Sunny day in Wellington. The quarterfinals of world Australia and New Zealand are coming. From early, ten in the morning, the streets of the city were filled with Dutch.
the avenue of sky stadium It was painted orange, full of Dutch people in costumes, with hats, lion claws in their hands to cheer the national team, and drums to make noise on the way to the stadium.
Some drums that were not noticed in the game. The atmosphere started off very quiet The Cake Tinwith many fans producing vermouth, hot dogs and chips in one hand and a drink in the other.
In the first part the spectators did not turn too much to the teams, only a few relatives of the players dared to shout “Spain, Spain” leaving thousands of Dutch people weak and not opening their mouths.
When one of the national teams was about to score a goal, the stands shouted “oh!” in unison, lamenting the missed opportunity or saving the goalkeeper, who Van Domselaar Most of the time.
In the second part, the audience gave themselves more to the game. in 60′ Stephanie Frappart called penalty in favor of Netherlandsand a certain joy was noticed from the crowd till then it was quiet.
Laia Codina he is good at putting a golden foot to that Irene Paredes may come to a halt lineth beerensteinwhich resulted in a penalty that ended up correcting a dropped ball.
Spain has never experienced a VAR review of this kind, where the referee will consult the monitor and must announce the final decision. He was surprised that the norm until now was to let the game continue and in that action he indicated the maximum penalty.
And corrected. The whole stadium booed the new decision of the best referee in the world, at the moment. A few minutes later, in the 80′, the opposite happened.
some hands of Stefanie van der Gragt which the referee did not see, they condemned the Dutch, who were again “struck” by VAR.
Mariona Caldentey The onus was on his boots to put Spain on the scoreboard, and he followed through. Van Domselaar He couldn’t do anything before the shoes from the Balearic Islands.
The few Spaniards present, along with the Americans hoping to make it to the quarterfinals followed the path that finally fell to Netherlands they also celebrated the Red’s goal.
Just after learning extra time, the Dutch scored a goal that also had to be confirmed with the help of VAR. The orange tide rose to celebrate with flags the goal of Van de Gragtwho corrected his mistake well and forced an extension worth 12 minutes of stoppage time.
None of the 32,021 people who attended the quarterfinal duel were in a hurry, as all the seats were filled in extra time.
Alexia Putellas received a standing ovation from many Dutch. The Catalan, accompanied by eva navarrois the disgusting one Jorge Vilda He suggested going back to the electronic front.
Until the 109th minute, the standing crowd shouted loudly “Holland”but at that moment Salma Paralluelo pushed the ball towards the goal Van Domselaar and scored the second for the red ten minutes from the end of overtime.
Source: La Verdad
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