Robinho made a dash straight down the middle of the field and was spotted on a perfect through ball as Dutch defender Heitinga was sucked towards the midfield out of position, But the Netherlands were able to bounce back due to a great corner and then later by some sloppy defense and goalkeeping.

It just wasn’t Brazil’s afternoon, because after their high flying start they sank into a depression and found it very difficult to find any sort of rhythm. And fortunately for the Dutch, it was Stenklenberg’s day as he was forced into making some classy saves in order to keep Holland’s hopes alive. All in all it was an exciting matchup, granted it wasn’t as epic of a showdown as their last meeting in France in 1998, it was a thriller nonetheless.

The Dutch move on to face surprising winners Uruguay who, against the odds beat Ghana in PKs.

This is a guest post written by Kyle Wanchalk, expert World Cup writer at SportsUntapped.com.