Watch Online FIFA World Cup 2010 Quarter Finals Brazil VsHolland Preview & Score
is set for what surely will be the pick of the last-eight matches – five-time champions Brazil are set to meet a record-equalling Dutch side desperate to go one better than their consecutive losing final appearances in 1974 and 1978.
The Netherlands have won four World Cup games on the trot as part of their 23-match unbeaten run, a feat never before managed by a Dutch national side. The 10th meeting between these countries is sure to set pulses racing with its high stakes: a Holland defeat would end their electrifying streak, whilst a Brazil loss would mean another four-year wait to try and lift the trophy for a phenomenal sixth time.Before you get your hopes up for the most entertaining match since Sliced Bread United vs Va Va Voom City, be warned that both teams aren’t afraid of boring the fans, as long as they get the right result.
“I understand that people want to see attractive football,” says Dutch manager Bert van Marwijk. “But if you play too expansively, you stand a good chance to lose and then you go home. And that we don’t want to do.”“If we can win with beautiful football then fine, but I said when I took this job that we would also have to learn how to win ugly games.”This doesn’t bode too well for the neutrals, as his opposite number said something similar after their campaign’s opening game against North Korea.“It wasn’t our best match but at least we got the win, that’s what matters,” said Dunga in a rare show of ‘playing ball’ with the often-taunted journalists.This year’s World Cup hasn’t been short on surprises, so don’t expect a beautiful game when there’s this much to play for.
