Spain v Netherlands Match of the Day

Hello and welcome to the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador for a replay of the

group clash between Spain and the Netherlands. It is a rematch of the

2010 World Cup final which Spain won thanks to the extra time goal from

Andreas Iniesta. Your commentators are Mark Lawrenson and Steve Wilson.

The biggest issue for del Bosque was who do play as a centre forward. Or

whether to play with a centre forward. They do, and I should know

by now, it is Diego Costa, the Brazilian born striker, capped twice

in friendlies by Brazil before choosing to switch to Spain, a

decision that went down very badly here. The starting 11 have an

average of 77 caps each, and most of them have a World Cup winners medal

at home. And that is before you begin talking about European

Championships. We have a Italian referee for this all European affair

on South American soil. Championships. We have a Italian

referee for this all Nicola Ritt solely -- Rizzoli is the referee

tonight. The Dutch still have the young,

solely -- Rizzoli is the referee tonight. The Dutch still have Arjen

Robben, Sneijder, but an inexperienced backline led by Aston

Villa's Ron Vlaar. Jonathan De Guzman was passed fit after a

hamstring injury, and he starts, and Wesley Schneider, one of the stars

of the last World Cup when he scored five goals, the joint top scorer in

the competition, wins his 100th cap tonight. It is basically five at the

back, and Yam Matt and Blind will play wingback. -- Janmaat. What do

you think, Mark Lawrenson? You went through the front three, and Van

Persie and Arjen Robben need plenty of the ball. They do lend you the

ball, so it should be a fascinating game. It is only the fourth time in

World Cup history that the previous tournament's two finalists have met

again, and on those three previous occasions, the country which won the

World Cup failed to win the rematch. So, Spain all in white, and Holland

all in blue, and to that extent, unfamiliar. Not too many unfamiliar

faces down there. It's about 80 degrees, 27 degrees, quite humid, it

will probably reign at some point as it generally does on the north-east

coast of Brazil. This is a winter World Cup, and group B is underway

with the world champions in possession. Some say tiki-taka is a

static, some say it is anaesthetic. There is an early foul on Diego

Costa, the man who might be the catalyst for change in the Spanish

system. Ron Vlaar saying welcome to the World Cup. Diego Costa didn't

get a noticeably bad over nation from the Brazilian supporters, of

whom there are obviously many in the stadium -- over nation. He got away

with it, didn't he? Xavi finding Xabi Alonso.

Sergio Ramos. Still trying to find his range of passing. Cillessen in

goal. They used by different goalkeepers in qualifying, and this

one played only one of their qualifying matches.

Is there a reason why they have five goalkeepers?

He did not know which was the best, I reckon.

Stekelenburg, the veteran of the last World Cup.

They can switch it, the Netherlands, play with four comfortably

They might in other matches but against the Spanish, Louis van

Here he is, the old man, Vicente del Bosque.

He was asked if they were a team of veterans.

They might just retain the title they won against the Dutch.

Of course, he knows many of the Spanish team

Not quite as well as del Bosque, but almost.

Diego Costa only lasted nine minutes of the Champions League

He should never have started of course, with hindsight.

Lots of big gaps, spaces for the likes of Alonso to pick out

Cillessen is 25, so not wet behind the ears.

Cesc Fabregas is among the substitutes today.

He will be a team-mate for Azpilicueta next season.

Of all people, he seriously does not give a damn.

Big decision to switch 12 months out of the World Cup.

You would be peeved if you are in a Spanish centre back position

The Dutch had a great record in qualifying.

The only failed to win one of the ten qualifiers

It is because they used five goalkeepers!

I think Ireland is the last team to beat the Netherlands in a World Cup

Casillas is not first choice at his club in La Liga

His 30th match in European championship and World Cup finals.

Guzman under pressure immediately from Xabi Alonso,

illustrating what the white shirts no, as soon as they get the ball,

It did not really trouble the goalkeeper.

It was fantastic for Casillas to save it.

Either side of him and they would have been 1-0 up.

