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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
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Holland and Sweden have faced each other 20 times, but the bulk of these encounters was played before Holland started playing a role of importance in football. The record shows an evenly balanced table. The last time the two countries met with something at stake was at Euro 2004 when Arjen Robben's penalty decided Holland were to progress to the semifinals.

  M W D L G+ G- P
Netherlands 20 8 5 7 34 41 29
Sweden 20 7 5 8 34 34 26

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2008-11-19 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly      
2004-08-18 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 02 - 02
2004-06-26 Sweden - Netherlands EC Finals 00 - 00
1983-04-27 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 00 - 03
1974-09-04 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 01 - 05
1974-06-19 Netherlands - Sweden WC Finals 00 - 00
1964-04-29 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 00 - 01
1954-05-19 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 06 - 01
1952-05-14 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 00 - 00
1950-06-08 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 04 - 01
1948-06-09 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 01 - 00
1929-06-09 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 06 - 02
1927-11-13 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 01 - 00
1924-06-09 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 01 - 03
1924-06-08 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 01 - 01
1920-08-29 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 05 - 04
1919-08-24 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 04 - 01
1919-06-09 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 03 - 01
1912-06-29 Sweden - Netherlands Olympics 03 - 04
1908-10-25 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 05 - 03
1908-10-23 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 02 - 00

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