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NETHERLANDS vs. JAPAN
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Moses Mabhida Stadium

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
NETHERLANDS
1 – 0
JAPAN
✦ REFEREE: Héctor Baldassi
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 53' ⚽ Wesley Sneijder
  • 64' •
  • 72' •
  • 77' •
  • 77' •
  • 83' •
  • 88' •
▶ MATCH STATS
NED 61% POSSESSION 39% JPN
NED 9 SHOTS 10 JPN
NED 5 SHOTS ON TARGET 3 JPN
NED 18 FOULS 11 JPN
NED 3 SAVES 4 JPN
NED 0 RED CARDS 0 JPN
▶ LINE-UPS
NETHERLANDS
STARTING XI
  1. GKMaarten Stekelenburg
  2. DFJoris Mathijsen
  3. DFJohnny Heitinga
  4. DFGiovanni van Bronckhorst
  5. DFGregory van der Wiel
  6. MFWesley Sneijder⚽
  7. MFNigel de Jong
  8. MFMark van Bommel
  9. FWRobin van Persie
  10. MFRafael van der Vaart
  11. MFDirk Kuyt
SUBSTITUTES
  • Eljero Elia▲ 72'
  • Ibrahim Afellay▲ 83'
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar▲ 88'
JAPAN
STARTING XI
  1. GKEiji Kawashima
  2. DFMarcus Tulio Tanaka
  3. DFYuji Nakazawa
  4. DFYuto Nagatomo
  5. DFYuichi Komano
  6. MFYuki Abe
  7. MFYasuhito Endo
  8. MFMakoto Hasebe
  9. FWKeisuke Honda
  10. FWYoshito Okubo
  11. FWDaisuke Matsui
SUBSTITUTES
  • Keiji Tamada▲ 77'
  • Shinji Okazaki▲ 77'
  • Shunsuke Nakamura▲ 64'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

NETHERLANDS
Oranje (The Flying Dutchmen)
EST. 1889
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
JAPAN
The Samurai Blue
EST. 1921
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ NETHERLANDS
▶ JAPAN
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