Tonight, Germany will take on Spain in a titanic clash to decide who joins the Oranje in the final. It will be a rematch of the Euro 2008 final where the Spaniards edged past the Germans 1-0. Germany are three-time winners (in 1954, 1974 and 1990) while Spain have never lifted the Cup before.
Despite their unbridled promise, Holland have never won the World Cup, finishing runners-up in 1974 and 1978. On July 11, they will get another chance to lift the most coveted prize in world football after edging past surprise package Uruguay 3-2.
We're now down to the last four of the World Cup with 108 players dreaming of winning the most coveted prize in world football. So where do the players from the four semi-finalists play their football during the regular season?
We are now down to the last four teams in the World Cup, with three teams from Europe - Holland, Germany and Spain and one sole South American representative in Uruguay. Tonight surprise package Uruguay will take on Holland in the first semi-final.
Last night, Holland upset Brazil 2-1 while Uruguay were lucky to beat Ghana 4-2 on penalty kicks after it finished 1-1 in extra time. Today, the quarter-final action continues with two games -- Argentina vs Germany, and Paraguay vs Spain.
Uruguay and Ghana battled to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup quarter-final thus the match will have to be decided by 30 minutes of extra time.
After two days of non-World Cup action, I bet the thing on every local football fan's mind will be the tantalizing clash between football giants Holland and Brazil. Two similar footballing styles will come head-to-head - Holland's "Total Football" vs Brazil's "Samba Football".
After an opening loss to Switzerland, alarm bells have been ringing around the Spanish national team. Since then, they had been on a slow and steady renaissance and finally they produced their best performance to date as they edged past Portugal 1-0 in the quarter-finals.