Sam's PANDO! or GORDO? # 8 (June 18 - Day 7)

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Match 20: AUSTRALIA v. NETHERLANDS

Date: Wednesday June 18, 2014  

Venue: Estadio Deira-Rio, PORTO ALEGRE

PANDO! or GORDO? Pando!

Maybe NED came into the match in letdown mode after dismantling ESP, and maybe they underestimated AUS .. .. Understandable on both, so it was not surprising when they were a bit lose with their passes and then overcompensated by over-hitting .. .. AUS hustled from the opening whistle, getting stuck-in and running their arses off .. ..

But, NED overcame all that in the 20th minute when ARJEN ROBBEN made a nice hard steal in the middle of the pitch, shrugged off an arm tackle before racing into the L/Box and smashing his L/Footer > L/Left .. ..

AUS then came right back in the 21st minute, with TIM CAHILL taking a long cross in the L/Box and brilliantly first-timing the volley over the stunned GK, off the bar into the net - WOW, WOW, WOW! It's too bad

No Home Field Advantage

African nations have won just 1 of 11 matches thus far with CMR's loss to DEN.  The vuvuzelas aren't helping.  Standings & Results have been updated.  Corner Kick Kid and Forza Pazza have joined Big Tex on top with 13 points.