Beautiful football is rewarded as Spain beat rough Dutch in thriller
- Vicente del Bosque hailed his sides first World Cup success as a reward for beautiful football as Spain withstood Netherlands strong-arm tactics to claim the trophy at their 13th attempt deep into extra time.
The Spaniards emerged from a fractious contest in which the referee Howard Webb awarded a record 13 yellow cards including two to Hollands Johnny Heitinga to prevail courtesy of the substitute Cesc Fabregass clever pass and Andres Iniesta’s welltaken winner.
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