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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

 

 
Netherlands against...
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... Argentina

Argentina, one of the greats of global football. Strangely Holland have a very positive record against the South Americans, but the most important encounter between the two ended in the only ever Argentinean victory: the final of the 1978 World Cup. All Dutch football fans remember how Rob Rensenbrink hit the post at 1-1 in the dying seconds of regular time, after which that man Mario Kempes scored a brace in extra time to seal the fate of a weakened (no Cruyff, no Van Hanegem) and intimidated Dutch squad.

The all time table:

  M W D L G+ G- P
Netherlands 8 4 3 1 13 6 15
Argentina 8 1 3 4 6 13 6

All matches

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2006-06-21 Netherlands - Argentina WC Finals 00 - 00
2003-02-12 Netherlands - Argentina Friendly 01 - 00
1999-03-31 Netherlands - Argentina Friendly 01 - 01
1998-07-04 Netherlands - Argentina WC Finals 02 - 01
1979-05-22 Netherlands - Argentina Friendly 00 - 00
1978-06-25 Argentina - Netherlands WC Finals 03 - 01
1974-06-26 Netherlands - Argentina WC Finals 04 - 00
1974-05-26 Netherlands - Argentina Friendly 04 - 01

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