FIFA World Cup: Netherlands beat Brazil to take third place

Brasilia Brazil lost its face its pride one more time in the space of four days after the Netherlands embarrassed the hosts 30 in the thirdplace playoff match of the World Cup as boos and jeers from the fans dressed in canary yellow reverberated across the Estadio Nacional hereComing off the devastating 71 hammering to Germany in the semifinals the humiliation for the hosts was complete on the eve of the grand finaleNetherlands forward and captain Robin van Persie celebrates at the end of the third place playoff football match between Brazil and Netherlands during the 2014 FIFA World Cup at the National Stadium in Brasilia Netherlands won 30 AFP PHOTOCaptain Robin van Persie 3rd minute Daley Blind 17th and Georginio Wijnaldum 901 found the target for the Netherlands the result only adding to the already gloomy mood of thousands of home fans as they left the stadium deeply dejectedVan Persie started the scoring for the Netherlands after he converted from the spot barely few minutes into the gameArjen Robben was the one credited with getting the Netherlands the penalty after he was pulled by host skipper Thiago Silva who returned after missing the German massacre due to double bookingsThe Manchester United player calmly slotted in the ball high above Julio Cesars dive This was van Persies fourth goal in six appearances in the ongoing tournamentThere was though a hint of doubt over if Robben was dragged inside the box Lack of discretion on part of stopper David Luiz who is headed for Paris SaintGermain FC on a world record 50 million pound led to the second goalIn what turned out to be a horrible piece of defending Luizs feeble header from a cross landed on the path of Daley Blind who promptly volleyed it in to make the scoreline 20 for the Oranje in the process scoring his maiden international goalWijnaldum added to the home teams woes when he successfully launched his rightfooter into the net in the added timeOscar looked to be the most impressive Brazilian player on the field and embarked on a mazy run before launching into a shot from the edge of the box but Jasper Cillessen was equal to the task at the postFor the record Brazil have conceded 14 goals in the tournament the most by the fivetime winners in a single World Cup finalsIn between on the 16th minute Brazilians Jo and Ramires were inches away from converting a cross from the left but the ball bounced clear and away to safetyBrazil did enjoy greater ball possession in the first half and created enough goal scoring chances but their shots on the target were weekBefore the second half started Fernandinho was brought in place of Luis Gustavo while Ramires made way for Hulk but nothing could bring Brazil the elusive goalIn the 50th minute Brazil survived another Holland attempt from the setpiece Just before that though there was a great run from RamiresThe Chelsea player broke through the Holland defence but his final touch outside the box was blocked by a defender for a cornerIn the 59th minute Ramires twisted and turned to fire in a shot only to see his attempt miss the target by about a footBrazil showed urgency towrads the end but lacked badly when it came to finishing Earlier right back Maxwell and striker Jo were among the players who started for BrazilCoach Luiz Felipe Scolari made four other changes from the team that started the devastating 71 loss to Germany in semifinalsSilva was back in the lineup as expected but the coach also included three new midfielders Willian Ramires and Paulinho Leaving the team were Marcelo Dante Fernandinho Hulk Bernard and FredCatch all the FIFA World Cup 2014 action hereWesley Sneidjer was a lastminute withdrawal from the Netherlands team after he injured himself while warming up for the game Sneidjers place in the team was taken by Jonathan de GuzmanThe other change made by coach Louis van Gaal in the Oranje starting lineup was Jordy Classie in place of Nigel de Jong in midfield