DutchNews.nl,
Sunday 29 June 2014
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| Celebrations after Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's penalty puts Oranje ahead in the 94th minute. Photo: Reuters |
The
Netherlands beat Mexico 2-1 in their World Cup round of 16 match in scorching
temperatures on Sunday.
A penalty
scored by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the 94th minute gave Oranje a 2-1 advantage
with just moments left to play.
'This is
absolutely unbelievable,' Robin van Persie said after the game.
Mexico had
dominated for much of early match, scoring three minute into the second half.
Penalty
Wesley
Sneijder then equalised in the 88th minute. Just minutes later, a foul on Arjen
Robben led the referee to award a penalty, taken by substitute Huntelaar in
injury time.
Coach Louis
van Gaal told Nos television after the game that his team had showed tremendous
spirit under very difficult conditions.
The match
was twice stopped by the referee for drinks as the temperature in Fortaleza
reached over 38 Celsius.
Who Oranje
will play in the quarter final will be decided later on Sunday night when
Greece play Costa Rica.
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Ochoa's
valiant effort in goal was undone by an unstoppable Sneijder volley
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