Herrera the fall guy as Dutch roar back

Netherlands 2 Mexico 1

Herrera claimed Robben committed three dives, including for the decisive penalty, and criticised Fifa for appointing a referee from the same continent — Portugal’s Pedro Proenca — as the Dutch won in Fortaleza thanks to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar’s stoppage-time penalty, after Wesley Sneijder’s 88th-minute volley had equalised Giovani dos Santos’ goal.

Herrera raged: “Out of the four matches here in all of them the refereeing was disastrous.