But, after thinking about it today I wondered why I bothered. It would have been wrong for them to win the World Cup.
Their rough approach was what ruined the game, it never allowed it to get going. I think I had sympathy for the Dutch considering they had lost two previous World Cup finals - The Total Football years. The way they played yesterday was far from total football, it was total disgrace.
I watched the game again today, and in fairness to Howard Webb, nearly everyone of them yellow cards were justified. De Jong should have seen red, even though I tried to make a case for him in the pub last night by saying the ball was there to win in the air. There was no excuse for that "Kung Fu kick" (still, not as good as Cantona's)
It was a game that was certain to go to penalties, only for "El Ilusionista" (The Illusionist) Andres Iniesta to come up and nick it for the Spain with 4 minutes of extra time to go.
The scenes were amazing! One thing is for sure, the Spanish are truly passionate about football!
there's to many to link, so I'd just suggest that you go on to youtube and look up the reactions from Madrid, the hairs will stand on you're neck.
I've been busy writing articles today so I'm going to leave my overall World Cup until tomorrow. It'l give me time to reflect!! :-P
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