Battle for Bronze: 3rd Place play off today between Brazil and Netherlands

Two losing semi finalist will lock horns today at Estadio Nacional, Brasilia for the third spot playoffs. Both teams already mentally upset would want to push hard to win the 3^rd spot which is always set to the loser spot. But again that’s always something which we require to count because this meaningless match sometimes can make a player Golden Boot Winner or Even Golden Ball winner, so Teams who say the match as meaningless will focus more to win the match. Also this match may be the last match for both the Coaches Luis Scholari and Van Gaal.

Semi finals result

Germany vs Brazil: 7-1 Germany win.

Netherlands vs Argentina: 0-0 (4-2 Pen) Argentina win.

Netherlands will take on the home team in order to grab the Bronze medal in the World cup. This match is the penultimate match with Just Finals which is remaining in the world cup.

Stake:

Netherlands: Arjen Robben (can try to put an impressive performance to boost his Golden ball and Golden Boot Chances). For Louis Van Gaal it might just be another day to experiment on the squad.

Brazil: Having nothing to lose Brazil will try hard to break Dutch attack and win the match. No specifics in the case of Brazil.

Prediction:

Netherlands win:  50 % in 90 Mins

Brazil wins: 20 %

Netherlands win after 90 mins: 30%

Trivia:

• This match will be Netherlands 2^nd time playoff appearance. Earlier it appeared and came fourth.
• For Brazil this match will be 4^th appearance with earlier 2 times they came 3^rd and once 4^th.
• If Robben can score a Hat trick and assist one after which Mueller doesn’t score tomorrow then Robben will win Golden Boot. At the same time if he puts a excellent performance and win today he has a strong chance to win Golden Ball.

All the best to both the teams...Pitching for Netherlands win.

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Venkats

@vnktabi (twitter)