The official match schedule for 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Webb was the first Englishman to referee a World Cup final since Jack Taylor officiated the 1974 final between the Netherlands and West Germany. The official match schedule for 1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ [40][41][42], FIFA estimated that 910 million viewers worldwide watched at least part of the final. The Netherlands and Spain qualified after beating Uruguay and Germany, respectively, in the semifinals. Football match that took place on 8 July 2014 at the Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was the first semi-final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The referee for the final was Howard Webb, representing The Football Association of England. )[20] The Spanish formed a guard of honor for the defeated Dutch as they went up to the stands to receive their runner-up medals. highest for any international football match ever played, "Spain lauded, Dutch castigated for 'brutal' World Cup final", "Blatter and Dutch condemn dirty World Cup final", "Spain beat Holland 1–0 to win World Cup", "World Cup 2010: Dutch coach criticises referee Webb", "2010 FIFA World Cup Final: Spain vs. Netherlands. He added that the Dutch should have had two players sent off early in the match, and criticised referee Howard Webb for failing to dismiss them. FIFA Women's World Cup Match HIGHLIGHTS: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCGIzmTE4d0iZfhVnbVY5Vze5JpEX53xEBC Place Stadium, Vancouver, Canada, Final, 5 July 2015. With both the Netherlands and Spain attempting to win their first FIFA World Cup, the 2010 final became the sixth final to be contested between non-former champions after 1930, 1934, 1954, 1958, and 1978. Fifth official: Underneath he had a white vest with the handwritten message: "Dani Jarque siempre con nosotros" ("Dani Jarque, always with us"). In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 with a goal from Andrés Iniesta four minutes from the end of extra time. [7] It was the first time since England in 1966 that the winners of the final wore their second-choice strip. [11] Dutch captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst was substituted in the 105th minute by Edson Braafheid; Real Madrid midfielder Rafael van der Vaart, who had come on as a substitute in the 99th minute for Nigel de Jong, took over as captain for the last 15 minutes. The Netherlands reached the Final in a 25-match unbeaten streak since September 2008. The final was played on 11 July 2010 at Soccer City, Johannesburg. Some English commentators, such as Sam Wallace,[29] Graham Poll and Dermot Gallagher,[30] have defended Webb. It was the first time since the 1978 final that neither of the finalists had previously won the World Cup. At the time of the final, all but three members of the Spanish squad played for clubs in Spain, with six of the starters playing for Barcelona; three playing for Real Madrid, one for Valencia, and one for Villarreal. Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. [10], The Netherlands had several chances to score, most notably in the 62nd minute when Arjen Robben was released by Wesley Sneijder putting him one-on-one with Spain's goalkeeper Iker Casillas, but Casillas pushed the shot wide with an outstretched leg. After the match some Dutch players, such as Robben, Stekelenburg,[24] Robin van Persie,[25] Dirk Kuyt and Wesley Sneijder,[26] accused Webb of favouring the Spaniards, while in Switzerland's earlier defeat of Spain, Spain supporters accused Webb of favouring Switzerland. [6] The win gave Spain its first World Cup title. [28] By the end of the tournament, the Dutch team had earned 22 yellow cards in its seven games, while Spain had earned only eight (the lowest of the four semi-finalists, with Germany and Uruguay having earned 13 each). [4] The gold colouring of the ball mirrors the colour of the FIFA World Cup Trophy and also echoes another of Johannesburg's nicknames: "the City of Gold". [22] The Associated Press was of the opinion that the Dutch had "turned far too often to dirty tactics".[23]. [8] Fourteen yellow cards were awarded (nine for the Netherlands and five for Spain),[8] and John Heitinga of the Netherlands was sent off for receiving a second yellow card in 109th minute. In the Netherlands, 12.2 million people watched the final on television, which is 74% of the total population of the country. The Netherlands played in its third final without a win, surpassing the record it had shared with Hungary and Czechoslovakia. He was appointed to the FIFA list of international match referees in 2005, and before the World Cup, he had taken charge of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final and the 2009 FA Cup Final. [49] Spaniards Plácido Domingo,[50] Rafael Nadal (tennis player) and Pau Gasol (basketball player)[51] were in attendance to cheer on their team. Other international celebrities to attend the match included Jay-Jay Okocha and American actor Morgan Freeman (who played Mandela in the 2009 film Invictus).