Down 1-0 with just minutes remaining in the match, the Dutch found goals from Wesley Sneijder and Klaas Jan Huntelaar to overturn the Mexican lead. Sneijder tied the match in the 88th minute, and Huntelaar scored from the penalty spot in the 93rd minute after Arjen Robben earned a penalty.
Cafu, beki mstaafu wa Brazil, ndio anashikilia rekodi ya kuwa mchezaji aliyewahi kushinda mechi nyingi zaidi[kwa maana akiwa na timu ya Brazil] katika historia ya Kombe la Dunia. Cafu alishinda mechi 16 tangu mwaka 1994-2006. Baadhi ya wachezaji wenye majina au waliowahi kuwa na majina makubwa sana katika soka na ambao hawajawahi kushiriki katika fainali za Kombe la Dunia ni pamoja na Alfredo di Stefano,Ryan Giggs,George Best na George Weah.