Battle of Nuremberg | Germany 2006 | FIFA World Cup

16 yellow and four red cards were brandished - a record for a single FIFA World Cup match. Costinha, Khalid Boulahrouz, Deco and Giovanni van Bronckhorst were all given their marching orders.
When Portugal and the Netherlands met in the Round of 16 at Germany 2006, tempers flared.
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[@atinyhorse1455]

The only bad thing about this match is that we never got to see Pepe in it. Just imagine.

[@darkcowboyhero]

Pepe would have killed somebody

[@daffamustafa]

@Stevie P copied

[@naser3108]

Pepe: In the Portuguese WC 2006 squad FIFA: World Cup is postponed

[@diazpermana]

Pepe and Nigel De Jong. Imagine that.

[@cheerfulmario2904]

@@darkcowboyhero yes😂😂

[@dazzaMusic]

VAR would be having a field day with this match

[@EmeWesley]

With VAR maybe most of the agressions woudn't happen

[@michaeluzoho5838]

On Gawd😂😂😂😂

[@ikbenvoetbal]

20 minutes of var-related stoppage time

[@rahelndalahwa8677]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lok_sabha]

Var overload

[@anarkyster]

This was the match that made me fall in love with rugby!

[@mingoxxx]

Why does this have only 8 likes?

[@anarkyster]

@@mingoxxx That's how the youtube comments work, unfortunately!

[@manavachari9263]

This comment deserves recognition 😂😂😂😂

[@jlm5078]

hahahaha

[@mobilnovil8045]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@goodfella1401]

The shot in the match when Deco and Van Bronckhorst were sitting on the bench after both receiving a red card and laughing at what was happening was absolutely priceless

[@yourivreman9239]

They weren’t laughing

[@johnwick-og7dr]

Yeah they weren't not laughing and didn't you notice that bouhlaruz keep staring out at deco for minutes

[@godiebeard]

Didn't this game make Portugal lose important players which probably cost them their semifinal against France?

[@vianaalimentar1663]

@@godiebeard no

[@marcovanbasten8035]

@@godiebeard yes deco,

[@steverubio6072]

This is the match that make pepe determined to play for Portugal national team.

[@deathhunter6628]

At that time football was still played by men and not spoiled teenagers and Pepe wouldn't be intimidating

[@sorryminati4719]

@@deathhunter6628 Ronaldo isn't exactly the men you are talking about though

[@billybob4159]

@@sorryminati4719 stop

[@habesha6883]

hunter pepe is the only man that is left in the sport rn

[@hulk8384]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ashleythomas4112]

One of the most entertaining 1-0 games ever.

[@jens2049]

It was terrible to watch

[@Yah11128]

I’m gonna agree. Wasn’t the best match but entertaining af

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

Dude it was war. How isn't it going to be interesting?

[@aysteria4ever]

Football aside, it sure was the most entertaining world cup match ever. EVER.

[@normaler1870]

@@jens2049 I watched this match it was great. 😆

[@tonywagner1626]

I'm sure Pepe and Ramos would've found a peaceful solution to all of this.

[@Storiaron]

Put Mascherano in there too. Maybe Kahn as a gollie could have helped defuse the stress.

[@aimlessideas1165]

Yup, and then all you need is costa and suarez as peacekeepers

[@ovimandal9882]

As a manager Diego Simone

[@danielearbia6331]

Put also gattuso and Materazzi in there. they always had a calming effect

[@doggerlander]

Yall forgetting about my boy Suarez. He needs to get his dinner

[@adolphusquao5299]

The most iconic image was seeing deco and van bronkhorst sitting aside each other... I have never forgotten that

[@carlmarks8170]

The most iconic image was Cristiano Ronaldo crying like a baby.

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

@@carlmarks8170 a messi fan talking bad about Ron in an international tournament? No siree.

[@pr7ish]

@@carlmarks8170 where's messi's international trophy

[@wolskimusic]

right there,mate

[@drizzydinipe0377]

@@pr7ish this aged really poorly, even if this comment is 1 week old so better you didn't have not commented that lol.

[@piccupaul]

Mark van Bommel actually finished this game. That's probably the most ludicrous thing I have ever written.

[@kishanpb1]

Exactly, after being the chief culprit.

[@aciddanz]

Didn't he also finish the game where he kung Fu kicked xabi Alonso against Spain?

