Battle of Nuremberg | Germany 2006 | FIFA World Cup

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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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All Comments (21)
  • @atinyhorse1455
    The only bad thing about this match is that we never got to see Pepe in it. Just imagine.
  • @dazzaMusic
    VAR would be having a field day with this match
  • @anarkyster
    This was the match that made me fall in love with rugby!
  • @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
  • @steverubio6072
    This is the match that make pepe determined to play for Portugal national team.
  • @estebanbeni1706
    After this match......








    Pepe decided to play for Portugal 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
  • @tonywagner1626
    I'm sure Pepe and Ramos would've found a peaceful solution to all of this.
  • Now got to know why FIFA doesn't draw Portugal and Netherlands in same group
  • @josenino7140
    Neymar would have a great day rolling on the entire field.
  • The most iconic image was seeing deco and van bronkhorst sitting aside each other... I have never forgotten that
  • @m16sauraj26
    It was after this game PEPE got inspired and is still keeping the spirit of this game single handedly. What a LEGEND!
  • @piccupaul
    Mark van Bommel actually finished this game.

    That's probably the most ludicrous thing I have ever written.
  • @benstonks9047
    my only regret is that this game didn't went to extra time.
  • @spirit959ful
    Imagine having a strict referee here. His cards were actually really mild.
  • @martinvoet217
    We Dutchmen have the dubious honour to have been involved in 3 out of the 5 most unsportive matches ever.
  • @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.
  • Black holes, quantic entanglement and how Van Bommel was not sent off that day.
    3 of Humanity's greatest mysteries.
  • What people see : Netherlands vs Portugal
    What I see as Indonesian : aahh just like the history of my country
  • 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