The thing is with playing against the Spanish, you never know

Slightly over hit by Xabi Alonso but it has hit a Dutch boot

Great ball and such an easy save in the end for Casillas.

Xabi Alonso is a fantastic player and surrounded

Fantastic vision and range and quality of passing, Alonso.

He makes you have the ball, doesn't he?

The game has just started to quicken up a little bit.

Spain have been based in a part of a country that is considerably

The Dutch finished off their preparations in Rio.

David Silva just starting to find a little bit of space in between.

Ostensibly a back three rather than five for Holland.

Diego Costa tried to beat Ron Vlaar, who did ever so well.

Diego Costa just hesitated for a split second.

Particularly difficult if you are Australian, the fourth team in it.

A certain amount of negativity about the Dutch media.

They are worried they will not get out of this group.

Don't forget the Netherlands lost all three matches at Euro 2012.

As I have said before, it is all about the service to

But we have been sitting here for 15 minutes and they should be

There was no attempt to play the ball.

He was just trying to block Busquets.

He seems to like hitting people in the chest,

We are only two games and 15 minutes into this World Cup,

but a decent refereeing performance would not go amiss.

Some strange ones in the earlier Mexico against Cameroon game.

Backing in, stopping Ramos getting the ball.

That just allows the full-backs to get forward, but on

the occasions they have got forward, they haven't really had the ball.

Spain played here in Brazil in the Confederations Cup a year

ago, and there is some advantage the teams who experienced the climate.

I don't think they wanted to be here, in the end.

They were nearly beaten by Italy in the semifinal.

As luck would have it, England have been

drawn in the group here, including Italy and Uruguay, the two

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Not been the 17 minutes we dreamt of.

Look on the bright side, he's not having to limp off so far.

Just giving the ball away again, the Dutch.

Definitely on, good timing of the run.

You're not going to score from there.

Even the blokes in the studio could not manage that.

Spain asking why they cannot play on.

He's only about five yards from the touchline.

Give it to somebody who has got some nails to undo the knot.

You don't get much for 180 grand a week, do you?

David Silva trying to -- Diego Costa.

Alonso was missing in the Real Madrid Champions League

De Jong was a million miles away from giving it to Arjen Robben or

Van Persie. Very highly rated, Bruno Martins Indi.

Is he that highly rated that van Gaal might take him to Old Trafford?

Not the only one in this team linked with

There were three in the box, then David Silva.

Again, when Iniesta got in the box there was nobody there

Well, it was given, and it is a Spanish corner,

It was, but he spun off the marker, and nobody went with him.

Looks like he was having a joke there, del Bosque.

Roncrete, they call him in the Netherlands.

That suggests he doesn't run very fast.

They've got nothing down the right at all, Spain.

Everyone appeals, and it goes the way of the Dutch.

His dad, Danny Blind, is the assistant to Louis van Gaal,

Sneijder, who had the chance of the game.

De Guzman had to hold up Iniesta, and he did,

I'm not sure that is a yellow card, you know.

What were we saying about the referees before?

Inside de Vrij, Diego Costa went down, penalty.

And the referee had absolutely no hesitation.

I tell you what, he hasn't scored so far, Diego Costa,

He is normally a reliable penalty taker, Xabi Alonso,

but he did blot his copybook, even though it didn't matter as he

The goalkeeper with a word from the referee.

And maybe a bit of advice as to which way Alonso might go.

See what I mean, stuck his foot out.

You don't get them when they are that low, do you?

Cillessen going in the right direction, but not quickly enough.

You have to take your chances against the Spanish.

The flag is up against Van Persie. Van Gaal with some

You might remember that Spain won their last four matches at the

Only conceded two goals, didn't they, in 2010?

They have not conceded a goal at all in 2014.

Certainly looks like he has given them something, Diego Costa.

If you have a team with three centre-backs, you

The other thing about Diego Costa is,

No, he just couldn't quite get there.

Very similar to the own goal scored last night by Brazil.

The central defender staring down the barrel of his own net.

