Holland - Ivory Coast 2-1

The Netherlands beat the Ivory Coast this evening, 2-1. The victory was hardly deserved, Ivory Coast was better at times, but leaves the World Cup empty-handed... We watched the game at our newly-wed friends Quddus and Samarih's house. Quddus' Dutch uncle Behrouz - who by the way looks exactly like Guus Hiddink - brought two Holland jerseys as a wedding gift for Quddus and Samarih. Although Samarih is Brazilian, she was quite the support this evening wearing an orange shirt and cheering for the Dutch! Nicholas (who was supporting the Ivory Coast, as the English are obviously less fond of the Dutch than the Brazilians) was also there, and Martijn came over for the second half.

Enna-Marie was dressed in orange for the occassion. She already had orange pants, and this afternoon we bought her an orange shirt as well! At least we've made it to the second round... Lets hope the team's game play will improve in their next match against Argentina! That's going to be a tough one!