[@RegistaNetwork]

@@aciddanz Nigel de Jong did the kung fu kick but Van Bommel should've received several red cards during that game

[@sijamafu3886]

@@aciddanz lol I remember that game. It was Nigel De Jong... I think Webb didn't want to spoil the game. Probably why he allowed Puyol to get away with wrapping himself around Robben when he was through on goal 😂😂😂

[@AK-74K]

@@kishanpb1 Actually the worst was Boulahrouz. His Kung Fu type of tackle very early on Ronaldo was a 100% red card tackle, that really started it all

[@vinnyvasquez]

Loved this game. Netherlands started it early and their game plan was clear, be dirty. The wonderful thing was Portugal didn't play the victim, they decided to get dirty too.

[@MrPeanut656565]

It evolved similarly as the WC 2010 final Netherlands vs Spain then :)

[@xande1956]

Battle of Berne was worst

[@vinnyvasquez]

@Welfv I'm not Portuguese you idiot. I saw the game, i remember the game. Be deluded if you want. Any teams previous reputation has no bearing on what happened in this game, which is what i was commenting on.

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

As a Netherlands fan I think you are right(I have to watch again). But hey, at least Netherlands ALWAYS make a great show to watch uh!? 😄 even in the rare occasion where it didnt score a goal. The opposite of that no-fun spain team of 2010 who only scored 1 goal per match and never did a real show against nobody, it played very well but didnt deserved more than Netherlands, quite a poor Cup they made.

[@radiotelegram]

@@pagodebregaeforro2803 Yep. Better to watch NL & Portugal channeling their inner Uruguay than Spain/2010.

[@muhammedyamaan6003]

Now got to know why FIFA doesn't draw Portugal and Netherlands in same group

[@casper6405]

As a dutchman yes it's because of this

[@muhammedyamaan6003]

@@casper6405 lol

[@ruijcbrito]

As a Portuguese, yes bring it to us

[@strykah92]

Conspiracy theory: maybe FIFA planned to draw them in 2018, so the Dutch intentionally failed to qualify 👀

[@wakashima1674]

Euro 2012

[@m16sauraj26]

It was after this game PEPE got inspired and is still keeping the spirit of this game single handedly. What a LEGEND!

[@lucattsur]

He learned from the most dirty player ever: Van Bommel ADN VARcelona

[@huhavadakadabra3083]

​@@lucattsurand Real vardrid too

[@estebanbeni1706]

After this match...... Pepe decided to play for Portugal 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Arselan-pl5fe]

AND YES XD

[@leonmeyers7009]

Need that madness 😁😂

[@jxrepublic2630]

😂😂

[@GhostGemaa]

XDDD

[@jitroglennwcmandagi]

What happened if Pepe played in this match?

[@benstonks9047]

my only regret is that this game didn't went to extra time.

[@ericvansickle4305]

Just think of the carnage if the Dutch equalized.

[@paopao5442]

Cocu or Kuyt should have scored...

[@MrDekkert]

Yes, with extra fouls and extra cards. :)

[@ekowhanson9268]

@Sam clearly shows English isn't his first language

[@akashbhadouria6727]

Ben,use didn't go* instead of went* as people like Sam made fun of you. Use 1st form of verb with past tense.

[@spirit959ful]

Imagine having a strict referee here. His cards were actually really mild.

[@rigolonzinbrin]

Yep, like Mr Colina. The best of all referees.

[@madjames1134]

That may be a cause for the violent behavior of the players. If the referee gave yellow card for the first hard fouls, the match won't escalate like this.

[@DmitryAbrakhmanov]

@@madjames1134 but the first yellow card was at 1:59...

[@madjames1134]

@@DmitryAbrakhmanov The referee should give a red card or two when the fouls started to be violent.

[@johnnyjoestar5965]

@@madjames1134 easy for you to say, if he did that you would probably say the red cards werent justified

[@martinvoet217]

We Dutchmen have the dubious honour to have been involved in 3 out of the 5 most unsportive matches ever.

[@Mental_Illboy]

En we hadden vereniging Martijn.

[@mcj2219]

Qatar 2022: Netherlands vs Argentina + FIFA

[@Ikreisrond]

Only this time it's all to blame by the terrible 'referee' and then the unfair play loving Messi.

[@ola123292]

@@Ikreisrond blame the dutch players for missing the penalties

[@mharg6408]

@@Ikreisrond Unfair play loving Messi, what match you saw ?

[@josenino7140]

Neymar would have a great day rolling on the entire field.

[@no3084]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lightsamael7242]

Luckily we had ronaldo 🤣

[@antikmaurud3209]

If that kinda incident happened now then ..... Neymar should be shouting VAR ...... VAR ..... VAR......

[@cdb5001]

He would've begged to be subbed off in the 5th minute.

[@bernardronniousdesilvaendymion]

@@lightsamael7242 that was crucial tackle idiot those guys are really strong and heavy their one leg is equal to your whole body

[@antoniobrandao7139]

Black holes, quantic entanglement and how Van Bommel was not sent off that day. 3 of Humanity's greatest mysteries.

