World Cup 2014 live text commentary: Argentina v Holland

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Argentina reach the final two for the first time since 1990 where they lost 1-0 to Germany and lookto win for the first time since beat the then West Germany 3-2 in 1986. The Dutch return to the landof the windmills but not until after a 3rd place play off against Brazil on Saturday night.

A harsh way to decide a game? They could have played for another hour and still not scored as bothsides strangled the creative life out of each other. The Dutch can have no complaints really as theynever reached the heights of their opening game heroics against Spain.

But Messi has one more game to shine on the World stage.

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He does and Argentina are in the World Cup finalÃ�Â

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Dirk Kuyt SCORES to keep the Dutch in it for now

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A good penalty but a great save as Aguero SCORES

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ROMERO SAVES from Sneijder

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GARAY blasts it home for Argentina, 2-1

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Messi to take the first for Argentina and SCORES

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No hiding place now. � Holland up first and Vlaar MISSES

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The Germans must be loving this

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FINAL WHISTLE: Game over � but game on! Penalties for the Dutch in consecutive games.

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Into the last minute with another minute added. Whoever scores now wins

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GREAT TACKLE: Robben will wake up with Mascherano in the bed beside him tomorrow �hasn�t left his side all night

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EFFORT: Good work by Messi but Rodriguez� couldnâ��t get a proper connection and hisvolley hits the ground first before Cillessen gathers â�� two decent chances for Argentina thatthey should have done better with

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Zabeleta has returned by the way with tissue rammed in his mouth

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CHANCE: Palacio through on goal after a bouncing ball but his weak header was caught by Cillessen

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Some good work by the Dutch but snuffed out by Argentina in the middle

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Aguero drifting wide to try and get a kick of the ball. Been relatively anonymous since he came on

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Argentina down to 10 men for the moment

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Zabaleta on the flat of his back after a clash with Kuyt

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Holland get us underway for the final 15 minutes before penalties

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END OF FIRST PERIOD: Still 0-0 and very few chances.

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Messi floats it in to Aguero but Cillessen punches it clear � â�¦ just

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YELLOW CARD: Badly judged tackle by the sub who hacks Mascherano down from behind

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Eight Argentine players behind the ball now and the Dutch are barely over the half-way line

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Sneijder has a quick stamp on Messi�s foot as he broke forward but referee missed it

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SUB: Lavezzi makes way for the 33-year-old Maxi Rodriguez

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Rojo finds Row Z with an attempted cross

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SHOT: Bit of trickery from Robben who fires in a strike that Romero saves comfortably

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Holland continue to press forward but Sneijder loses possession with a poor cross

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SUB: Huntelaar will make his 65th international appearance as RVP gets the hook. That�sthree subs for the Dutch now so Krul won�t be the hero tonight

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Holland try to work it forward but another wasted ball into the area this time from Dirk Kuyt

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The odds on the Dutch winning have shortened to 7/2

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Wonder if sub goalkeeper Tim Krul fancies his chances again of seeing some action if we drifttowards penalties

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EXTRA TIME:� And for the seventh time in Brazil we have extra time. Argentina kick off

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Hard to know where the break through is going to come from � creative genuis or defensiveerror

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FULL TIME:Ã� 30 more minutes after the ref blows for full time Ã� Ã�Â

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PUNCHED CLEAR: Romero gets it clear as Sneijder delivers a decent ball into the box for once

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GREAT CHANCE: Robben takes an extra touch when in on goal but wins a corner. Could have won itthere

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ADDED TIME: Three minutes extra to be played

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Sneijder and Robben try to work a way through but Argentina double up at the back to regainpossession

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DANGER: Aguero looking lively in the Dutch box

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CORNER: Demichelis gets a tackle in on Robben who goes down like a tonne of bricks as usual

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FOUL: Aguero�s first involvement is to try and knock the ball from Cillessen�s grasp

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Argentina must feel they can win this game with just eight minutes left

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DOUBLE SUBSTITUTION: Palacio for Perez and Aguero for Higuain.

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Sergio Aguero is about to come on for Argentina

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SHOCKER:� Poor effort again from the Dutch. Neither side delivering quality ball into the areatonight

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FREE KICK: Zabaletta fouls Daley Blind as the Dutch get the chance to launch one

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CHANCE: Argentina break quickly and Higuain hits the side netting

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The rain may have an effect as players starting to slide now. Break by the Netherlands sees RVPflagged for offside as he tries a spectacular overhead kick

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POOR EFFORT: Messi floats it high and wide beyond Cillessen�s post

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Messi stopped by two Dutch defenders but recovers to poke it through to Higuain who wins a free-kick out wide

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20 minutes left and Holland are 9/2 to win in 90 minutes.