[48]. The 2010 World Cup final was held on July 11 at Soccer City Stadium in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. At the 2010 World Cup, Webb refereed three games, all with Cann and Mullarkey as his assistants. The Netherlands squad drew its players from clubs in five European countries, with just nine based in the Netherlands; six played in Germany, five in England, two in Italy and one in Spain. Twelve named substitutes, of which up to three could be used. [27] Other critics noted poor and missed calls on both teams. USA continued their road to glory at this stage four years ago in Canada, when Carli Lloyd’s goal gave them a 1-0 win over China, and they had to work hard in their last-16 match against Spain this time around, prevailing 2-1 thanks to two Megan Rapinoe penalties. In the knockout stage, they then beat their Iberian neighbours Portugal, quarter-final debutants Paraguay and three-time World Cup winners Germany. You’ll also get exclusive access to FIFA games, contests and prizes. [34] Further, there were also reports that noted the play-acting and fouls by some of the Spanish players. Spain entered the 2010 World Cup as the reigning European champions, having won UEFA Euro 2008, and as the shared holders of the international football record of consecutive unbeaten games for a national team, spanning 35 matches from 2007 to 2009; they also won all 10 matches of their qualifying campaign. [1] In those three games, he never showed a red card or awarded a penalty, but he did issue the second highest number of yellow cards in the tournament, an average of 5.67 bookings per game. The 2010 World Cup final was held on July 11 at Soccer City Stadium in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Meanwhile, for Spain, Sergio Ramos missed a free header from a corner kick when he was unmarked. The 2018 FIFA World Cup Final was a football match that took place on 15 July 2018 to determine the winners of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.It was the final of the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.The match was played by France and Croatia, and held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. FIFA Women’s World Cup France v USA – All the action from the second quarter-final at Parc des Princes in Paris. The Dutch, however, momentarily had possession of the ball near the Spanish penalty area in between the goal kick and Iniesta's goal. [45] The final in Johannesburg, which gave the Spanish their first World Cup title, was seen by 15,545,000 viewers on ABC, according to fast national ratings. The match ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, revealed on 20 April 2010, was the Jo'bulani, a gold version of the Adidas Jabulani ball used for every other match in the tournament. Spain were the latest new World Champions since France's win in 1998, and they also became the first new winners to win outside their home country since Brazil in 1958 and also the first European team to win outside their own continent. Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Going into the final, Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands and David Villa of Spain were tied as the top scorers with five goals each; Arjen Robben of the Netherlands with two was the only other player in the finalists' squads with more than one goal in the tournament. [4] The Jo'bulani is the second ball to be specifically produced for the FIFA World Cup Final, after the Teamgeist Berlin was used for the 2006 final.[4]. Joris Mathijsen was yellow-carded for his strong protests to the referee after the goal, and other Dutch players criticised Webb for this decision after the match. Yuichi Nishimura and Toru Sagara, both from Japan, were the fourth and fifth officials respectively. Toru Sagara (Japan), At the conclusion of the match, the Spanish team changed into their red-shirted home kit for the presentation. In all-time head-to-head results, the teams had met nine times previously since 1920, winning four games each and drawing once, in either friendlies, European Championship qualifying games, and once in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Spain was awarded FIFA's Fair Play award after the final. The previous high was 14,863,000 viewers for the United States' 2–1 extra time loss to Ghana in the second round on 26 June. [45] An additional 8.821 million viewers watched Spanish-language coverage on Univision, according to Nielsen Media Research, bringing the total to nearly 24.4 million. [45], The final received an 8.1 rating on ABC, up 6 percent from the 7.7 for Italy's penalty-kicks win over France in the 2006 final.

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