World Cup runner-up Michel Vorm has defended the Netherlands' show successful the 2010 last arsenic being a effect of necessity.
The Oranje were lambasted for their show successful the South Africa finale against Spain astir 15 years ago. Bert van Marwijk's broadside mislaid 1-0 acknowledgment to Andres Iniesta's decider astatine the death, finishing the lucifer with 9 yellowish cards and 10 men connected the field.
Nigel de Jong was fortunate not to person been a 2nd dismissal for a kung fu footwear connected Xabi Alonso that went down successful the World Cup folklore. But portion the Netherlands' tactics successful attempting to stymie Spain's method prowess was decried, erstwhile Tottenham and Swansea City goalkeeper Vorm - who was an unused substitute that time - says they had nary different choice.
"I can't adjacent ticker those highlights anymore. It hurts truthful much," helium told Mirror Sport, successful concern with 888sport. "Because it was specified a peculiar group, and a peculiar World Cup successful general. And erstwhile you're truthful adjacent - everyone knows the prevention Iker Casillas made connected Arjen Robben, virtually centimetres [from scoring] - but this is besides the quality of football.
"Spain, astatine that time, was by acold the champion squad successful the world. And determination was 1 mode to halt them [laughs], and that was conscionable to combat arsenic a team, arsenic a squad. Howard Webb - I deliberation it was besides bully to person an English referee, [but] I deliberation adjacent if helium watches it backmost himself, it mightiness beryllium different. Or if determination was VAR astatine the time.
"We virtually did everything we could to triumph that game. And adjacent if you look astatine our squad, it was precise talented. But Spain astatine the time, everyone knew they were stronger. But successful 1 game, everything tin change, and we were truthful close."
De Jong's high-footed situation to the thorax of Alonso went down successful World Cup infamy arsenic 1 of the worst fouls not to person a reddish card. Former Everton and Fulham defender Johnny Heitinga did spot reddish successful the 109th minute, and Iniesta broke the deadlock with the game's lone extremity soon after.
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Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)Vorm, 41, went connected to accidental helium was capable to recognise helium and his team-mates' accomplishment successful adjacent reaching that last aft the fact. And contempt the shot satellite taking a stern presumption of their show successful Johannesburg, the squad was fixed a hero's instrumentality upon arriving backmost connected location soil.
"The reception we got erstwhile we went backmost to Holland, the full state was crazy," helium added. "And astatine the clip determination was nary Instagram. So evidently we knew a spot astir what was going on, but we could besides respect that we reached the World Cup last and were beaten by 1 of the champion teams ever."
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