Final Score - WC2101 Group E, Netherlands vs Denmark

Monday June 14th - Soccer City, Johannesburg. Att: 83,465
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

LINEUPS:
Netherlands (451): Stekelenburg, van der Weil, van Bronckhorst, Heitinga, Mathijsen, de Jong, Sneijder (Afellay 84') van Bommel (van der Vaart 74'), van Persie, Kuyt (Babel 62'), Robben
Denmark (451): Sorensen, Jacobsen (Kroldrup 45'), Poulsen, Agger, Kjaer, Pouslen, Jorgensen, Tomasson, Bendtner (Beckmann 84'), Khalenberg (Larsen 45'), Rommendahl

This match was all one way traffic as only Jon Dahl Tomasson looked credible for the Danes, but even he was unable to hold back the orange tide becoming one of four Danish players to be booked as the Dutch trickery fooled them time and again. The Netherlands should have had the lead in the nineteenth minute when, after he was brought down in the box, Robin van Persie sent his spot kick wide. Only four minutes later though a corner was helped on by a defensive header only to fine Arjen Robben on the far side to score on a high shot from a narrow angle.

Another van Persie chance was blocked on the line but the Arsenal striker was quickest to react to the rebound and it was a 2-0 lead at half time. Denmark made a double substitution during the break but just five minutes after the restart the Dutch had extended their lead; Dirk Kuyt able to steer home a low corner kick. van Persie had two more clear chances to throw away by hitting the post and heading wide. The final goal came from Nigel de Jong as he ran the length of the pitch to get on the end of a van der Wiel cross before a final flurry led to both Babel and Robben hitting the woodwork.

Netherlands 4 - 0 Denmark
Goalscorers:
NED Robben 23'
NED van Persie 34'
NED Kuyt 50'
NED de Jong 83'

Discipline:
DEN Jorgensen 6'
DEN Jacobsen 20'
DEN Tomasson 20'
DEN Poulsen 59'
NED Heitinga 79'

Man of the Match:
NED Dirk Kuyt

GROUP E
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	3
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0