Netherlands vs Slovakia: World Cup 2010 R16 Live Twitter Coverage

by Jordan Yerman | June 25, 2010 at 03:03 pm

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Nederland (NED) vs Slovakia (SVK): World Cup 2010 FIFA Round of 16

Germany faces England on June 28 at 4pm local time (2pm GMT, 11am EDT, 7am PDT) at Durban Stadium. We will be providing live Twitter coverage via SCAN- just click on the widget below to see a full detail page as the knockout round continues.

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Netherlands is a perennial favorite, but tends not to quite deliver come World Cup finals time. Will 2010 be the Year of Orange?

Meanwhile, Slovakia is that team that most people forget about-- until they beat you. Even FIFA got its name wrong, adding "Slovenia scores!" to its live feed during Slovakia's massive upset of Italy. Betcha they're not getting it wrong in Rome right now.

Anyway, Netherlands must step up to meet expectation if it hopes to topple the Slovakian side, but they reckon they're ready, and can indeed go all the way:

Team-mate Rafael van der Vaart went a step further, claiming the team can reach the Final in Johannesburg on 11 July. "Slovakia have a good team and they will be a tough opponent," he said.

"We won the group with nine points and we're happy with what we accomplished. I believe we will be in the Final."