Louis van Gaal will arrive in Manchester next week as a winner after heaping more misery on Brazil’s wretched World Cup campaign.
Van Gaal is set to be unveiled at Old Trafford on Thursday with his reputation enhanced from a rewarding month in South America that saw Holland qualify from the Group of Death and last night complete an impressive third-place finish.
For Brazil, while they weren’t thrashed quite as badly as they had been against Germany in Tuesday night’s historic semi-final, a second successive heavy defeat on home soil was a devastating end to a campaign which promised so much.
Any hope among supporters in Brazil’s capital city that their team could restore national pride after the infamous 7-1 beating by Germany lasted less than three minutes.
Silva, who missed the semi-final debacle through suspension, wasn’t strong
enough to stop van Persie from turning midway in the Brazilian half and releasing Robben.
enough to stop van Persie from turning midway in the Brazilian half and releasing Robben.
As the Bayern forward sped towards the penalty area, Silva gave a despairing tug at the back of his shirt. The connection probably happened just outside the penalty area but Robben fell inside, and referee Djamel Halmoudi awarded a penalty that van Persie converted high and hard.
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