BRASÍLIA — Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored early objectives to help give the Netherlands a 3-0 win over host Brazil in the third-place match at the World Cup on Saturday.
The Netherlands completed the World Cup unbeaten in normal play shockingly, having lost to Argentina on punishments in the elimination rounds. The Dutch group was the runner-up in the 2010 competition and lost in the last in 1974 and 1978.
The Brazilians' misfortune added to their disappointment after a shocking 7-1 annihilation to Germany in the elimination rounds. After the last whistle Saturday, the group was uproariously booed by the swarm at Estádio Nacional. At the point when Georginio Wijnaldum scored the Netherlands' third objective, in stoppage time, numerous fans had cleared out.
"It's an awful feeling; I don't realize what to say," Brazil midfielder Oscar said. "After a tremendous misfortune to Germany, today we attempted our best from the earliest starting point to win third place, however it wasn't our day. We need to see what happened so we can enhance for what's to come."
Van Persie changed over an extra shot three minutes into the match after Arjen Robben was cut around Brazil's skipper, Thiago Silva, on the edge of the zone. Visually impaired added to the lead in the seventeenth moment with a shot from close to the punishment spot after safeguard David Luiz committed an error while attempting to clear a cross before the objective. Wijnaldum topped the scoring with a shot inside the close post in the end minutes.
"The most excellent was our versatility," Wijnaldum said. "We were thumped out, however we returned and completed third. We needed to close it out well."
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