World Cup 2010: Holland v Denmark in pictures

A Dutch fan (no, really) with some oversized specs gets ready for the big match
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And he's not the only one, as an army of Oranje supporters congregate outside the calabash-inspired Soccer City stadium
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Inspired by Laurent Blanc and Fabian Barthez in 1998, this cheeky fan is getting a few kisses on the head for good luck
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But will the Dutch get off to a flying start as they did when the beat Serbia and Montenegro 1-0 in their opening fixture in Germany four years ago? These fans are clearly hoping so
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Hup Holland, hup!
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If Elton John were ginger ...
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Not satisfied with looking like tangerines, this pair have even got their hands on some vuvuzelas
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This fan has swapped his clogs for clown's feet ...
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There's just as much orange on display inside the stadium
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A whole sea of it, in fact
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Nice pigtails
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A very big orange balloon bounces round the stadium
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Wait a minute - what's that? A Dane at last!
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Time for a bit of flag waving during the anthems
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Here we go then ...
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Now will the match prove anything like as vibrant as the build up? In the first half the answer is certainly no, as the two sides stifle one another. Here, Christian Poulsen goes in hard on Gregory van der Wiel
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Rafael van der Vaart is among those trying his luck at goal, but to no avail. However, soon after the interval, Simon Poulsen's dreadful defensive clearance bounces off the back of his team-mate Daniel Agger and into the net, giving Holland the lead
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Mark van Bommel leaps with Poulsen
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Robin Van Persie gets in a tangle with Simon Kjaer Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Van der Vaart, the Real Madrid midfielder, is felled by Martin Jorgensen
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Dennis Rommedahl and Giovanni Van Bronckhorst mirror one another, but the match itself ends rather more lop-sided, with Dirk Kuyt's late tap-in giving Holland a 2-0 win
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