Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
LINEUPS:
Cameroon (442): Souleymanou, Mbia, Assou-Ekotto, N'koulou, Bassong, Emana, Song (Aboubaker 84'), Makoun (Mandjeck 79'), Eto'o, Webo (Idrissou 66'), Enoh
Netherlands (451): Stekelenberg, van der Wiel, van Bronkchorst, Heitinga, Mathijsen (de Zeeuw 77'), de Jong, Sneijder, van Bommel, van Persie, Elia (Ooijer 77'), Robben (Vorm 53')
Eljero Elia had his turn to play for the injured Kuyt and he had a coupld of chances to score. The first came in the 20th minute when van Persie chipped it over the defence for him, but his shot was nicely saved, and then on the stroke of halftime when he got on the end of a very clever pull back from Sneijder but could only shoot over the bar. The Dutch already the lead before that second Elia shot when Robin van Persie scored his second World Cup goal on a rocket of a free kick that found a gap in the Cameroon wall and into the top corner.
The second half was highly charged and the aggressive play was started by Maarten Stekelenburg taking no prisoners on Pierre Webo, earning himself a red card and given Samuel Eto'o a chance he gratefully took from the penalty spot. The rough and tumble continued with more yellow cards dished out by Mr Pozo, but the game essentially died after the equalising goal sending the Netherlands through and Cameroon home.
Cameroon 1 - 1 Netherlands
Goalscorers:
NED van Persie 30'
CMR Eto'o 51'
Discipline:
CMR Enoh 32'
NED Stekelenberg 50'
NED de Jong 55'
CMR Webo 66'
CMR Essou-Akotto 85'
CMR Emana 90'
Man of the Match:
NED Robin van Persie
| GROUP E | ||||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
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