Third Place Playoff: Brazil V The Netherlands - 12th July - 21:00 BST

[sean_oc16]

Is that the same ref from the first match?

[PMLF]

Yep, De Guzman will replace Sneijder

Sneijder was smart avoiding this game with a possibly fake injury.

[TM]

Jo going to score a hat-trick in this game

[gillsminnow]

Is that the little girl from The Grudge?

[pearcey_90]

Has Daniel Alves got an injury? No way can Big Phil think Maicon can offer more to the team then him.

[PMLF]

Is that the same ref from the first match?

No, this one is Algerian, the other one is Japanese.

The Japanese is the 4th referee today though.

[craigcwwe]

Jo going to score a hat-trick in this game

Jo or Fred for that matter couldn't score an hat-trick if they were the only player on the pitch.

[Fe98]

Wonder if the Brazilian players will sing the NA with so much vigour this time.....

The kids in front of them did!

[craigcwwe]

Has Daniel Alves got an injury? No way can Big Phil think Maicon can offer more to the team then him.

nafaik. Think he just got dropped.

[PMLF]

Has Daniel Alves got an injury? No way can Big Phil think Maicon can offer more to the team then him.

Maicon is better, at least when it comes to the national team.

Daniel Alves doesn't defend well and at Brazil's national team he doesn't attack well either. Maicon is better regarding both.

[craigcwwe]

Here's to a goalfest....

[Jeroen Thijssen]

Sneijder was smart avoiding this game with a possibly fake injury.

What?

He was visibly hit by Martins Indi during the pre-game "rondo" work around. Hit his hamstring.

[georginho_juventusygr]

Bah, still no Hernanes.

[PMLF]

The match started well for Brazil.

[Jeroen Thijssen]

Red card!

[craigcwwe]

Penalty.

[pearcey_90]

That should be a red ffs Another battering here?

[Noob21]

It was outside, slightly

[Jeroen Thijssen]

OH MY GOD!

Yellow.

Shocking!

[craigcwwe]

That's a straight red card not doubt about it.

[TM]

think Thiago Silva was going if it was a more competitive game

[Fe98]

Brazilians picking up from where they left off....

[Pangaea]

Yellow?

[darren1983]

Not a penalty but should have been a red

[gillsminnow]

Nice Brazil, nice.

[metal_guitarist]

How on earth has he not been sent off? Ref will get slaughtered by the assessor for that one

[Noob21]

That should be a red ffs Another battering here?

Guess he didn't want to enrage the crowd so early

[craigcwwe]

And that's the returning Thiago Silva as well not Luiz.

[T-IceMan]

How the F is that not red.... (its not a penalty tho).

[georginho_juventusygr]

Why is that yellow?

[Jeroen Thijssen]

RvP with his FOURTH!

Three more for the scoring title

[sean_oc16]

Great start Brazil

[metal_guitarist]

Great penalty though

[EnterUsernameHere]

No way that's a pen. Have RVP for top Holland scorer though so I'll take it

[craigcwwe]

Great penalty. Yes RvP.

[Gooders86]

not a penalty, but surely a red?

but hahaha anyway

[georginho_juventusygr]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!

[Klimowicz]

Straight red, free kick

Too much to ask for.

[GodfreyBloom]

Ohhh Brazil, I can almost feel there pain.

Wasn't in the box, should have been a red though.

Thiago Silva

[Lermon]

Netherlands 8-1. Kidding.

knew I should have bet on it.

[themadsheep2001]

Not sure thats a pen, but he certainly should be sent off.

[dudge7]

Ref's had a bit of nightmare there.

[Michael F]

Ref bottled the red card

[craigcwwe]

think Thiago Silva was going if it was a more competitive game

Agree with that, this game being pretty much a friendly saved Silva there.

[georginho_juventusygr]

I think Haimoudi knew Robben would dive instead of scoring. So, yellow is enough for Silva.

[bigdunk]

Rules say if the foul continues into the area, then a penalty should be given. I think it did, just about. Should be a red though.

[ReggaeBwoy]

That should of been a red. You can't have pity on Brazil because of what happened against Germany. That is a plain red card, simple.

[daylight]

The ref had a nightmare but for the neutral it was maybe for the best, a free kick and a red card so early would have maybe just killed the game straight away.

[Jeroen Thijssen]

Yellow card for Robben???

This ref!! :D

[pearcey_90]

Robben booked for that? Ref really has set the bar.