Iceland: The Dutch went down to 10 men in the 33rd minute when Bruno Martins Indi tackled Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, tussled with him on the ground and appeared to strike the Iceland striker around the back of the neck, according to The Independent. At that point the Netherlands were already without their new captain, Robben having limped off with a groin strain. However, Blind honeymoon soon ended during a terrible first 45 minutes against Iceland. Iceland went ahead seven minutes into the second half, Gylfi Sigurdsson scoring from the penalty spot after Serbian referee Milorad Mazic ruled Gregory van der Wiel had fouled Birkir Bjarnason in the area. Blind men created few chances until late on when goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson made good stops from Newcastle Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder. Sigurdsson then squeezed his penalty under the dive of goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen.
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