[@rockzs74r]

Van Bommel wasn't sent off in the 2010 final either. Even the Dutch people hate him because he also tackled Sneijder badly when they were playing for Milan and Inter

[@tiesjaja2938]

@@rockzs74r i admire him, he’s the worst opponent you could possibly get as an cam.

[@joellevoll8242]

And Figo with the headbutt...

[@lordomiotek]

its gonna be interesting to see him as wolfsburg manager

[@davidcribbs2]

Van Bommel in 2006 and Schumacher in 1982. Go figure.

[@kadekyudhistiras]

What people see : Netherlands vs Portugal What I see as Indonesian : _aahh just like the history of my country_

[@ejenn-syahmixcel1730]

Me as a Malaysian: ah yes battle for Malacca once again

[@amiryusuf8815]

@@ejenn-syahmixcel1730 It's 1641 all over again

[@flyingdutchmangaming]

I approve😂

[@HasanaKushadiRatnasari]

Perebutan rempah di Maluku lol

[@sakethkodavanti6138]

I think one of the Netherlands's player in 2006 has Indonesian ancestry

[@viperaputakeyteaparyou8237]

What a game this was. Also this year marked the end of the Golden Generation in Portugal, probably the best team we've ever had, and the rise of Ronaldo as pretty much a solo player

[@MrGrgiZg08]

Bro isnt this current team your golden generation? Bruno, bernardo, ruben etc.?

[@olitraiga]

@@MrGrgiZg08 Bruno? ROFL

[@tropicaldimitri7374]

@@MrGrgiZg08 Figo's generation was called "golden generation" because they won two youth world cups. Same as Messi's golden generation who won an U21 world cup and Olympic gold medal (U23)

[@pmaigotthat7211]

The current team is the golden generation. That original team had too many players that never reached close to the talent they displayed when they where young

[@pmaigotthat7211]

@@olitraiga yeah bruno over sa pinto Oceanio etc. The starts carried those 90s teams. The rest of the team was average.

[@TheChistitan]

So many legends in one match

[@psibrunojusto]

Welcome to 2002 and 2006 World Cups.

[@anonymous-hr4wr]

Iconic also

[@Domino13334]

I was in the stadium, will never forget.

[@muthuchelvam6751]

You are lucky bro

[@lordwaleane5397]

I can only watch it live at tv.

[@bratwurstboy6961]

I live 18km from this stadion :)

[@roydjami4107]

How the their supporters bro?

[@heinz5714]

sure you were

[@ActingHerReaction]

Van bommel was at the centre of so much of this drama and managed to stay on the pitch. What a king. 😂

[@joepapas1081]

1 of the most memorable game I have ever watched. The ref did well by remembering all the plays he had booked. A movie has to be made about this game.

[@Platikum]

It was like a battle of Portuguese discoverers vs Dutch Pirates

[@richardkbreuer]

But it was sensational. Remember that the red carded Deco and another red carded dutch player sat on the side happily talking.

[@teguhrahardjo2788]

@@richardkbreuer because Deco & Giovanni Van Bronckhorst are playing for Barcelona that time

[@julianoborba4541]

Portugal and Holland - Fighting since The Guararapes war in 1648.

[@AholeAtheist]

Nice b8, m8. I r8 8/8.

[@Robin-Paul]

Nice comment, like :) But you mean Dutch discoverers vs Portuguese Pirates 😝😂

[@syn586]

FIFA you need to upload the full match in HD. It deserves this at least.

[@mzwandilemahlaba5029]

yes but they know we want that game. they are just busy uploading some useless matches instead of this one

[@cnordegren]

Add Pepe and Neymar to the cast and this becomes a Hollywood classic.

[@Davidbarbosa88]

Absolutely would love to watch the full match again.

[@pagodebregaeforro2803]

They would probably charge for that, those capitalist mercenaries.

[@MusondaV]

How Van Bommel remained on the pitch that day is a miracle.

[@NSS7]

Scolari is always present during the historic world cup moment.

[@cnordegren]

Brazil 1 Germany 7

[@SuperDjibril9]

@@cnordegren brazil 2002

[@kaypakaipa8559]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@fawazazmi4558]

What normal people see: A world cup match What I see: Age of discovery battle

[@lenon3579ify]

A Libertadores match. :D

[@warrioroffpeace3673]

I’m a dutch and I’m ashamed of us. I hate this about us. We are big cheats when we can’t defeat a team. It was the same against Spain in the 2010 final. A lot of Dutch people are proud of this they even teach this technique in the academy’s.

