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NETHERLANDS vs. SLOVAKIA
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Durban Stadium

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
NETHERLANDS
2 – 1
SLOVAKIA
✦ REFEREE: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 18' ⚽ Arjen Robben
  • 71' •
  • 71' •
  • 80' •
  • 84' ⚽ Wesley Sneijder
  • 88' •
  • 88' •
  • 90' •
  • 90' • Róbert Vittek
▶ MATCH STATS
NED 52% POSSESSION 48% SVK
NED 16 SHOTS 12 SVK
NED 9 SHOTS ON TARGET 3 SVK
NED 17 FOULS 19 SVK
NED 2 SAVES 7 SVK
NED 0 RED CARDS 0 SVK
▶ 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. MFDirk Kuyt
  11. MFArjen Robben⚽
SUBSTITUTES
  • Ibrahim Afellay▲ 90'
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar▲ 80'
  • Eljero Elia▲ 71'
SLOVAKIA
STARTING XI
  1. GKJan Mucha
  2. DFJan Durica
  3. DFMartin Skrtel
  4. DFRadoslav Zabavnik
  5. DFPeter Pekarík
  6. MFErik Jendrisek
  7. MFMarek Hamsik
  8. MFJuraj Kucka
  9. FWRóbert Vittek
  10. MFMiroslav Stoch
  11. MFVladimir Weiss
SUBSTITUTES
  • Marek Sapara▲ 88'
  • Kamil Kopunek▲ 71'
  • Martin Jakubko▲ 88'

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

NETHERLANDS
Oranje (The Flying Dutchmen)
EST. 1889
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
SLOVAKIA
The Falcons
EST. 1938

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ NETHERLANDS
▶ SLOVAKIA
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