Portugal overcome Netherlands 1-0 on way to quarter-final
{{correction|date=April 16, 2021|explanation=The image of the stadium is a photograph of {{w|Frankenstadion}} in {{w|Nuremberg}}, where the game was played.  However, the caption incorrectly identifies it as {{w|Gottlieb Daimler Stadion}} in {{w|Stuttgart}}}}
{{date|June 25, 2006}}[[Image:World Cup 2006 logo.png|left|50px]] Portugal beat the Netherlands 1-0 in a hot-tempered round of sixteen battle in Nuremburg, Sunday.

Russian referee Valentin Ivanov warmed up for an active evening of arm-raising with yellow cards in the second and seventh minutes. Mark Van Bommel and Khalid Boulahrouz had crashed two heavy fouls on Christiano Ronaldo; the second left a stud mark on his right thigh.

[[Image:Frankenstadion 1.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart.]]

At the end of 96 minutes the yellow card count was 16 and the sides had nine men each. The four players sent off was a total that set a new Fifa World Cup record. This came as the 2006 tournament had already seen two games with three red cards. All four red cards were shown for two cautionary acts. 

Following the second Boulahrouz foul Ronaldo received treatment and would be substituted before half time. 

However; Ronaldo was involved in a wonderful move that lead to Portugal's game-winner. On 22 minutes he fed Deco, Deco crossed low to Pauleta; Pauleta laid it off, and Maniche side-stepped a defender to hammer past Edwin Van Der Sar from 12 yards. Maniche was spared his second yellow card, and subsequent, expulsion when the referee decided not to execute the FIFA guidelines for leaving the pitch during celebrations of a goal.

Portugal also scored first blood when Ivanov's red card was brandished at Costinha for stopping a pass with his arm, after he escaped a second yellow card just minutes earlier after his second rough tackle of the day.

Though Portugal looked dangerous on the break the game was dominated by the Netherlands who had over 60 per cent of ball possession.

In the second period there was less flow and more stoppages. The main incidents were violent and many times players surrounded the referee adding to the disruption.

On 59 minutes there was shoving after Portugal was awarded a free kick in shooting range of Edwin Van Der Sar's goal. In the scrum Luis Figo gave a headbutt to Van Bommel but was only shown a yellow card. Three minutes later the same Figo appeared to walk into an upper arm from Boularouz and Boularouz was sent off. 

Deco was next to go with two cards in quick succession. Ricardo Carvalho made a lunge to block one of the Netherlands 20 shots at goal. The Portuguese didn't stop for treatment, so the referee blew his whistle so the defender could get treatment. 

Netherlands bucked the informal tradition of giving the ball back and Deco's response was a lunge at John Heitinga. This incident kicked off another melee in which Wesley Sneijder was booked when he pushed Petit to the floor. 

Five minutes after his first caution Deco was sent to the touchline for holding on to the ball when the Dutch players wanted to resume playing.

Twice up by an extra man the Netherlands did not beat the Portuguese goal keeper Ricardo. They went close. Three minutes after half time an unmarked Philip Cocu struck the crossbar in the rebound from six yards. After Deco's dismissal Dirk Kuyt ran through the central-defense but was foiled by a challenge from the goalkeeper.

In the final of the six minutes of added time Portugal worked another counter attack and Giovanni Van Bronckhorst got tangled with Simao's legs. Ivanov produced his fourth red card.

The victory for Portugal put them on a head-to-head with England in the quarter-finals, but at a cost. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side would miss Deco and Costinha with suspensions for that match while Ronaldo would be an injury worry.

[[Image:Fifa world cup org.jpg|top|right|50px]]

==Round of sixteen==

'''Match 52'''
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Attendance: 41'000

==Formations==
===Portugal===
[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|- <!--Add five to create new line  -->
|
|
|
|
|
|- <!--Goalkeeper -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Ricardo (GK) 76'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|
|-  <!--Defenders -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Miguel
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Fernando Meira
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Ricardo Carvalho
| style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Costinha
31'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]46'+[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]
|- <!--Defensive midfield players -->
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Midfield players / Wingers -->
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Nuno Valente 76'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Maniche [[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] 20'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Luis Figo (C) 60'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Deco
73'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 78'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Cristiano Ronaldo
|-   <!-- Strikers -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of Portugal.svg|11px|bottom]]Pauleta
|
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 34' Simao Sabrosa for Ronaldo
* 46' Petit 50'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] for Pauleta
* 84' Tiago for Figo

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''
----

===Netherlands===
[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Goalkeeper -->
|
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Edwin Van Der Sar (GK) (C)
|
|
|-   <!-- Defenders -->
| style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Khalid Boulahrouz
7'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]63'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Joris Mathijsen
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Andre Ooijer
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Giovanni Van Bronckhorst 59'
[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 95'+[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]
|-  <!-- Defensive midfield player -->
|
|
|
|
|
|-   <!-- Midfield player / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Mark Van Bommel 2'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Phillip Cocu
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Wesley Sneijder 73'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Strikers -->
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Robin Van Persie
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Dirk Kuyt
|style="text-align: center;"|[[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|11px|bottom]]Arjen Robben
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 56' Rafael Van Der Vaart 74'[[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]] for Mathijsen
* 67' John Heitinga for Van Bommel
* 84' Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink for Cocu 