That was not the strongest of shots, was it?

I think the referee had already blown for a foul.

Spain lost the opening game of the last World Cup finals to

One of only three defeats that they have suffered

The other two being the semifinal of the 2009 Confederations Cup

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It is like they are just getting used to

playing with a centre forward, the Spanish.

The one player on the pitch who has already had a card, de Guzman.

They just have the ball in any situation whatsoever,

It is like, just give it me, I will give it you back.

You could make a formidable team of Spanish players who are not

With Robin van Persie and Sneijder, you never know, but the Dutch have

Well, it won't happen because there are just seven or

eight minutes to go, but if it stays at 1-0, they will have to change.

Look at that footballer shouting at the football.

But the Spanish do have a tendency sometimes when there is

no pressure on the ball in midfield to push up a little bit high.

Diego Costa could have played on there.

A booking for de Vrij, joining de Guzman in the referee's notebook.

To recap we are on air from 4 o'clock tomorrow.

The delay was his left hand, I think,

the assistant was trying to get it into his right hand to raise it.

The most capped Dutch player has 24, which is not much when you look

They have a capacity to from a five to a four

That is how they played against Wales in Amsterdam, winning 2-0.

Then they got on the plane for Brazil.

That is the only problem with the three centre backs sometimes.

If nobody picks the runner up, a lot of space to close down...

time. If he had smashed that from where he was, 2-0.

An absolute peach of a ball in and Robin van Persie heads over Casillas

It is the fact that van Persie knew he had to wait for it.

He got there early and he knew exactly what he was going to do.

It had to be absolutely perfect to beat Casillas and it was, brilliant.

He had a really quick look at the goalkeeper.

That is a wonderful goal, a wonderful goal.

Well, the Dutch fans outnumber the Spanish, I would estimate,

And it is the orange cloud, the Netherlands fans who you can hear.

We are moving into an added minute at the end of the half.

Just after David Silva had missed that chance.

You have to give the goalkeeper credit, that save

It does change the half-time team talk from Louis van Gaal.

The first goal that Spain have conceded this calendar year.

It's all very well, we have seen that ten times.

Wesley Sneijder could easily have given the Dutch the lead early on.

Xabi Alonso did with a very coolly taken penalty

after Diego Costa, who has played well, was fouled by de Vrij.

But Robin van Persie with a brilliant, brilliant header,

Xabi Alonso with the penalty that gave Spain the lead.

It will be quite nice to play in the rain, quite refreshing.

It is not terrifically hot but pretty muggy.

Van Persie has now scored in every major tournament finals in which he

Three World Cups, two European Championships finals.

If you saw the earlier game between Mexico and Cameroon,

it was this kind of weather from start to finish.

Seems appropriate in the wet that this World Cup's

Big Head the leatherback has taken over from Paul the octopus,

which I think is a good thing overall because somebody once said

No change of tactic here from either side at the moment.

Never frightened to go back to eventually go forward.

Iniesta made that slightly tricky for Cillessen.

It seems to have poured with rain every five minutes.

The Dutch are off to Port Alegre next where they play Australia with

Robben was just beginning to flow, get in his stride.

Some encouragement out there for Louis Van Gaal.

That was a clever nudge by Sergio Ramos.

Arjen Robben fires the Dutch in front and world champions Spain

And yet again the Dutch have penetrated Spain right through

Very little protection on occasions, Casillas.

Started with the Spanish giving the ball away.

As you said, the big chance he had against the same Gold Beach

Sergio Ramos and Pique have been slightly off the pace.

Spain may be behind but the Dutch are long way away from winning this.

Diego Costa looks favourite in the dock!

Let's face it, I don't think Iniesta would be

Well, not the most intelligent thing that Diego Costa has ever done

What did the former manager and coach say about Diego Costa?

I think the ball might have gone out of play.

Not an enormous amount of contact, but I would suggest if the referee

I just never know why players do that.

Two Brazilians might have been sent off in this World Cup already,

It is not as though he has been kicking him from pillar to post.

I don't think he has even touched him.

