Wesley Sneijder: "At half time it seemed impossible"

Saturday 3 July 2010

Wesley Sneijder, named Man of the Match for the third time this tournament, was over the moon after Holland's 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Brazil . "This is fantastic. When you knock out Brazil, one of the biggest and best teams of the tournament, you are allowed to really enjoy it."

"Finally, finally, finally we have beat Brazil at the World Cup. We have shown the world that we are capable of doing that. I am so happy."

"It's amazing what we have done. But we knew we were capable of it. And that is why we managed. But Brazil is not the most important. We're in the semifinals!"

Even after Holland's disastrous first half Sneijder believed in a positive outcome. "At half time it seemed impossible to come back. But we said to each other: these could be our last 45 minutes at the World Cup. Let's shrug it all off and just go for it. And that's what we did."

Sneijder's cross went in off the back of the head of Felipe Melo for 1-1 and later he scored the winner - with his head. "Against this great defense we scored two goals. And I did it with this bold head of mine. I don't think I have done that before."

"This is so great, but now...uhm... tomorrow we have to start preparing for the semifinal," said the man from the city of Utrecht. "We must remain focussed, but we can enjoy this for a short while."

Goals

Cards

14' J. Heitinga
	37' M. Bastos
47' G. van der Wiel
64' N. de Jong
	73' Felipe Melo
76' A. Ooijer

Lineups