Arjen Robben: Porn on a soccer field. Just watch this goal. Robben chases down a long pass from Sneijder, cuts it to his left foot, taking on three defenders, and buries it in the bottom right corner of the goal, through the defender's legs. The best part is...he scores like this ALL the time. I am convinced. Robben #11 is getting stamped onto the back of my Netherlands jersey.
Robben played sexily all game, nearly scoring a second goal in his patented fashion and almost earning an assist through the defender's legs. Unfortunately, the Slovakian keeper blocked Mathijsen's shot with his face...
The Netherlands scored again when Dirk Kuyt beat the Slovakian keeper to the ball, headed it over him and played it calmly to Wesley Sneijder who finished before the keeper had time to retreat fully (84'). Sneijder (5'7") celebrated by jumping onto Kuyt's (6'0") shoulder, who spun him around and carried him off.
The Slovakians finally made it interesting in the dying moments of the game when they slipped the ball to Martin Jakubko who cut it past the Dutch keeper but got tripped by his outstretched arms. Robert Vittek, who missed a golden opportunity earlier in the game, finished off the penalty for his 4th and final goal of the tournament. The game then ended on a rather confusing note as the referee blew his whistle before the Slovaks had time to snatch the ball out of the net. The Slovaks looked a little disoriented, but Giovanni van Bronckhorst knew what was up and his hand signals seemed to suggest, that's it, let's get the fuck out of here.
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