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Argentina want the ball put out of play for an injury to Holland�s Janmaat but Dutch playershaven�t noticed

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I�m not sure if I share their confidence about this semi-final not ending 0-0

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Biglia still down after that challenge as de Jong makes way for Jordy Clasie on the Dutch side

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FOUL:� Janmaat over runs it and leaves his studs showing

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The game badly needs an RVP or Messi special soon

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Van Persie comes deep and gets a ball out wide to Janmaat who promptly gives it straight back toArgentina

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Scrappy start to the second half with a lot of head tennis going on at the moment. Very little room inthe middle to get anything started

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OFFSIDE: Mascherano nearly gets Messi away but he�d just strayed into an off side position

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Sneijder fires it high and wide

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FREE KICK: Robben upended after the Dutch held onto possession a little too long for the ArgentineDemichelis�s liking. He�s got himself a yellow card for that

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FREE KICK: Perez bodychecked by de Vrij who somehow manages to escape a caution

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KICK OFF: The Dutch get the second half underway

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SUB: Janmaat on for Indi who was on a yellow card. Another game-changer by LVG?

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Think you can call it? Holland 11/4. Draw 5/4. Argentina 15/8. 90 minutes betting.

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HALF TIME: Honours even and precious few chances in Sao Paulo.

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Lovely diagonal ball from Messi gets Rojo free down the left but his poor cross has Higuain fumingas the ref blows for half time

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ADDED TIME: Two minutes extra to be played at the end of this first half

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Messi over hits the free and Cillessen gathers safely

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YELLOW CARD: Indi gets booked for a foul on Messi as he showed some magic

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Few tackles going in now as we get towards the end of the first half. Be a few minutes of injury timefor Mascherano injury

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Five goals by this time last night but ..

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Sneijder getting medical attention and could be about to come off

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OFFSIDE: That�s the second time Argentina have been caught out in as many minutes when abreak was on

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Referee blows for offside as the ball is delivered to van Persie. � Struggling to make his presencefelt at the moment

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Robben wins a corner off Demichelis. Holland�s first of the game

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CLASH OF HEADS: Mascherano down and getting medical attention after accidental collision withWijnaldum. Looks groggy and is walking to the touchline.

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Long ball forward to RVP who fails to control it in a tight spot and Romero will kick it out forArgentina

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CHANCE: Lavezzi swings it in and Garay gets his head to it but it�s just over the bar

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Kuyt clears for an Argentine throw-in but they�ve worked a corner for themselves now as theystart to get on top in this game

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Lavezzi wins another corner off Indi and steps up to swing it in. RVP heads it away

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Drilled in low but nobody could get on the end of it. The Netherlands come away again

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Messi coming deep to try and get Argentina�s attack moving and they win a corner

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GOOD SAVE: Cillessen stands his ground and takes it well

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FREE KICK: Messi lines it up on the edge of the Holland 18-yard box

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SHOT: Sneijder gets a shot in but doesn�t trouble Romero in the Argentine goal

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Kuyt tries to get Robben in down the wing but again Mascherano gets the tackle in

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All Argentina�s players are behind the ball and they�re either trying to draw the Dutchin �. or no one wants to tackle de Jong

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The Dutch are having the best of the opening exchanges and have Argentina pegged back a bit here

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Robben closely marked as soon as he gets on the ball. Mascherano in quickly there with a well-timedtackle

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Cagey start by both teams but holding the ball well when they have it

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KICK OFF: Argentina get the second semi final underway

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Anthems done � and a minute�s applause for the great De Stefano

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Maybe they�re apologising in advance �

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The players are in the tunnel � LVG and Patrick Kluivert just shook Messi�s hand.About 5 minutes to kick-off.

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If you�ve had enough of the ITV experts our World Cup columnist Paul Scholes had this to sayon tonight�s game:

I canâ��t see this game being anything other than a shootout between� ArjenRobben� and� Lionel Messi.

The rest are supporting actors, really. Donâ��t get me wrong, both Holland and Argentina havegreat centre-forwards in� Gonzalo Higuain� and� Robin van Persie. But the real matchwinners are Messi and Robben.

I donâ��t remember Robben being half as good in the Premier League for Chelsea. Since hewent to Bayern Munich heâ��s grown in stature, and grown unbelievably in the quality of hisplay. You think, would� Chelsea� have ever sold him if they knew the type of player he wasgoing to turn out to be? Heâ��s 30 years. I'm guessing you'll have enjoyed that article. I shall bereturning with a lot more in the near future. To learn a little more for the time being, go ahead andgo to one of the several related web links listed below.old and seems quicker than ever. The pace ofRobben is frightening.

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So that�s why Brazil neverturned up last night �they�d discovered the PaddyPower drinking game. Or they reallyare that crap �

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7-1 anyone? Or will it be Messi or RVPto fire their side into the final?

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Reports from ArgentinaâÂ�Â�sdressing room suggest AlejandroSabella has warned his players of thedanger they face from de Jong.Ã�Â

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Argentina have drafted� Enzo Perez into replace Angel Di Maria� while Marcos Rojo returnsfrom suspension at� left-back. No news on whether Sergio Aguero will start from the bench.

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No it�s not a typo � although there may be a few later � but Nigel de Jongreturns for the Dutch after injury supposedly ended his World Cup. Van Persie is also fit enough tostart. A van Gaal miracle or mind games?

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TEAM NEWS:

Argentina:Ã� Romero, Garay, Zabaleta, Biglia, Perez, HiguaÃ�Ân, Messi, Mascherano, Demichelis,Rojo, Lavezzi

Holland:� Cillessen, Vlaar, De Vrij, Martins Indi, Blind, De Jong, Van Persie (c), Sneijder, Robben,Kuyt, Wijnaldum

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