World Cup Reflections: NEDERLAND PREVAILS!

OH MY WORD! My dream has come true. The Netherlands beat Brazil today in the World Cup quarter finals! Today marks a milestone in Dutch football! Don't you just love when you predict that your team will win and they do, even though they weren't the favourite and were expected to lose?! It just feels SO GOOD! They have the team to go all the way this year, I've said it all along. It'll be an exciting final two games, that's for sure!

When Brazil scored in the first ten minutes, I was devastated; although, these were my words: "NO! ... Ahhh, but at least there's A LOT of time left."
That amount of time was all Holland needed to gather up a come back victory. They kept positive and one of the major factors was Robben causing Michel Bastos (Brazil's left back) a whole lot of trouble and ultimately, Bastos had to be substituted because of his earlier yellow card. Robben held the ball perfectly, winning tonnes of free kicks for much needed field position (he did embellish a lot, but hey, any player in that position would). Sneijder was key as well, causing the equalizer and also heading in the winner! It's so exciting to see my Oranje play at their full, peaked potential (though they could close games better... the final twenty minutes = stress)! LOVE IT!

Man it must suck to be Felipe Melo; the tying goal went off his head and he committed that stupid stomp on Robben's hamstring to get sent off with a straight red! Brazil keep your COOL! Did you see Robinho go animal on Robben and others!? So intense.

In honour of this famous upset victory, it is now the perfect time to reveal my new main display picture I've been waiting to premier... Enjoy.

Calling ALL CAPTAINS! (Get it?)

Hmmm I might just change it back to the previous one... this one doesn't shrink to fit well, and it's MASSIVE otherwise! Meh, I'll leave it for now.

Oh and just so you know, I'm gonna be wearing my dutch kit ALL weekend, that's how pumped I am.

p.s. Another Dutch flag bearer parked beside me at Long & McQuade the other day. I smiled.