Five to one baby...

@misterpomp: for some reason this Doors song keeps on playing in my head today...

Brilliant second half performance, and van Persie's header was something else.

Incidentally, 5-1 was also the score in my two favourite matches of all time, one club and one country:
[www.bbc.co.uk] http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18044372
[news.bbc.co.uk] http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1515667.stm

Astonishing collapse from the Spanish but hats off to the Dutch for seeing the weakness in the the centre-backs and exploiting it to the max.

Roll on the next matches... I'm supporting my usual team... anyone but England :-)

Belgium plays their first match on Tuesday. But I couldn't care less. I'll be seeing Richie Sambora in Tilburg that evening. Woohoo!

[shots.deadspin.com] http://shots.deadspin.com/the-best-photos-of-robin-van-persies-amazing-flying-he...

OK, so against all expectations, I did watch part of the game together with a Dutch man on his cell phone while we were waiting for Sambora to hit the stage.

I guess they didn't go down in a blaze of glory :-P

OK, that's a huge mistake you're making there. Blaze Of Glory is a Jon Bon Jovi solo song, this was a Richie Sambora solo show ;-)

Costa Rica for the cup, for the cup, Costa Rica for the cup ...

My brother is heading down to Rio today for 12 days.

Ah crap, I was hoping Belgium would be the one to kick Holland out of the tournament :-)

Oh well...

Penalties are a shitty way to get kicked out. At least you didn't get humiliated like Brazil.