The real question at the beggining of the match was how could Russia cope with such game play the Dutch side has performed? But it was the Russian side who gave a class of how-to-beat-a-avantgarde-team-in-ten-minutes. Certainly the 4-5-1 was ounumbered in any sense of the word, since Hiddink did his homework in the video tapes.
The match was quite dull at the beggining, but the Dutch side was contemplative and lazy while the Russians seeked opportunities with Pavlyuchenko's 7' wide header. By the 20' Wesley Sneijder, the so-called motor of the new Oranje, was nearley invisible as well as playmaker Van der Vaart. The game was passive and declared as "táctico" [tactical]by Javier Aguirre, whatever he meant to say. Russian attempts were saved by veteran Man Utd keeper Van der Saar, mostly from Kolodin and Arshavin. The Dutch struggle to win possesion ended the first half.
The lead came after a fine Pavlyuchenko definition on an excellent Arshavin request, in 46'. The Oranje found a strong opposition and by 67' the Dutch side was desperate, reconvining to their natural 4-3-3 formation. The Russian pressure kept the Dutch squad tight ending in some feeble shot by Sneijder in 80'. The consolation prize was through Ruud van Nistelrooy in 87' when a good cross from Wesly found the head of the madrid striker to finish in the net.
The final grasp from the Dutch extended the game to over-time, where the Russian finally capitalized their win. The minutes after the second Russian goal saw some woodwork hits as well as the Dutch tempestive and unideal attempt. Arshavin finished things with a cross after a goos pllay on Torbinski who, as Cuahtemoc Blanco in 1998 WC finished with the external part of te boot, rejoining many Mexican memories. At 110' a perfect Arshavin ended the already end match with fine finish between the legs of the keeper, due to a center-back error.
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