Robben and Robin van Persie with the Dutch

I don't know if it is the relative decline of Barcelona or the fact

Spain were so heavily beaten in the Confederations Cup 12 months ago, or

the fact these things are cyclical, but if Spain lose here having led

against the Dutch in particular, it will add to the suspicion and

feeling that they may just be coming towards the end says that is not the

The facts about them, they hardly concede goals, but today

they really have been quite porous through the middle of defence.

They have conceded two and if Sneijder had taken

his early chance, which you should have done, it would be three.

Just the nature of the ball is played through.

Iniesta blocked the attempted clearance.

Sergio Ramos collects from Ron Vlaar.

David Silva was complaining, but he's on the ball now.

Just to repeat, they lost the opening game of the last

I find this stage of the game absolutely fascinating.

Cillessen, who played his part with a save from David Silva, and

In fact, it will be a double change, because Pedro is ready to come

That is the reaction from del Bosque.

I think van Gaal is going to make a change very shortly as well.

A sweet strike as well, absolutely sweet.

Well, small margins make a difference in big games,

He is slightly off, but that is the margin I'm talking about,

First thing Van Persie did was turn and look

at the referee's assistant to see if the flag was up, and it wasn't.

Good play by Robben, running at the central defenders, committing them.

Cillessen got their first from David Silva and did well.

He did well, brilliantly, he read the play from the

There will be two Spanish changes and a Dutch change as well.

I guess that was a little mouse with clogs on from old Amsterdam?

De Guzman coming off, which might not be entirely unrelated to the

Replaced by Georginio Wijnaldum, straight positional change.

And Diego Costa is replaced by Fernando Torres, and Xabi Alonso

So, just over an hour of the game played, the opening game

And goals from Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben,

either side of half-time, means that the Netherlands leads Spain 2-1.

And Robin van Persie has hit the bar to boot.

Van Persie. A good spell from Holland, because Robben has

got himself free in all sorts of different positions.

Handball, I think, is what it is given for.

The booing is for the confirmation of the change made by del Bosque,

and the name of Diego Costa is announced as the player being taken.

Has it gone over the line on the back post?

Stefan de Vrij has made it three for the Netherlands.

A yellow card has been shown to the Spanish goalkeeper, I think,

Casillas came for it and I'm not sure he got anywhere near it.

I am not sure de Vrij knew that much about it either.

He is complaining that Van Persie fouled him.

There is contact, most definitely, but I'm not convinced Casillas was

De Vrij got it in by hook or by crook.

There is a fellow in the studio who scored 200 goals like that.

Spain, within a moment of having made two changes designed

to wrestle the game back from the Dutch have conceded another.

Van Persie had a wild swing at Pedro.

The yellow card shown in the aftermath

When you tot up the chances, it could have been five.

Torres is a surprising inclusion in the squad.

Surprising to Alvaro Negredo above all.

Great block by Bruno Martins Indi.

He has taken a knock as well, the goalkeeper.

He has got away with it, the goalie, hasn't he?

Spain momentarily thinking it was 3-2, but they are 3-1 down here

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Here is confirmation of the yellow card in

He is saying, why did you book me, I was fouled.

Van Persie. Casillas with his right leg.

One reign Spain ended last week.

The undisputed kings of world football are not starting this

competition in anything like the way they would have hoped or expected.

This is the save from Casillas with his foot.

They have never really got close to Robben and Van Persie all day.

It is apropos of nothing, really, but this is only the fourth time

that the two finalists from a previous World Cup have met again

in the next one, and the team who were World Cup winners have never

Unless Spain do something in the next 20 minutes, that will continue.

A little pause for breath from Janmaat.

And Robin van Persie has poked home the fourth.

Iker Casillas, of all people, the most capped player

in this World Cup, one of the most decorated players in the world.

And Robin van Persie puts this game out of Spanish reach.

His first touch is what has cost him, isn't it?

If he had gone down, you might have had a penalty and got sent off.

