[Lillie_Steins]

HOLLAND ROBBED!!
This english bastard definitely kelong...knnccb...holland should have won hands down....robben was clearly fouled by puyol who should be send off and holland awarded a penalty...this english bastard is clearly kelong to gave span the win...giving so many freekicks to spain and yellow cards to holland...this english bastard is clearly taking under table money from the spanish mafia...FIFA SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS ENGLISH BASTARD HOWARD WEBB!!!

[Peptobismol]

Howard Webb's alright, in fact, he was lenient to Holland's De Jong for not sending him off when he justifiably could. The only glaring mistake was awarding a Spanish goalkick instead of a Dutch corner in extra time, but that's more of this assistant's mistake for flagging the Spanish way.

As for the 9 yellow cards and 1 red card against Holland, it was obvious that Holland was trying to stifle the Spanish and provoke retaliation for a Spanish send-off by rotating players to foul them at tactical moments. Ironically, another new version of total football. The whole team got almost totally booked!

[Beerinkol]

As for the 9 yellow cards and 1 red card against Holland, it was obvious that Holland was trying to stifle the Spanish and provoke retaliation for a Spanish send-off by rotating players to foul them at tactical moments. Ironically, another new version of total football. The whole team got almost totally booked!

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The 14 yellow cards, one leading to a red, was a record for a World Cup final, beating the six collected by Argentina and West Germany players in 1986. Eight different Dutchmen were booked, five from Spain. -- AP