[@Not_me9791]

@@warrioroffpeace3673 C'mon man, you are a pirate! Even today... just try to understand how EU works and you'll realize you are still a pirate

[@vinito19]

@@warrioroffpeace3673 I can still hear Alonso's scream when De Jong kicked him in the chest. It was disgusting. Then again, Spain got steamrolled in 2014.

[@fjwillemsen97]

@@warrioroffpeace3673 are you a troll? What technique and what academy?

[@bibaswanmukherjee6853]

Keeping everything aside Manische's goal was brilliant.

[@tuganeto]

Was brilliant like the goal he scored in Euro 2004... against... The Netherlands :)

[@cassio2034]

You mean Jim Carrey

[@Sikik1313]

@@cassio2034 dude I am portuguese and whenever I looked at him I imagine I know him from somewhere, now I know hahahaha!

[@jeanjacqueslundi3502]

@@cassio2034 Jeebus! Jim Carrey? Really?! I don't see it.

[@pmaigotthat7211]

@@tuganeto that goal was sublime

[@ethanpower381]

2006: Battle of Nuremberg 2022: Battle of Lusail

[@sumonjamal1653]

Guilty as charged!

[@Ro-nu7vv]

Its always the Netherlands ofc 🙄

[@james-vx7nv]

That record has been knocked over. 16 yellows. Today, Netherlands vs Argentina, 17 yellows. And somehow, despite the existence of VAR, Messi avoided a card after a handball. Most dramatic match of the tournament, and possibly one of the top 5 or top 10 most dramatic of all time. Not to mention everyone boiling over at 88 minutes. Absolute mayhem.

[@AzubuShy]

This one was worse 16 yellows and 4 reds > 17 yellows

[@james-vx7nv]

@@AzubuShy The 16 yellows in the Battle of Nuremberg actually included players getting a second yellow of the match. 2006 Battle of Nuremberg: 12 different players got booked. 2022 Holland vs Argentina: 16 different people got booked. 17 cards in total, the one red (a player getting a second yellow) came after the match was over lol. BBC is actually reporting 18 yellows were given out. One source I saw said 16, another said 17, now BBC says 18 just now. We'll find out sooner or later though lol. Either way, chaos all around. If BBC is right, thats 17 different people booked, 2 of which were coaches or managers. Everyone just completely boiled over.

[@hymn1739]

handball which was outside the penalty box, they were the one attacking and it was not deliberate go read some rules kiddo

[@theodoricboahen8709]

The thing you guys need to realize is that this was in a time that players could get away with a tackle that is by today's standard possibly a red card. By the years football became more and more soft. Both matches included the dutch BTW

[@smthepiclikekaoriornicolascage]

red card for that handbal?? LOL .since it was not a stop of a PROMISING ATTACK (like in romero case), it should not be awarded by yellow card either..

[@zico81]

lol if Pepe played this match, at least two Dutch players would still be missing today

[@thegreenreaper6660]

If Pepe had played this match, he'd been sent off with atleast TWO red cards lol!!

[@ertugrul1271]

If stam was here whole portugal would be missing today

[@khaitranngoc4176]

I fear if Pepe/de Jong/Stam actually played this match, either Robben or Ronaldo would have had a career ending injury

[@ricksonrickson8796]

Are you kidding 😂☺️😂☺️ this match a high intensity pepe eould get killed to🤣🤣🤣

[@pmaigotthat7211]

@@ertugrul1271 stam? Go find out who Fernando Couto was. Throw Jorge Costa in there.

[@aalkhalaf1]

A game had a prospect of high skills and action. Instead was surprisingly the most game with both yellow and red cards in World Cup history.

[@ruddyguzzman]

Yes....I know. I watched the video. Thanks for the obvious comment.

[@vika0194]

Football is way more entertaining like this. Fouls, fights etc

[@valentinvassilev3664]

"the most game"...

[@ruddyguzzman]

@@valentinvassilev3664 Yes.....I know I read the comment.

[@Marco81blues]

The netherlands players started this, and a poor referee helped. When he started showing cards it was too late.

[@mike727272]

I was there 🇵🇹💪 There was another battle after that. We were celebrating our victory in the town square when the Dutch fans arrived for a fight. Chairs, bottles were flying, running battles. It was crazy night.

[@JB023]

The referee was the man of the match.

[@gottgold9776]

he was blamed for all this cards like it is his fault that players gone mad. he supposed to judge the final match but he was removed from tournament.

[@cornucopia8591]

@@gottgold9776 no no no he just ruined the game cos instead of cooling and chilling players all he did was giving them yellows and reds. Just look how he do it. Didn't even spoke with players.

