| Van Persie (2), Robben (2), De Vrij | Alonso |
· The Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador saw reigning World & European champions Spain stunned by three times World Cup finalists Holland (1-5).
• España sufre una derrota alta. Holanda vence a España (5-1) en el estadio de Fonte Nova en Salvador.
• Holanda, ha jugado en tres finales del mundial y ganó la eurocopa en 1974, golea los campiones del mundo España.
· Spain lose a second consecutive opening World Cup game.
• Nuevamente España pierde su primer partido en el mundial (2010 & 2014) – perdío a Suiza (0-1) en 2010 en Brazil.
· Holland defenders DE DRIJ & BLIND collectively were involved in (scored/assisted) in 60% of Holland’s 5 goals; DE VRIJ scored one & BLIND assisted 2 of Holland’s goals.
• Los defensas de Holanda marco o dío asistencias por tres de los cinco goles de Holanda.
· After beating Spain, Holland have now scored 17 goals in their last 7 World Cup games.
• En este momento, Holanda ya ha marcado diecisiete goles en sus últimos siete partidos en el mundial (2010 & 2014).
· SPAIN conceded more goals (5) in tonight’s game versus HOLLAND than in all 7 games (2) en route to winning the World Cup in 2010.
• España encojó más goles (5) frente a Holanda (5-1) que encojó en todos los siete de los partidos en el mundial de fútbol 2010.
· HOLLAND tonight became the first team to score a World Cup goal against SPAIN since CHILE did so in the group stages in 2010; SPAIN did not concede a single goal in any of their knock-out games in 2010.
· Prior to tonight’s game, SPAIN had not conceded two goals or more in a World Cup game since losing to FRANCE (1-3) in the second round in 2006.
· ROBIN VAN PERSIE became the first player to score a World Cup goal against Spain since RODRIGO MILLAR did so for CHILE in 2010.
· SPAIN scored in a seventh consecutive World Cup game.
· SPAIN score the opening goal of the game thanks to a XABI ALONSO penalty but stil lose (1-5).
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