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64% Ball Possession NETHERLANDS and 36% Ball Possession COSTA RICA
Netherlands 0 – 0 Costa Rica 
Netherlands win on penalties (4 – 3)
Netherlands conquering a spot in the World Cup Semifinal after defeating Costa Rica in penalty shoot outs. Netherlands will play against Argentina on Wednesday 9 July 2014. It’s an amazing game seeing as protagonist second goalkeeper Tim Krul after the wise decision by Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal to replace goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen before the penalty shoot outs. Here is the thing. Krul is an expert on penalties. It paid off because Krul saved 2 penalties and Netherlands now in the Semifinal.
Netherlands: 1 Italian Serie A Player with Netherlands National Football Team:
- AC Milan midfielder Nigel De Jong, was called up but injured in the 9th minute during the game against Mexico team in the Round of 16 on Sunday 29 June 2014. De Jong has a tear in his groin muscle and will take about 2 – 4 weeks to recover.
There are no Serie A players with Costa Rica National team.
Two ex Serie A players are with Netherlands team. The ex AC Milan forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar and ex Inter midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
First half with 62% ball possession Netherlands and 38% ball possession Costa Rica.
Netherlands official starting lineup against Costa Rica on Saturday 5 July 2014.
NETHERLANDS (4-4-2): Cillessen; de Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind,Vlaar; Kuyt, Sneijder, Wijnaldum, Depay; Robben, Van Persie.
Going to extra time after playing regular 90 minutes. The goal not arriving…
Netherlands winning in penalty shoot outs with a 4-3.
2014 FIFA World Cup
Quarterfinals
Netherlands – Costa Rica
Saturday 5 July 2014
Estadio Fonte Nova
Salvador, Brazil
17:00 Local Time
Referee: Ravshan IRMATOV (UZB)
Assistant Referee 1: Abduxamidullo RASULOV (UZB)
Assistant Referee 2: Bakhadyr KOCHKAROV (KGZ)
Fourth official: Noumandiez DOUE (CIV)
Goals:
Official formations – lineups:
NETHERLANDS (4-4-2): Cillessen; de Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind,Vlaar; Kuyt, Sneijder, Wijnaldum, Depay; Robben, Van Persie.
Subs.: Vorm, Krul, Janmaat, Verhaegh, Veltman, Kongolo, de Jong, de Guzmán, Clasie, Fer, Lens, Huntelaar.
Coach.: van Gaal.
COSTA RICA (5-4-1): Navas; Díaz, Umaña, González, Acosta, Gamboa; Bolaños, Borges, Tejeda, Ruiz; Campbell.
Subs.: Pemberton, Cambronero, Duarte, Myrie, Francis, Miller, Barrantes, Granados, Calvo, Cubero, Brenes, Ureña.
Coach.: Pinto.