[@hypello9534]

@@cornucopia8591 football knowledge = zero🤡 Stick to lego

[@nachoalvarez7171]

​@@hypello9534it's the same thing that people say to Lahoz and nobody sees wrong with it

[@kikinozka]

Deco and Gio weren't just spotted after the final whistle but already during the final minutes of the match. They were watching it together and it was great to see after such a heated game.

[@Karelja]

Any football battle should stay in the pitch

[@wimpieyuwono2550]

Because they are teammate in Barcelona.

[@Harregarre]

I think once you're sent off and you calm down a little you sit there with your teammate at Barcelona and you just can't do anything but laugh at how ridiculous it all was. Yeah, there were a load of tackles, but the way the ref officiated it just became a matter of trying to get fouled and collect cards.

[@richrz]

Deco and Giovani Van Bronkhorst's moment reminds me of an iconic photo of Marco Materazzi and Rui Costa looking at the flare chaos in front of them.

[@f181234]

They win the champions league a month before lol

[@youngstars4144]

Me trying to figure out how four players got sent off and none of them were called Mark van Bommel

[@rohandahal4100]

😂😂

[@roadhouse2109]

buts it's as not a foulll look hess BrEaThing

[@joellevoll8242]

Don't forget Figo with the headbutt...

[@Phyrexian79ers]

Anyone else revisiting this after today’s debacle?

[@ZorbaTheDutch]

Official FIFA motto for this tourney: "A time to make friends!"

[@cool-official-gamer0526]

Oh well

[@LB-uw1lk]

I almost forgot Figo and Ronaldo played together

[@heroisdomar4248]

from euro 2004 to euro 2008(wc 2006 in between)

[@nunosousa9025]

@@heroisdomar4248 Figo didn’t play euro 2008

[@nunosousa9025]

@Sagnik Ghosh *he didn’t

[@petersonofleo11]

A shame that they werent in their prime together.

[@henryreturns1397]

@@heroisdomar4248 2006 World Cup is consider as the final world Cup for some legends such as Figo , Zidane , Cannavaro , and more

[@karthikkrishnamoorthy8975]

Just imagine the no. of Red Cards that would have been given if VAR had been involved

[@MOTU320]

Both team would be left only with their goalkeepers. 😂🤣

[@denimkh9932]

@@MOTU320 😂

[@MarkSpan]

Probably less then now.

[@perfsvn]

Boularhouz earlier red, Costinha earlier red, Figo red (not yellow), Sneijder red (not yellow), Cocu red (for manhandling Deco). We can safely still add Deco and vBronchorst reds and that would be a total POR 3-4 NL ... ouch.

[@perfsvn]

That's Boulahrouz.

[@diegog1291]

I'm remember this one when I was I kid, time flies. One of my favorite matches.

[@samoconnel446]

Netherlands did it again against Argentina at 2022 Qatar world cup.

[@xphantom2096]

You mean the argentines played dirty again, like they always do

[@-Cipher--]

@@xphantom2096 What else do you expect from South Americans.

[@Felixrizzlord]

@@xphantom2096 if u dont knwo the story behind..how the dutch players sitting on their seats...were constantly mocking arg players..and even werghirst got yellow from bench...there is simply much more to it

[@Felixrizzlord]

@@-Cipher-- yeah classic...european being xenophobic towards south america.

[@-Cipher--]

@@Felixrizzlord my guy its not xenophobia conmebol teams are notorious for this kind of nonsense. Also it doesnt matter what the Dutch players were doing on the bench, let the ref handle it. Instead the south americans resort to violence, as always.

[@ziewknihtewza]

Two players. One dutch, the other a brazilian playing for portugal. Both red carded in the same match against each other. Both play for the same club, a catalan club in spain. I’m almost sure they communicated speaking spanish. Both sitting on stairs like they just got in trouble from their parents. The brilliance of football

[@warrioroffpeace3673]

I’m a dutch and I’m ashamed of us. I hate this about us. We are big cheats when we can’t defeat a team. It was the same against Spain in the 2010 final. A lot of Dutch people are proud of this they even teach this technique in the academy’s.

[@jurrehours1961]

@@warrioroffpeace3673 they don’t??

[@nrw9724]

@@warrioroffpeace3673 You're crazy, our academies our famous for its technical and tactical vision on football.

[@Theactualgamer1]

@@warrioroffpeace3673 I'm positive you have no idea what you are talking about...

