The reason the Dutch will win? Some Mojo. That extra bit of luck. The soccer Gods smiling on them…whatever you want to call it, they have that extra “thing” going for them. You can see it and sense it.
While there’s little doubt Spain are the best team in this World Cup (they beat Germany after all!), they really only have one game. And yes, while it happens to be an absolutely superb game, it won’t be enough to win it all. You need just that extra bit of what I described above. Spain have had pretty much all their success based on nothing but their pure collective team talent – there’s been little luck involved at all, neither good nor bad. They wear the opponent down with their possession game and then get the one goal for the win. That’s all they need.
Holland on the other hand have been playing with just enough to win and they’ve been playing with that extra bit of something…they’ve gotten that extra deflection for the goal, the van Bronckhorst screamer goal (are you kidding me with that one!), no deal-breaker calls against them (thinking about how many cards van Bommel could have had), etc. Now clearly I’m not saying the Dutch don’t have the raw talent as well. Of course they do -- I think Sneijder may just take FIFA player of the year come December. And Robben has been hot all year. That’s all a given when you’re in the final.
As we’ve seen before, if you can get a goal against Spain, their game isn’t quite as effective (which is why I’m still not over Germany’s defeat…if they could have just gotten that one goal…if, if, if? A cruel game but that’s a different post). Holland will get that goal somehow: it may just be the best goal in the history of the World via Wesley or Robben or Van Persie or it may be deflected off of Puyol's shin for an own-goal. And then they’ll get one more very late in the game and they’ll win the World Cup 2:0.
Unless of course that f***ing octopus says otherwise, then forget everything I’ve said here.
Jul 9, 2010
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