robin van persie. estÁ listo el arquero.Ías decían que habÍan que pegarle al tubo. >> el Ángulo pequeÑo. >> exactamente. >> que uno pueda llegar con dos de verdad. >> viene ruiz. la detuvo krul. la detuvo krul. le puso mucha confianza, pero le falta potencia. que lÁstima. >> ahora la selecciÓn holandesa puede tomar ventaja. aquÍ viene el zurdo, robben. y con el gol de robben, la selecciÓn estÁ invicta. robben! dos a uno. >> con petencia, firmeza, certeza, cambiÁndole el viaje al arquero, es de crack. esto es importantÍsimo. dos a uno holanda. el capo de la defensa, jean carlos gonzÁlez. allÍ estÁ con la fe. viene jean carlos. viene jean carlos. viene jean carlos. luces, cÁmara, acciÓn. jean carlo lo mete. dos a dos. ahora keylor obligado a detener uno. >> ojo dice klul. sneijder. para el tres a dos. holanda. >> que cobro sensacional de sneijder. no ve a los arqueros para no ser intimidado. sabe a dÓnde va a pegar. >> debe tener confianza. >> ese krul, no les digo lo que dijo porque se entendiÓ clarito. ahÍ va goliat enfrenta

netherlands beat brazil 3-0 saturday with just two minutes on the cloak robin van persie slammed home a penalty cook -- penalty kick. brazil went two down in the 16th meant when there was the clearings on this goal and another one in the dying minutes. that added insult to injury it make it 3-0 holland. before we go another sporting event the tour de france is going on and tony barton has won the ninth stage. he broke away and claimed it finishing three minutes clear of his nearest rival. that was not enough to stop another french rider from taking the overall lead. he will start in the yellow jersey tomorrow. that is all the from the journal for now. keep it here for more cup analysis and reporting. you can go to our website for all the latest news. thanks. >> as the week began tensions flared in the middle east. israel launched air strikes in the gaza strip in response to palestinian rocket fire across the border. israel defended the operation saying it would not tolerate hamas militant threatening israeli lives. >> the last few weeks hundreds of such rockets have been fired. we hav

but he says no to robin van persie. game went to penalty kicks and netherlands -- scores. costa rica, they need this to stay alive. all on michael yamata. denied. netherlands win and they advance to semifinal play for the second straight world cup. against -- against -- oh. argentina coach, stressed. they're going up against belgium. great start for the argentines, eighth minute gonzalo higuain scores the eighth minute. the only goal of the game and argentina, they win it 1-0. advancing to the semis for the first time since 1990. nether land coming up on wednesday. >>> to baseball, giants' pablo sandoval today was hit in the arm while swinging at a pitch in san diego when his first at- bat. hard enough to come out of the game. meantime, the a's still abuzz, big trade last night with the cubs for two starting pitchers. jeff samardzija one of the biggest names in trade talks, he comes over, he's due to arrive sometime in the 2nd inning tonight in oakland. tenth in the nl with a 2.83 e.r.a.. 12th in the league with 103 strikeouts. jason hammel, 15th in the nl with a 2.98 e.r.

robin van persie slotted it home to make it one hoff zero. things got worse.d his first it's national goal 17 minutes in. 2-0 to the dutch at the break. brazil had their chances in the second half. and ramirez dragging his shot wide. netherlands completed the win in injury time. making it 3-0 to send departing coach louie away with one final win. as host brazil finished with more heart ache, richard nicholson, al jazerra. >>> germany will be battling to be the first european side to win a world cup on latin american soil. they are favorites to beat argentina in the final. the ruthlessly efficient team demolished hosts brazil 7-1 in the semis. it is the third time the germans have met the argentines in or final. each winning once. football fans in brazil were able to enjoy another spectacle on saturday night. a full moon nope as a super moonlit up the sky there. it was even more dramatic she lane ca. it occurs when a full moon co insights with its closest approach to the earth. beautiful. >>> hundreds of sailors have arrived back in london after an around the w

robin van persie slotted home to make it 1-0.r the host nation, poor defending scoring his first international goal 17 minutes in. 2-0 to the touch did he break, brazil had their chances in the second half. ramirez dragging his shot wide. the netherlands completed the win in injury time, making it 3-0 to send the passing coach louie home with one final win. as host brazil finished with more heart ache richard nicholson, al jazerra. >>> well, germany will be battling to be the first european side to win the world cup on latin american soil. they are the favorites to beat argentina in the final. the ruthlessly efficient team demolished hosts brazil 7-1 in the semis. it's the third time they have met argentina in a final. argentina won in 1976, germany four years later in he rome. football fans in brazil were able to enjoy another spectacle on saturday night a full moon known as a super moonlit up the sky there. it was even more dramatic in shri lanka, a super mano curse when a full moon coincides with its closest approach to the ea

misma pelota generÓ todo tipo de emociones, asombro, al ver la palomita mÁgica del holandÉs robin van persiestoria en anotar esta cantidad de goles despuÉs de pelé. la memoria de los amantes del fÚtbol quedarÁ el gol que le hizo la pulga a irÁn en el Último minuto de este partido, y es que lionel messi le hizo honor a su apodo del "mesÍas" a llevar a la selecciÓn albiceleste hasta la final gracias a sensacionales tiros libres y pases de larga distancia. ¿y quÉ me dicen del gol de tiro libre que david luiz le facturÓ a colombia? el esfÉrico superÓ la barrera humana y como por arte de magia bajÓ para entrar en la red asegurando el triunfo de brasil frente a la selecciÓn cafetera. otro gol que vale la pena recordar es la peinadita del uruguayo luis suÁrez antes de quedar fuera del mundial por el mordisco al defensor italiano giorgio chiellini. ese incidente se convirtiÓ en trending topic en las redes sociales. no todo en el mundial fueron pases, jugadas y goles, en brasil 2014 hubo mucha emociÓn en 24 porterÍas como estÁ en las que varios arqueros jugar un papel protagÓnico con sus sorprendente

dutch captain robin van persie suffering from an injury, but he's likely to be fit enough to play. and young is also likely to be eligible after injury. we're live in amsterdam. how are the fans feeling about this game? >> reporter: well, they're all pretty confident, perhaps overconfident. they're already talking about how they would rather not face germany. so confident are they that they will and get through to meet germany in that match. it has to be said that perhaps the netherlands have possibly peaked too early. there will be no no opportunity, and there is messi who could do some dutch dream. >> does this give the match an edge 123,478 there are jokes around, one contains the mission statement four simple tasks. two already achieved. crosses semi tick. first, argentina, they want revenge for that. and the final four achievement simply states germany 17-4. and of course 40 years may have passed after that event, but they really do want to make up for that and get their hands on the trophy. >> thank you for now. tuesday saw brazil's football reputation taking the biggest hit

. >>> dutch captain robin van persie is suffering from a stomach bug and is in doubt for the up coming finalists have beaten argentina twice in four previous world cup meetings. >>> well that match will be held in sao paulo where our correspondent joins me from. gabe, i just want to get your reaction to last night's match. are brazilians still in shock? >> absolutely. this is going to take a long time for brazilians to get over. problem years from now. even decades they will be talking about this game. there is a mix of shock. some brazilians are sort of resigned to what happened. as lee was saying there was a sense that this was not one of brazil's best teams, that they were not playing their best football. so brazilians sensed this was going to be a tough match against germany, but there was the sense that they were playing at home and they would rally and try to play a good game or really win. obviously not only did they lose, it was just -- they got destroyed. and as you can see it from the front page of the papers. humiliation at home is the headline of this paper. and i'll show y