[SonicFan]

Originally Posted by Elle.

They didn't think they could beat spain playing football so they just tried to stop them and be overly aggressive/dirty. they're lucky they didn't have 9 men by half time.. a lot of refs would have been a lot harsher. it's a victory for football.. they played with flare and it's exciting to watch. the better team won.

Spain didn't play with flair, they passed it around midfield for 100 minutes.

I agree the Dutch didn't think they could play so they decided they'd be hard on Spain which was a good tactic. Webb did a good job but he missed a lot of Spanish diving all over the place