield	Casillas Goalkeeper	Pedro Left Wing
Capdevila Left-Back	Iniesta Right Winger	Ramos Right-Back

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Description

The 2010 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2010 World Cup, the 19th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 11 July 2010, and was contested by the Netherlands and Spain. The event comprised hosts South Africa and 31 other teams who emerged from the qualification phase, organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, the Netherlands finished first in Group E, with three wins, after which they defeated Slovakia in the round of 16, Brazil in the quarter-final and Uruguay in the semi-final. Spain finished top of Group H with two wins and one loss, before defeating Portugal in the round of 16, Paraguay in the quarter-final and Germany in the semi-final. The final took place in front of 84,490 supporters, with more than 909 million watching on television, and was refereed by Howard Webb from England.

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Sergio Ramos had a chance to score for Spain early in the first half when his shot was saved by Netherlands goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, while Arjen Robben had a chance for the Netherlands when he hit a low shot from the edge of the penalty area shortly before half-time, which was saved by Iker Casillas. There were numerous bookings throughout the first half, which BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher wrote had "disturbed the rhythm of the match". Robben missed an opportunity in the 62nd minute when he was one-on-one with Casillas, with the goalkeeper able to intercept his attempted shot with the toe of his boot to prevent the goal. David Villa then had a chance for Spain 4 yards (4 m) from the Netherlands goal, but Stekelenburg saved his shot. Ramos missed a header in front of goal on 77 minutes, sending the ball over the crossbar. With the match goalless after 90 minutes, it went to extra time. John Heitinga received a second booking during extra time, which resulted in him being sent off, and four minutes before the end, Andrés Iniesta gave Spain the lead, and the title, with a powerful right footer onto a short pass from Fabregas, into the left corner of the goal to secure a 1–0 win.

Spain's win was their first World Cup title, as well as the first World Cup win by a European team outside Europe. Iniesta was named the man of the match, while Casillas was awarded the Golden Glove as FIFA's outstanding goalkeeper of the tournament. Spain went on to win UEFA Euro 2012 for their third successive trophy, but failed to defend the World Cup at the 2014 tournament in Brazil, becoming the second successive World Cup holders to be eliminated in the group phase after defeats against the Netherlands and Chile.

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