Holland continued to impress with a comfortable 3-2 victory over Uruguay which places them in their first World Cup Final since 1978. The victory, and their performances so far in the competition have made them favourites in many eyes, with talents such as Arjen Robben and  Wesley Sneijder performing on the big stage when so many have failed to do so.

Holland go ahead after 18 minutes.

After a lively start by both teams, Holland were the first to create a genuine chance as Dirk Kuyt had a 12 yard shot to take the lead, but sent it over the bar. And after 18 minutes it was Dutch Captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst who sent the Orange fans wild with a spectacular bullet from 40 yards out. His shot from the left crossed the goal and hit the top right corner on its way in, giving him his 5th goal on his 105th game for Holland.

The first half continued with Holland dominating, but close to the break, Uruguay started to build, and in the 41st minute, Forlan turned his marker and struck a fierce shot from 35 yards out. The Keeper should probably have saved the shot but movement on the ball and the pace of the shot beat him and leveled the score.

Holland come out on top.

The second half didn’t start as the first had finished, with some tired looking play from Holland in the earlier part of the half. It was again Forlan who looked more likely to score, with another great free-kick finding the target, but also finding the Dutch goalkeeper on this occasion.

This spurred Holland into life and two goals in three minutes sent them through to the World Cup Final. The first of the two went to Wesley Sneijder whose shot was deflected to curl into the far corner. Van Persie looked to be offside for the shot, and even tried to poke the ball, but replays show it was a very tight decision, too hard for a linesman to get right most likely.

Then, a great cross from Kuyt allowed Robben to expertly head the ball low and off the left post to take the score to 3-1 with 17 minutes to play. Uruguay failed to give up though, and scored in the 90th minute via a lovely side foot effort from Maxi Pereira gave Uruguay a slim hope of equalizing. There was not enough time though, and Holland will face the winner of Germany vs. Spain to lift the World Cup Trophy.