Netherlands: Favorite to Win Cup

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Arjen Robben became the man of the match yesterday, began in the starting lineup and scored a goal in the victory over Slovakia with a score of 2 - 1, which this result makes the Netherlands as a favorite to win the World Cup. The Netherlands qualified for the quarterfinals and will face the always difficult Brazil. Bayern Munich's striker Robben fought time over this tournament given that he was injured prior to the first game of the World Cup, but Robben overcame the worst and opened the scoreboard of 1 - 0 with a great shot from the longest shot from Inter's Wesley Sneijder and pass from Liverpool's Dirk Kuyt that went through the net impossible for the Slovakian defense to save neither the goalkeeper. With this goal, Robben has proven to the world that he is the Netherlands' best man. At the last minute of the match, Slovakian Robert Vittek, scored the honorable penalty shot, reaching Vittek's fourth goal in the tournament reaching Gonzalo Higuain, who is still alive in the tournament with Argentina.

The Netherlands reached their fourth consecutive victory, after winning their group with three victories over Denmark, Japan and Cameroon and now winning over Slovakia, who eliminated the reigning champion Italy. Slovakia lacked many opportunities that not even captain Hamsik nor coach's son Weiss to score in the Netherlands' solid defense leaded by captain Giovanni Van Bronckhorst. Not even Sloakian striker, scorer of two goals against Italy, was disappeared in the first half. Now the Netherlands need their full attention, where they will face Brazil in the quarterfinals, where they eliminated Chile 3 - 0.