Date
2006-06-16
Match
| Netherlands | - | Cote d'Ivoire |
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Result
2 - 1
Referee decisions
Yellow
4 - 3
Red
0 - 0
Penalty
0 - 0
Referee assessment
this match
overall
Our marks
5.8
7.4
Your marks
6
7.3
5
Control: 5
Calls: 8
Neutrality: 5
Style: 5.8
General assessment
Óscar Ruiz matches
'11-05-05 Cerro Porteno - Estudiantes (0 - 0)'11-04-25 Millonarios - Atlético Nacional (1 - 2)'11-04-19 Internacional - Emelec (2 - 0)'11-04-06 Nacional (UR) - Fluminense (2 - 0)'11-03-03 LDU Quito - Independiente (3 - 0)'11-02-15 América - Nacional (UR) (2 - 0)'10-12-08 Independiente - Goiás (3 - 1)'10-11-10 LDU Quito - Newell's Old Boys (1 - 0)'10-09-07 Argentina - Spain (4 - 1)'10-08-18 Internacional - Guadalajara (3 - 2)'10-06-22 France - South Africa (1 - 2)'10-06-17 Greece - Nigeria (2 - 1)'10-05-20 Estudiantes - Internacional (2 - 1)'10-05-12 Cruzeiro - Sao Paulo (0 - 2)'10-04-27 Guadalajara - Vélez Sarsfield (3 - 0)'10-04-13 Deportivo Quito - Cerro CA (2 - 1)'10-03-31 Monarcas Morelia - Banfield (1 - 1)'10-02-24 Cruzeiro - Colo-Colo (4 - 1)'10-02-10 Emelec - Newell's Old Boys (2 - 1)'09-11-19 LDU Quito - River Plate (Uruguay) (7 - 0)'09-10-09 Italy u20 - Hungary u20 (2 - 3)'09-10-02 Uzbekistan u20 - England u20 (1 - 1)'09-09-29 Korea Republic u20 - Germany u20 (1 - 1)'09-09-05 Argentina - Brazil (1 - 3)'09-07-02 Gremio - Cruzeiro (2 - 2)'09-06-18 Estudiantes - Defensor Sporting (1 - 0)'09-06-10 Brazil - Paraguay (2 - 1)'09-03-17 Ind. Medellin - América de Cali (0 - 0)'08-11-19 Internacional - Guadalajara (4 - 0)'08-11-06 Boca Juniors - Internacional (1 - 2)'08-10-15 Chile - Argentina (1 - 0)'08-09-16 Deportivo Cali - América de Cali (1 - 0)'08-09-10 Uruguay - Ecuador (0 - 0)'08-06-18 Brazil - Argentina (0 - 0)'08-05-14 Sao Paulo - Fluminense (1 - 0)'08-05-06 Estudiantes - LDU Quito (2 - 1)'08-04-17 River Plate - Univ. San Martin (5 - 0)'08-04-08 Atlas - Boca Juniors (3 - 1)'08-03-18 Caracas FC - Cruzeiro (1 - 1)'08-03-04 LDU Quito - Libertad (2 - 0)'07-12-05 Arsenal de Sarandí - América (1 - 2)'07-11-21 Chile - Paraguay (0 - 3)'07-10-25 Guadalajara - Arsenal de Sarandí (1 - 3)'07-10-17 Chile - Peru (2 - 0)'07-09-19 Botafogo - River Plate (1 - 0)'07-07-10 Uruguay - Brazil (2 - 2)'07-06-27 Ecuador - Chile (2 - 3)'07-06-20 Gremio - Boca Juniors (0 - 2)'07-05-23 Santos FC - América (2 - 1)'07-05-17 Boca Juniors - Libertad (1 - 1)'07-04-24 Deportes Tolima - Cucuta Deportivo (3 - 4)'07-04-04 Cienciano - Boca Juniors (3 - 0)'07-03-06 El Nacional - Libertad (1 - 1)'06-12-14 América - Barcelona (0 - 4)'06-10-26 Gimnasia La Plata - Colo-Colo (0 - 2)'06-09-28 Fluminense - Gimnasia La Plata (1 - 1)'06-08-03 Internacional - Libertad (2 - 0)'06-07-14 Sao Paulo - Boca Juniors (2 - 2)• '06-06-16 Netherlands - Cote d'Ivoire (2 - 1)'06-05-04 Goiás - Estudiantes (3 - 1)'06-04-27 Nacional (UR) - Internacional (1 - 2)'06-04-12 Libertad - Paulista (1 - 0)'06-03-08 River Plate - El Nacional (4 - 3)'06-02-07 LDU Quito - Vélez Sarsfield (1 - 3)'06-02-01 Deportivo Tachira - Palmeiras (2 - 4)'06-01-29 USA - Norway (5 - 0)'05-11-23 Boca Juniors - Universidad Católica (2 - 2)'05-11-16 Bahrain - Trinidad and Tobago (0 - 1)'05-10-19 Corinthians - Pumas UNAM (2 - 1)'05-09-23 