On June 23, at the stadium in Sao Paulo, the third round match in group B was held. The next meeting of the football world championship presented the audience with the struggle between the Netherlands and Chile. Both teams won the first two matches, so the fate of the first place in Quartet B was decided in the meeting under review.
The head coach of the Chile national team did not release some of the leaders of his team in the starting lineup. For example, the audience did not see Arturo Vidal in the game. Equally, the Netherlands national team played without some of its leaders. So, did not take part in the Van Persie match. However, all this did not prevent the audience from seeing good stubborn football.
It is worth noting that the teams played carefully, to some extent even closed. There was a feeling that both teams, first of all, tried to secure their goal. A draw in the match brought the Dutch to the playoffs from the first place in the group, so the South Americans only needed a victory in order to challenge the final Dutch leadership in Quartet B. Perhaps that is why the Chileans looked a little more active in the first half of the meeting. However, the first half ended with a zero score.
In the second half of the meeting, the teams livened up a little. But even here it was not necessary to talk about extremely dangerous moments. This match was reminiscent of a tug-of-war, somewhat similar to preparation for serious playoff games. Dangerous moments continued to be created very infrequently. Therefore, it seemed that the match would end in a goalless draw. However, the audience saw the goals.
On 77 minutes after a corner kick, Dutchman Leroy Fer scored the first goal of the match with a header. The Chileans tried to recoup, but the South Americans failed. And at the end of the meeting, they missed more. Arjen Robben broke through on the left flank already in the condensed time and shot into the penalty area. Memphis Depay responded to the transfer, who issued the final account. 2 - 0 win the Netherlands and with nine points take first place in Group B of the World Cup. Chileans remain with six points on the second line of the table. Both teams are now awaiting their Group A rivals in the playoffs.