[@noone-jw4gm]

I think they sat and spoke together only because they had to play together in future

[@amar1007314]

A match for pepe He would be a great addition there 😂

[@LuisFerreira-kn2nn]

@Henrique Faustino in 2007

[@kap1526]

Especially with mourinho as manager. He played so dirty because of mourinho mainly

[@hydrozao2322]

@@kap1526 That's false. I'm portuguese I saw Pepe in Porto without Mourinho and it's not Mourinho's fault it's just how he is

[@Stichting_NoFap]

And de Jong

[@razeinmirzaomar277]

Pepe be like(if he was there) : best match I ever played 🙂

[@hadinapokalix7329]

ill never forget this game,,,,,,one of the best games ive ever seen in my life

[@ayrton56612]

Still rember this game. Cocu was slinging someone to the ground after not being handed the ball but did not even get a red because it was a mild reaction compared to what already happened that game.

[@DomPDRO]

One of the most iconic matches , both teams full of legends

[@mightytoothpick]

I remember watching this match on tv and being astonished at the amount of tackles being done Imagining portugal having pepe and Bruno alves together for this match would be sure to have been a bloodfest

[@ManuelFernandesMAAF]

Fernando Meira and Ricardo Carvalho were not that soft and tender too 😂 trust me

[@nobrega]

True

[@Imjust.warmingup]

Bruno Alves was a menace, he would have gone take a shower before half time easily

[@sprengt]

I will forever remember this match. It was so much passion and frustration mixed up.

[@erulind]

I still wonder what got into those legends. There won't be a better physical and somehow technical Football game like this. That goal by Maniche. CR7 couldn't even finish the game😂. I remember watching this and wondered how only 4 red cards were shown. The legendary moment was when Deco, Van Bronchorst and Boulahrouz were discussing while sent off. But the Ref though

[@jourecqua]

Seems historically dutch-portuguese war on seas, more than battle of nuremberg

[@lunog]

The game was in the city of Nuremberg.

[@jourecqua]

@@lunog i know, i know...

[@dannyceron508]

I remember that game vividly, I'd never seen a game like it and to this day have yet to see one like it. This game puts Boca-River clashes to shame.

[@hridi_]

Netherlands did the same thing against Spain in 2010 and then against Argentina in 2022. johan cruyff must be rolling in his grave.

[@marco3391]

Dirtiest team in history, glad they lost

[@FunkSoulBluesJazzRockPop]

See Holland - Brasil 1974. With Johan Cruyff. Also a brutal match.

[@slendermansrevenant1875]

This match was going through my head the minute Netherlands started acting up in today's match against Argentina. Didn't expect that match to break the yellow card record this one holds.

[@will8971]

You mean Argentina started acting up and Netherlands fought fire with fire?

[@WarningBFG-isHiring]

@@will8971 Both Argentina and Netherlands were dirty af.

[@neutralboi1984]

@@will8971 the Dutch have a history of cards

[@d1vin1ty]

@Will They both were troublemakers. Don't act like they weren't both heating up 5m in

[@sunnysideupp1]

@@will8971 the Dutch were shittalking before, during and after the match. stop playing victim

[@luismaciel7463]

Both countries have unfinished business since 1596. Always great football matches!

[@nobrega]

True

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

3:55 lol the red carded players watched the game together like we after we got subbed out by our pe teacher back at school~

[@aldoescalona744]

They both were playing for Barcelona at that time so basically teammates

[@johnnyboi69420]

“Battle of Lusail” 😅2022 😂

[@josequispe8241]

My nephew told me that this documentary was shown to him at his school in History Class.. what a battle!!

[@Guilherme-hr1xe]

I remember this game, I remember reading a comment on a board appointing that there were a huge rivalry between these two national teams because of the Euro 2004 where Portugal also dispatched the Netherlands in the play offs. Jeez, I'm becoming old...

[@completelymindfucked]

Se te lembras, não estás assim tão velho. Eu nem me lembrava deste duelo, como é que é possível...

[@muhammedshadan1541]

Deco and bronkhorst sitting together and talking is beautiful

[@shodapad07]

Yeah. Just beautiful. They even looked alike.

[@Refabuanaputra]

Battle of Doha 2022 : Argentina Vs Netherlands (2-2) (4-3 after penalty Shootout) with most Record of Booking (18 Yellow Cards & 1 Red Card) beating up the Battle of Nuremberg 2006 : Portugal VS Netherlands (1-0) with 12 Yellow Cards & 4 Red Card

[@faster2x77]

Actually in Portugal vs Netherlands there were 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards, therefore, this is still the match with the most cards.

[@rxhx]

@@faster2x77 yes and I'd say one red card is "worth" more than 1 yellow card. The Nuremberg battle was much worse.

