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| Arjen Robben reacts after losing at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo [Courtesy AFP PHOTO / JUAN MABROMATA] |
The Netherlands' heartbreaking penalty shootout loss to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals looks to have definitively ended Arjen Robben's hopes of exorcising his ghosts from the 2010 final.
Wednesday's game at an overcast Corinthians Arena had been billed as a duel between Robben and Lionel Messi, but instead it was the defenders on both sides who took centre-stage.
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