[WORLD CUP FINAL] Spain beat the Netherlands, 1-0, on Andres Iniesta's goal in the 116th minute to win the World Cup for the first time. The loss marked the third time the Dutch have fallen in the final. The game at Johannesburg's Soccer City featured 14 yellow cards -- more than double the previous record for a final -- and one red card ...
Overtime:
120 Yellow card: Xavi for delay of game.
117 Yellow card: Iniesta for taking shirt off.
117 Yellow card: Mathijsen for dissent.
116 Goal: Iniesta takes a pass from Fabregas after van der Vaart fails to clear Fernando Torres' ball into the area, and Iniesta scores on side-volley from short range to give Spain 1-0 lead.
111 Yellow card: van der Wiel for foul on Iniesta.
110 Xavi shoots free kick over the bar.
109 Red card: Heitinga for second yellow card.
109 Yellow card: Heitinga for taking down Xavi on the edge of the area.
106 Substitution: Spain -- Fernando Torres for Villa.
105 Substitution: Netherlands -- Braafheid for van Bronckhorst.
104 Fabregas breaks down the middle but shoots wide.
101 Navas shot is deflected wide for a corner kick.
99 Substitution: Netherlands -- van der Vaart for de Jong.
98 Iniesta breaks into the area but van Bronckhorst takes the ball away.
95 Fabregas' open shot is blocked by Stekelenburg.
Stats: The 2010 World Cup final is the sixth final to go to overtime after the finals in 1934, 1966, 1978, 1994 and 2006.
Second Half (45 minutes + 3):
87 Substitution: Spain -- Fabregas for Xabi Alonso.
84 Yellow card: Robben for dissent.
83 Robben breaks past Puyol but shoots weakly at Casillas.
77 Sergio Ramos misses open header from four yards.
77 Villa's shot is deflected wide by van der Wiel.
71 Substitution: Netherlands -- Elia for Kuyt.
70 Villa's shot on doorstep is tipped over goal by Heitinga's feet after Heitinga fails to clear Navas' cross.
67 Yellow card: Capdevila for taking down van Persie.
62 Sneijder feeds Robben, who is stopped by Casillas on breakaway.
60 Substitution: Spain -- Navas for Pedro.
56 Yellow card: Heitinga for taking down Villa.
54 Yellow card: van Bronckhorst for taking down Sergio Ramos.
48 Capdevila misses open shot off corner flicked on by Sergio Ramos.
First Half (45 minutes + 2):
Stats: 20 fouls, 5 yellow cards, only 4 shots on goal in the first half.
45+1 Robben shot headed to near post is pushed wide by Casillas.
38 Pedro finds pocket of space but shoots wide from 25 yards.
37 Dutch corner into the area is mishit by both van Bommel and Mathijsen.
28 Yellow card: de Jong for high challenge on Xabi Alonso. (The Dutch midfielder is lucky not to have been sent off.)
23 Yellow card: Sergio Ramos for foul on Kuyt.
22 Yellow card: Van Bommel for foul on Iniesta.
18 Casillas saves on long shot by Sneijder.
16 Yellow card: Puyol for foul on Robben.
Stats: Spain has 60 percent of the possession after 15 minutes.
15 Yellow card: Van Persie for foul on Capdevila.
12 Spain piles on the pressure but Villa volleys off side-netting.
8 Busquets turns ball over in his area but Kuyt shoots weakly.
5 Stekelenburg dives to save Sergio Ramos with powerful header.
Lineups:
Spain -- 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 14-Xabi Alonso, 16-Sergio Busquets, 8-Xavi, 6-Andres Iniesta; 18-Pedro, 7-David Villa.
Netherlands -- 1-Maarten Stekelenburg; 2-Gregory van der Wiel, 3-John Heitinga, 4-Joris Mathijsen, 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst; 7-Dirk Kuyt, 6-Mark van Bommel, 8-Nigel de Jong, 11-Arjen Robben, 10-Wesley Sneijder; 9-Robin van Persie.
Referee: Howard Webb (England).



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