Not a turtle or an octopus in the world that would have seen

There was very little optimism in the Dutch media ranks

They were assuming they would beat Australia and the last game against

Chile in Sao Paulo would decide who would go through as runners-up.

If Spain go through as runners up the way it is looking,

we could have Brazil and Spain in the second round.

A lot of water to go under a few bridges before that

No wonder they are singing and dancing in the rain.

Fernando Torres played that wide but the free kick was given.

Could have been worse for Spain, Diego Costa and Casillas could both

He has put it on my boots, my leopard skins!

Not long for Spain to turn this around.

They are taking off Stefan de Vrij and bringing on Joel

Spain led 1-0 in Salvador, and are now 4-1 down.

David Silva might have made it 2-0 in what seems

I would actually go along with the referee on that.

On the basis that it does not always have to be necessarily either

The Dutch are thoroughly enjoying themselves

and Robin van Persie is going to get a great ovation here.

Van Persie and Robben have taken Spain apart, in all honesty.

Two goals for van Persie, one for Robben and one for de Vrij.

I don't expect you to answer this, but the last time the Spain conceded

They lost by three to Brazil in the Confederations Cup final, 3-0.

Louis van Gaal and the Netherlands have destroyed the world champions!

An absolutely brilliantly taken goal by Robben.

In all honesty, look how he outpaces everybody.

The misery for Spain is that there are still ten minutes to play.

I think you need to keep repeating that

the Dutch response has been incredible.

He and Pique have been pulled all over the place.

They have waited four years and they say that revenge is best

In the second half, Spain have been completely dominated by the Dutch.

They are a group of players now in unchartered territory.

There was a time when this Spanish group seemed to be simply

Suspicions over the last year that if they have a bad day

and you have a very good one, you might just be able to trouble them,

but it has been a very long time since Spain were humbled and

thrashed and they have been thrashed here.

Vlaar has been absolutely rock-solid, right from that

The Spanish headline writers will be preparing the Spanish Inquisition

lines, no doubt, but they have some thinking to do before they go

and play Chile in Rio in what is now a huge game for them.

You could argue they could have done with Australia.

They beat Chile 2-1 in the last World Cup but it was not a cakewalk.

It just shows you when you have got matchwinners,

the likes of Robben and van Persie, when they are at their peak, you

Never a good thing for a commentator!

It is not just the defeat, it is the manner.

And the way they have conceded the goals.

It has been appalling, in all honesty.

Well done to Holland for some outstanding play.

And it hit the bar as well through van Persie.

Sneijder missed the first chance of the game and it was a golden one.

Interesting to see what del Bosque does for the next game.

Who he starts and who he leaves out and if he changes the goalkeeper.

He has got loads of options of course.

Does he just write it off as a really bad night?

Well, the end cannot come soon enough.

Who would ever have thought that Spain would be looking a mess?

It is worth repeating, at the World Cup, four years ago, they lost to

Yes, you have still only lost three points, haven't you?

A few other things on his mind, probably.

Janmaat with the throw, and just a few more seconds for the Spanish

Jeremain Lens has got through the tackle, Arjen Robben in the middle.

There are four added minutes, and that is four too many for Spain.

That does sum up the night for Spain, doesn't it?

That is a hefty challenge from Pedro.

Well, all great champions suffer defeats now and again in any sport.

All great champions will taste defeat.

But this has been a defeat of immense proportions for Spain.

It's the manner of the defeat, as well.

Well, you've got to learn how to lose as well as to win.

They have been taught a lesson by a Dutch side that many were wondering

Well, you could argue that the manager has gambled on changing the

Arjen Robben has thoroughly enjoyed his evening's work.

The second half, he has torn the Spanish defence apart.

The Dutch will deserve a huge ovation

It's the end of the world as we know it.

The world champions have lost the opening game of the World Cup.

And how the wheels have fallen off for the Spanish.

Dismantled by van Gaal and his young Dutch team,

with the old masters Robben and Van Persie proving ageless.

Quite outstanding second-half performance

Well, there you have it, Spain 5-1 Netherlands.

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