Interesting, intriguing, slightly dull, choose your own superlative. Spain opened brightly but couldn’t capitalise on their possession and the Dutch have came into the game more as the half has worn on.
Still anyones game although Holland might just feel they have weathered the storm as they did against Brazil. Overall the chances of a tired mistake or a sending off defining the outcome look to be high.
Here’s hoping for a better second half.
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