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Published: July 3, 2010
It will be a Europe versus South American clash in the World Cup 2010 semifinals when Netherlands faces Uruguay on Tuesday afternoon.
Kick off time from Green Point Stadium in Cape Town South Africa is scheduled for 2:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN TV.
The three way regulation betting line opened up with Netherlands -153 favorites to win the draw second favorite at +250 and for a Uruguay victory the underdog in regulation at +475.
The handicap line saw Netherlands open at -½ goal at -153 with Uruguay the underdog getting +½ goal at +133.
The total opened at 2 goals with over favored at -125 with the under bringing back +105.
The early money from the World Cup 2010 bettors on the three way regulation betting line has come on the side of the favorite as Netherlands is now -170 favorites to win the draw is now +265 and for a Uruguay victory an extreme underdog at +550.
The handicap line saw movement on the favorite as Netherlands is now a 1 goal favorite at +110 with Uruguay getting +1 goal bringing back -140.
The early betting money on the total came on the over as its now lined at 2 ½ goals with under -140 and over 2 ½ goals returning +110.
Netherlands have played 5 games in World Cup 2010 and have come away with 5 victories.
The team is coming off a huge come from behind 2-1 victory over World Cup 2010 favorite Brazil in the quarterfinal round.
Brazil opened the scoring very early in the quarterfinals as Robinho found the net in the 10th minute and it held through halftime. It was an own goal by Brazil in the 53rd minute that was credited to Wesley Sneijder. Sneijder came through with the game winner off a header in the 68th minute to give the Dutch an upset victory.
Netherlands controlled possession 51% of the time and had 5 accurate shots on goal and the Dutch defense was superb allowing Brazil just 4 accurate shots.
Netherlands advanced past the Round of 16 with the 2-1 victory against Slovakia.
In the first round it was Netherlands opening up with the 2-0 win against Denmark. They then qualified for the Round of 16 with the 1-0 win against Japan. They concluded group stages with the 2-1 win against Cameroon.
Wesley Sneijder leads Netherlands with 4 goals and Dirk Kuyt has 2 assists. Goaltender Maarten Stekelenburg in 5 games has 12 saves and allowed just 3 goals in the tournament.
In World Cup 2010 Uruguay has 3 wins and 2 draws in regulation play.
The club from South America qualified for the semifinals off their win in penalty stages against Ghana in the quarterfinals after finishing 1-1 after regulation and extra time.
Ghana opened up the scoring with a goal by Sulley Muntari just before halftime during injury time. It was Diego Forlon with the clutch goal off a free kick in the 55th minute to draw level.
Uruguay survived at the end of extra time as they allowed a penalty kick attempt by Asamoah Gyan. But Gyan failed forcing the penalty kicks round and it was Uruguay winning 4-2 to advance to the semifinal round.
Uruguay controlled the ball 48% of the time and had 7 accurate shots on goal to Ghana’s 10.
Uruguay won their Round of 16 match with the 2-1 victory against South Korea.
The club began their World Cup with the 0-0 draw with Italy. They then pounded host nation South Africa 3-0 and qualified for the knockout stages with the 1-0 win against Mexico.
Diego Forlon and Luis Suarez leads Uruguay with 3 goals a piece. Goaltender Fernando Muslera has made 13 saves in World Cup 2010 and has allowed just 2 goals.
Uruguay must play this semifinal game without the services of Luis Suarez who received a red card due to a handball in the penalty box in the team’s victory against Ghana.
The South American squad faces their second European nation in this World Cup with their lone result a 0-0 draw with Italy in their opening game.
The club faced World Cup 2010 entrant Switzerland in an International Friendly and came away with the 3-1 victory on March 3rd. The team drew 0-0 at France on November 19th 2008 in an International Friendly.
Netherlands faces their second South American squad in World Cup 2010.
The team defeated Brazil 2-1 in the quarterfinals. The Netherlands faced Paraguay in an International Friendly on November 18th of 2009 and it resulted in a 0-0 tie.
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