Brazil - Netherlands / Third Place Play Off / FIFA World Cup 2014

Third Place Play Off Attendance: 68,034 (Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil) Brazil: Júlio César, Maicon, Thiago Silva (c), David Luiz, Maxwell, Paulinho, Luiz Gustavo, Ramires, Oscar, Willian, Jô. Substitutions: Fernandinho, Hernanes, Hulk. Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari. Netherlands: Jasper Cillessen, Stefan de Vrij, Ron Vlaar, Bruno Martins Indi, Dirk Kuyt, Daley Blind, Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordy Clasie, Jonathan de Guzmán, Robin Van Persie (c), Arjen Robben. Substitutions: Daryl Janmaat, Joël Veltman, Michel Vorm. Manager: Louis Van Gaal. Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria), Rédouane Achik (Morocco), Abdelhak Etchiali (Algeria), Fourth Official: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan). Fifth official: Toru Sagara (Japan). Man of the Match: Arjen Robben (Netherlands). Source: Sport 1 / 2014 Commentators: Vladimir Stognienko, Sergey Krivokharchenko. Russia. Comment Language: Russian. Duration: 02:49:38 The two teams had met in 11 previous meetings, including four times in the FIFA World Cup: Netherlands won 2–0 in the second group stage of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and 2–1 in the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and Brazil won 3–2 in the quarter-finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw (after extra time) in the semi-finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Brazil made six changes in their starting line-up from their semi-final, while the Netherlands made only two, with Wesley Sneijder, who was originally part of the Dutch starting line-up, replaced by Jonathan de Guzmán after an injury during the pre-match warm-up prevented him from playing. The Netherlands opened the scoring within three minutes, after Van Persie converted a penalty kick awarded for a foul on Arjen Robben by Thiago Silva. Daley Blind extended the lead in the 17th minute, scoring after a David Luiz headed clearance fell to him inside the penalty area. Georginio Wijnaldum completed the scoring in second half injury time as he shot home from substitute Daryl Janmaat’s cross from the right, the ball going in off the Brazilian goalkeeper’s foot. The Netherlands finished third for the first time in their World Cup history. With Michel Vorm’s participation (who was substituted into the match in second half injury time), the Netherlands became the first team to use all of their 23 players in a World Cup since the finals squads were expanded from 22 to 23 players in 2002. Brazil, who finished fourth for the second time in World Cup history, conceded a total of 14 goals in the tournament, the most they had ever allowed in a World Cup and also the most conceded by any World Cup hosts. Brazil also became the second team to concede 100 World Cup goals, after Germany. Van Persie’s goal was the 100th goal that Brazil had conceded in the FIFA World Cup and made him the second highest Dutch goalscorer with six World Cup goals along with Wesley Sneijder, Arjen Robben, Dennis Bergkamp, and Rob Rensenbrink, all behind Johnny Rep on seven. Lastly, since the beginning of the 21st century, all four World Cups in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 involved the third-place victors scoring three goals. (this trend would stop in 2018, when Belgium scored only twice against England).