USA u17 - Cote d'Ivoire u17 (1 - 1)'05-09-19 Peru u17 - China u17 (0 - 1)'05-07-10 Mexico - Guatemala (4 - 0)'05-06-18 Nigeria u20 - Switzerland u20 (3 - 0)'05-06-14 USA u20 - Germany u20 (0 - 0)'05-06-10 Netherlands u20 - Japan u20 (2 - 1)'05-05-26 Cerro Porteno - Atletico Paranaense (2 - 1)'05-05-19 Universidad de Chile - Santos FC (2 - 1)'05-05-11 LDU Quito - Danubio (1 - 1)'05-04-28 The Strongest - Quilmes (2 - 1)'05-04-19 Deportivo Tachira - Cerro Porteno (0 - 3)'05-03-26 Chile - Uruguay (1 - 1)'05-03-16 Quilmes - Sao Paulo (2 - 2)'05-03-08 LDU Quito - Bolívar (1 - 0)'04-11-24 Boca Juniors - Internacional (4 - 2)'04-11-17 Ecuador - Brazil (1 - 0)'04-10-13 Paraguay - Peru (1 - 1)'04-06-18 Mexico - Brazil (0 - 4)'04-06-08 Costa Rica - Paraguay (0 - 1)'04-06-02 Brazil - Argentina (3 - 1)'04-05-11 América - Santo André (1 - 1)'04-05-05 LDU Quito - Santos FC (4 - 2)'04-04-13 Rosario Central - Olimpia Asuncion (2 - 1)'04-03-31 Paraguay - Brazil (0 - 0)'04-03-23 Sporting Cristal - Rosario Central (4 - 1)'04-02-18 Venezuela - Australia (1 - 1)'03-12-12 Japan u20 - Brazil u20 (1 - 5)'03-12-08 USA u20 - Cote d'Ivoire u20 (2 - 0)'03-12-04 UAE u20 - Burkina Faso u20 (0 - 0)'03-12-01 Mali u20 - Spain u20 (0 - 2)'03-11-16 Peru - Brazil (1 - 1)'03-09-10 Paraguay - Uruguay (4 - 1)'03-06-25 Boca Juniors - Santos FC (2 - 0)'03-05-21 Cruz Azul - Santos FC (2 - 2)'03-05-14 Corinthians - River Plate (1 - 2)'03-04-30 Mexico - Brazil (0 - 0)'03-04-22 Olimpia Asuncion - Gremio (2 - 3)'03-03-26 Alianza Lima - Gimnasia La Plata (1 - 1)'03-03-20 Pumas UNAM - Gremio (1 - 0)'03-02-11 Alianza Lima - Olimpia Asuncion (1 - 1)'02-08-21 Brazil - Paraguay (0 - 1)'02-07-16 América - Santo André (1 - 1)'02-07-10 Santo André - Olimpia Asuncion (1 - 2)'02-06-22 Senegal - Turkey (0 - 1)'02-06-13 Turkey - China (3 - 0)'02-06-04 Korea Republic - Poland (2 - 0)'02-05-14 Santo André - Peñarol (2 - 1)'02-05-02 Gremio - River Plate (4 - 0)'02-04-25 El Nacional - Boca Juniors (0 - 0)'02-04-11 Sporting Cristal - Monarcas Morelia (0 - 1)'02-03-13 América - River Plate (0 - 0)
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Netherlands - Cote d'Ivoire, 2 - 1. Gottlieb-Daimler, Stuttgart, Germany, 2006-06-16
Ruiz looked all puffed up and stressed out for most of the match. He was probably somewhat out of his league here. He also made quite a few questionable and dead wrong calls.
A quick rundown
Didier Drogba needs a hand to control a ball in the fourth minute which escapes Ruiz. Giovanni van Bronckhorst tussles with Eboue in the box. Not seen by Ruiz. A handbal by van Persie in the 64th minute. Not seen by Ruiz. Eboue goes down in the box after a sliding from van Bronchorst. A rather dramatic display perhaps, but van Bronckhorst seems to miss the ball. So either it's a yellow to Eboue or it's a penalty. Ruiz says it's a corner kick. His decision to book Robben for diving in the 33rd minute was also debatable.
A draw?
The Dutch barely managed to win this match. They had to compete with some tough and skillful players. It seems a draw would have been the right outcome of this match. In the end van Persie saved the day: He was all over the place, scored once, and was also there to clear the ball from his own goal.