[@mmartijn78]

Argentina deserved minimum 3 cards vs Netherlands

[@mmartijn78]

Argentina deserved minimum 3 cards vs Netherlands

[@LeeSusanto]

Netherland always love spicy

[@osamaaddaiekh1523]

This match is pure art ♥️

[@byakugan641]

I remember watching this with my grandpa, he went from shouting as a football fans should be, to shouting like what boxing or wrestling fans would look . . . and i was 9 years old at that time.

[@jonlima9897]

Boy I was 16 and just turned 17 in June 21rst, this match was a few days after so I remember it clearly xD

[@Fuzzow]

He is dead now?

[@byakugan641]

@@Fuzzow still healthy xD

[@andregarcia3355]

This is a healthy rivalry in football and awesome to watch. Portugal and Netherlands are both small countries with a punch larger than their size. Congrats to their history and legacy in the world. A rivalry like this was inevitable. Wonderful countries.

[@fringasbsj311]

Apart from Maniche's goal theres nothing healthy about a game like that sorry

[@andregarcia3355]

@@desporto6559 both have different aproaches to history. The Netherlands was also a colonial power but sure, Portugal had a bigger impact. In the other side Netherlands had a lot of history and influence in Continental Europe that Portugal didn't.

[@nunocbnunocb5875]

The legacy of Portugal is the language spoken by more than 250 millions, the Dutch, well.... not really. They stayed 400 years in Indonesia and nobody can speak the language who sounds like a troth disease.

[@izifantastic]

This is the most epic video I've ever seen, better than anything Hollywood could have ever made. You got this epic soundtrack kicking in with 2 teams fighting to the death. Their leader is taken down, their comrades try to avenge, but they fail. The energy, slow mo caps, the sweat, the confrontations, it's all absolutely brilliant.

[@bilalshaikh0002]

Record broken by ned vs arg🇳🇱🇦🇷17 yellow and 1 red. 2022

[@Ramboost007]

It all started with Boulahrouz clearly revealing intent to injure Ronaldo. Portugal then knew that Netherlands came to play hard and did so accordingly. With the benefit of hindsight, the ref should have red carded the foul but very few referees have the courage to give out a straight red 3 minutes into a World Cup knockout match.

[@nobrega]

True

[@vmamarcucci]

The second fault over Ronaldo should have been a red card

[@bangjho4617]

but outside the field they sat together Deco, van bronckhorst, boulahrouz 😂😂😂😂3:55 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards 🇵🇹🇳🇱=Battle of nuremberg

[@relentero8547]

Deco and Van Bronckhorst were teammates at Barca at the time so they were talking

[@OCV102]

the most iconic scene of the game

[@hmdhallosh681]

3:55

[@vosrotterdam]

If u only knew the atphosmeer that night in different Dutch major cities it was a really crazy night everyone that saw this game they will never forget it to bad pepe dident play and the Dutch dident score that would be a extra time full of crazyness 🤣

[@oshokejoseph1177]

The Referee was not intimidate by the dispicable lack of character of the game by the players. Today, I still greet him for his fearlessness and boldness.

[@panzerchrist5639]

I remember watching that game in Denmark with my uncle. It was a great fight, we loved it. We hoped for the dutch. I think here my love for rugby was born. Cheers from Deutschland boys.

[@mgvilaca]

This is like in 16th and 17th century,when Portugal discovered half the world, our ships were always being attacked by Dutch ones.

[@zaidansari-fi8yx]

This comment was amazing thanks man 😄

[@mgvilaca]

@@zaidansari-fi8yx XD

[@andersondavi561]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ArekSuroboyo1]

yes, the Portuguese black ships were discovered by the Dutch in 1634 in Japan and since the Tokugawa Shogun favored the Dutch they were allowed to attacked the Portuguese (because Ishida Mitsunari / the Shogun political enemy was with the Portuguese). and Ieyasu Tokugawa won the civil war of Japan and became a Shogun (Supreme Military Ruler of All Japan).

[@ryanfebrianto8973]

I mean, was it always this rough when portuguese met dutch in competition event?

[@adamgraham9270]

i love that shot of gio and deco sitting together

[@christianmendoza8107]

Iconic match, one of my favorites ever. So much nostalgia

[@briannao9251]

I wish social media existed when this game was played

[@AY-vi2ld]

MySpace

[@alainstmaximin7109]

Gio and Deco sitting together by the tree after all that 😂😂

[@sophieschollsreinkarnation5078]

and they look like brothers

[@leowales429]

Another strange card match in 2006 World Cup was Australia vs Croatia 2-2 draw, where 3 yellow cards were given to Croatian player Josip Simunic

[@zeddv4362]

Italy Usa as well with 3 red cards and nearly 2 own goals.

