In the end, in the the Rainbow Nation, the prevailing colour was not Orange, but pure Red. But said in true Spanish-'Roja".After one month of anticipation in South Africa spain was crowned victorious over the Oranje. The match started off slow and by the next few minutes The Red Fury dominated the first half and

The Netherland missed many open chances. The first half saw many yellow cards given by Howard Webb.

Holland had many opportunities with open goals but each time Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas came out victorious. All in all, the match remained bleak. David Villa missed open chance to put one leg over spain but all that amounted was failed attempts. But a foul caused Johnny Heitinga and made Netherland fall short.

Despite one man down, netherlands did not give up entirely but persisted. At the 13th hour, the 116th minute a powerful strike from Andres Iniesta fired Cesc Fabregas’s pass beyond Maarten Stekelenburg sealed a first World Cup triumph for Spain reaching their first time finals ever.

Holland have more misery to add to their two failed attempts to conquer the planet in 1974 and 1978. The Netherlands were the only team to have won all their games before being defeated. Dismayal and bleakness was seen on the faces of Wesley Sneijder, Mark Van Bommel and Arjen Robben.

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