After a back and forth first half in the sweltering heat of Fortaleza, Giovani Dos Santos gave Mexico an early second half lead over the Netherlands.
Unsurprisingly, everyone's favourite World Cup manager Miguel Herrera was quite pleased.
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With the clock ticking down, Wesley Sneijder stepped up with a rasping shot past Guillermo Ochoa.
It looked to be heading to extra time but Arjen Robben was taken down inside the box and Klaas Jan Huntelaar tucked away the penalty to send the Dutch into the quarter finals.