[[Image:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''

==Officials==

[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|25px]] Referee: Valentin Ivanov [[image:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[image:Red card.svg|10px]]

[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Nikolay Golubev

[[Image:Flag of Russia.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Evgueni Volnin

[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|15px]] Fourth referee: Marco Rodriguez

[[Image:Flag of Mexico.svg|15px]] Fifth referee: Jose Luis Camargo

==Related news==

[[England do enough against Ecuador; through to quarter-final]]

==Sources==
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|date=June 25, 2006}}

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[[pl:Mundial 2006: Portugalia 1-0 Holandia]]
50px Portugal beat the Netherlands 1-0 in a hot-tempered round of sixteen battle in Nuremburg, Sunday.

Russian referee Valentin Ivanov warmed up for an active evening of arm-raising with yellow cards in the second and seventh minutes. Mark Van Bommel and Khalid Boulahrouz had crashed two heavy fouls on Christiano Ronaldo; the second left a stud mark on his right thigh.

Gottlieb Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart.

At the end of 96 minutes the yellow card count was 16 and the sides had nine men each. The four players sent off was a total that set a new Fifa World Cup record. This came as the 2006 tournament had already seen two games with three red cards. All four red cards were shown for two cautionary acts. 

Following the second Boulahrouz foul Ronaldo received treatment and would be substituted before half time. 

However; Ronaldo was involved in a wonderful move that lead to Portugal's game-winner. On 22 minutes he fed Deco, Deco crossed low to Pauleta; Pauleta laid it off, and Maniche side-stepped a defender to hammer past Edwin Van Der Sar from 12 yards. Maniche was spared his second yellow card, and subsequent, expulsion when the referee decided not to execute the FIFA guidelines for leaving the pitch during celebrations of a goal.

Portugal also scored first blood when Ivanov's red card was brandished at Costinha for stopping a pass with his arm, after he escaped a second yellow card just minutes earlier after his second rough tackle of the day.

Though Portugal looked dangerous on the break the game was dominated by the Netherlands who had over 60 per cent of ball possession.

In the second period there was less flow and more stoppages. The main incidents were violent and many times players surrounded the referee adding to the disruption.

On 59 minutes there was shoving after Portugal was awarded a free kick in shooting range of Edwin Van Der Sar's goal. In the scrum Luis Figo gave a headbutt to Van Bommel but was only shown a yellow card. Three minutes later the same Figo appeared to walk into an upper arm from Boularouz and Boularouz was sent off. 

Deco was next to go with two cards in quick succession. Ricardo Carvalho made a lunge to block one of the Netherlands 20 shots at goal. The Portuguese didn't stop for treatment, so the referee blew his whistle so the defender could get treatment. 

Netherlands bucked the informal tradition of giving the ball back and Deco's response was a lunge at John Heitinga. This incident kicked off another melee in which Wesley Sneijder was booked when he pushed Petit to the floor. 

Five minutes after his first caution Deco was sent to the touchline for holding on to the ball when the Dutch players wanted to resume playing.

Twice up by an extra man the Netherlands did not beat the Portuguese goal keeper Ricardo. They went close. Three minutes after half time an unmarked Philip Cocu struck the crossbar in the rebound from six yards. After Deco's dismissal Dirk Kuyt ran through the central-defense but was foiled by a challenge from the goalkeeper.

In the final of the six minutes of added time Portugal worked another counter attack and Giovanni Van Bronckhorst got tangled with Simao's legs. Ivanov produced his fourth red card.

The victory for Portugal put them on a head-to-head with England in the quarter-finals, but at a cost. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side would miss Deco and Costinha with suspensions for that match while Ronaldo would be an injury worry.

50px

Attendance: 41'000


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottomRicardo (GK) 76'10px

bottomMiguel

bottomFernando Meira

bottomRicardo Carvalho

bottomCostinha
31'10px46'+10px10px

bottomNuno Valente 76'10px

bottomManiche 12px 20'10px

bottomLuis Figo (C) 60'10px

bottomDeco
73'10px 78'10px10px

bottomCristiano Ronaldo

bottomPauleta

Substitutes
* 34' Simao Sabrosa for Ronaldo
* 46' Petit 50'10px for Pauleta
* 84' Tiago for Figo

12px denotes one goal scored.
----


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottomEdwin Van Der Sar (GK) (C)

bottomKhalid Boulahrouz
7'10px63'10px10px

bottomJoris Mathijsen

bottomAndre Ooijer

bottomGiovanni Van Bronckhorst 59'
10px 95'+10px10px

bottomMark Van Bommel 2'10px

bottomPhillip Cocu

bottomWesley Sneijder 73'10px

bottomRobin Van Persie

bottomDirk Kuyt

bottomArjen Robben

Substitutes
* 56' Rafael Van Der Vaart 74'10px for Mathijsen
* 67' John Heitinga for Van Bommel
* 84' Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink for Cocu 

12px denotes one goal scored.

20px Assistant referee: Nikolay Golubev

20px Assistant referee: Evgueni Volnin

15px Fourth referee: Marco Rodriguez

15px Fifth referee: Jose Luis Camargo

*

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