Brazil eliminated, Holland en Semifinal

The first quarter-final encounter was in an unexpected way, because it seemed that the orange had become mechanical, and demonstrated skills in the other meetings had dwindled, but with struggle and perseverance changed circumstances.

The Brazil team began deploying its Jogo Bonito at its best, with Kaka who had returned to its level, combining well with Robinho and Ronaldo, and forget doing Ronaldinho with the passing of the minutes.

The team coached by Dunga started getting into Semi-finals after a comfortable victory against Chile , opening the scoring after 10 minutes with a powerful definition of Robinho and expressing a control game based on the vertical and the speed that was reinforced by the Maicon very fast until the worst happened ... reacted Arjen Robben.

Hand in hand with the Bayern Munich striker, and with the powerful cominación Wesley Sneijder (curiously, rivals in the final of the UEFA Champions League ) were loaded and the team on his shoulder, as if they were Neeskens and Johnny Rep, began attacking incessantly.

It was thus that the tie came at 53 minutes, Sneijder's hand (with the complicity of Felipe Melo) which is also in the 68th minute and managed to turn the story and put the selection of Holland in the semis.

In just 15 minutes of play, Brazil went from the glory and the carnival, to the disgrace and excessive criticism. There are now four years of work to dream of the sixth World Cup, but as a local.