[@Wonderguard1]

I believe Graham Poll refereed that one

[@leowales429]

@@Wonderguard1 yep

[@nazmulhasannobel7059]

Here after Battle of Lusail between Argentina and Netherlands. 9th December, 2022

[@s33433z]

I was at the stadium on December 9, 2022 for that match and it was madness but a thrilling game🔥

[@jpmtlhead39]

The most "Beautiful" game in World cup history. So manny kids at the Time watching the game, are now on MMA. A True inspirational game. PS: that 2nd fault Over Ronaldo was to be a direct Red Card,but i think that both teams and the referee were just getting warmer and know each other well. Only 4 red cards was a gift from heaven.

[@user-uy7qo6jw1t]

Classic comment

[@erwincorreia884]

I remember watching this match with my farther. It was a crazy match. I would never forget this moment

[@romanista9776]

Finally fifa uploaded the video i craved for years

[@guleyton]

Me encantaba la camiseta de Portugal del 2006. Además, fue su mejor época en cuanto a jugadores.

[@nwaforchibunna268]

I will watch it this over and over again and never get tired❤️

[@dfertefwergwergrfgwr]

I think this was the first WC I ever watched. I thought it was really exciting, especially when number 14's cleats missed the Dutch goalkeepers teeth by about two inches even though the goal keeper was standing straight up. No penalty. I think the Portuguese guy's name was Valente or something like that. The Dutch started by trying to make CR7 a paraplegic.

[@dfertefwergwergrfgwr]

It was obvious from the beginning the Dutch wanted to injure Ronaldo instead of Figo. Apparently they felt Ronaldo was a bigger threat.

[@PrawilnaMordka]

They both were awesome at the time🙂

[@ninab.4540]

They were right

[@cheez7519]

Whos here after the Argentina vs Netherlands game

[@sumanmajumdar7884]

Me

[@luqman5335]

Pepe when saw this: "i want to be in Portugal squad next year"

[@JMI1981]

16 amarillas y 4 rojas, el partido con mas tarjetas de la historia de los Mundiales, una autentica batalla.

[@kakalimukherjee3297]

16 yellow and 4 red, a match with many historic cards of the world, an authentic battle? :-)

[@keseph7749]

1:00 How the ref didn't pull out a red card after this was beyond me...

[@kitpalmer1583]

Right? If he'd connected fully he would've broken Ronaldo's leg and possibly wrecked his career.

[@qlingshot426]

It was yellow clearly Ronaldo dove 😋

[@keseph7749]

@@qlingshot426 that being a red card has nothing to do with Ronaldo being the target.

[@YacineLeVrai]

A game had a prospect of high skills and action. Instead was surprisingly the most game with both yellow and red cards in World Cup history.

[@MrCheesyBaconBits]

I think the problem is that in those days especially Ronaldo was a massive diver, he hit the ground for any and often zero contact... Robben and Suarez are the same, they didn't get refereeing decisions given his way because they always cheated.

[@badidea6281]

This game makes the Netherlands vs Argentina quatar finals as a kid's game🤣🤣🤣

[@rimka6593]

portugal's goal was absolutely stunning

[@adampeart9745]

The battle of numbereg The battle of Old Trafford The battle of West and East Germany Football never stops to excite me

[@izysalp5501]

The battle of Bern (Hungary vs Brazil, 1954 World Cup)

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

@Cian MacGana which one?

[@Tobi-ln9xr]

And Germany vs Brazil 2014

[@escmadeira]

Yes, i remember Gio and Deco talking!

[@LaMostraVia]

This game was completely out of hand lol I’ll never forget this match

[@zaryabshaikh7538]

Who’s here after the Argentina vs. Netherlands quarter-final 2022?

[@zeddv4362]

Apart from the fouls it was one of the best matches of the 2006 WC with open play and many chances from both teams. One of the rare matches from the knockout stages of that world cup in which we saw attacking football.

[@aldozilli1293]

I just remember two of the dirtiest teams ruin what should've been a great WC football game into a stop/ start spectacle of hacking, dirty play and gamesmanship. It was a f***ing disgrace.

[@justgrey3114]

@@aldozilli1293 you do you snowflake

[@TvLOverdose]

'Attacking'foootball gets a whole nother meaning like this lol

[@rubeninocencio2096]

What a monstrous National team Portugal had...

[@yrosan]

And yet, it's not the one that brought international titles home...

[@errormatrix4159]

@@yrosan We have to thank Scolari for that.

[@twayno8812]

That ref was trolling all day 😂 He got to enjoy that match, giving out cards for everything 😅

[@worldoffootball1843]

I still remember the commentary "Bad boys corner" on Deco and Van kort sitting together. Amazing game, amazing days......