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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – If you can paint a town orange, that's what the Dutch will be doing in Cape Town, Amsterdam and everywhere else they can think of. The Netherlands is in the World Cup final, and boy do the players know how to celebrate a big win.
Like in an Oranje mosh pit. Or on each other's shoulders, leading the flag-waving, vuvuzela-tooting fans in song.
The Dutch head to Johannesburg for their first shot at the soccer championship in 32 years after a 3-2 victory over scrappy but outmanned Uruguay on Tuesday night.
"We are so close," said Wesley Sneijder, who scored the go-ahead goal. "There is nothing bigger than the World Cup."
That elusive first title is still one win away. But this was such a moment to savor that most of the squad made a curtain call nearly an hour after the biggest Netherlands victory in decades, leading about 1,000 orange-clad fans in cheers that figure to last until Sunday.
That's when the Dutch will play either Spain or Germany for soccer's big prize.
Like in an Oranje mosh pit. Or on each other's shoulders, leading the flag-waving, vuvuzela-tooting fans in song.
The Dutch head to Johannesburg for their first shot at the soccer championship in 32 years after a 3-2 victory over scrappy but outmanned Uruguay on Tuesday night.
"We are so close," said Wesley Sneijder, who scored the go-ahead goal. "There is nothing bigger than the World Cup."
That elusive first title is still one win away. But this was such a moment to savor that most of the squad made a curtain call nearly an hour after the biggest Netherlands victory in decades, leading about 1,000 orange-clad fans in cheers that figure to last until Sunday.
That's when the Dutch will play either Spain or Germany for soccer's big prize.
