Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal admitted he would have replaced goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen with Tim Krul again prior to the penalty shoot-out against Argentina if he had not already made three substitutions.
Van Gaal: "If I could have substituted Jasper I would have done, but I’d already used three substitutes so couldn’t do that.
"I subbed [Daryl] Janmaat for [Bruno Martins] Indi because he had a yellow card already and was often too late and wasn’t executing well.
"I didn’t want to take a risk on Nigel De Jong being injured, and he was the free man in midfield and [Jordy] Clasie can play going forward better than Nigel. I subbed [Robin] van Persie because he was exhausted.
"We had a fantastic tournament, as the Brazilian journalists have expressed.
"No one expected us to make it through the group, and after that we defeated Mexico, who are not easy to beat. Argentina are a top country with top players. Penalties are a matter of luck.
"It’s the most terrible scenario to lose on penalties. If anything, we were the better team, at least equal."
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World Cup Fixtures
Saturday 12th July 2014
FIFA World Cup - 3rd/4th Play-Offs 21:00
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FIFA World Cup - Final 20:00
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