The match began with the Netherlands winning a penalty in the second minute, when Thiago Silva, through an illegal tackle gave it away. However, the last Brazil defender should have received a red card instead of a yellow and sent off, while there are also doubts as to whether it was actually a penalty! Robin Van Persie turned the penalty into a goal, and Netherlands took the lead 3 minutes after the beginning of the game.

Only 14 minutes later, at the 17th minute, Daley Blind, after David Luiz’s bad defence, managed to double the score for Holland.

To make matters worse for Brazil and seal the deal, the Netherlands scored, making the end result a 0-3 with Georginio Wijnaldum’s shot at the 91st minute.

The background:
The most meaningless game of the World Cup (according to some)washeld tonight at 23:00 EET at the National Stadium of Brasilia. Netherlands coach Louis Van Gaal said that: “I believe that this game should never take place. I have been stating this for ten years now, but we will still have to play. There should be no match for third and fourth place. If there is a trophy, it’s the World Cup”.

This will be the 12th time that Brazil and the Netherlands will meet and the past shows a balanced 3-5-3 (win-draw-loss) ratio between them.