Only watched the second half as I am still working today and can only take a little time off to watch pieces of both games today across the street at my local pub.
I must say it was a decent game. Robyn, I think that is their forward right striker, was definitely over flopping and diving for the Dutch. Fairly annoying. From what I saw in the second half, he didn't many calls his ways for the flopping except for the free kick that led to the first Dutch goal. However, that being said, the defender did come in from the side and slightly behind for a slide tackle. While the tackle was all ball, the fact is the defender still made contact with Robyn, although that was because Robyn was in the air and coming down and brushed him, so that technically is a foul. You can not slide from behind or the side and make any physical contact with the player. It must be all ball or it is a foul by the rules. The fact that Robyn dived to oversell it was annoying as hell, but oh well.
The goal was still a good goal. From what I saw of the officiating of the second half, it looked damn good to me. The ref didn't miss many calls, and when there was fouls from contact he made them correctly. At least from every replay I watched.
The first goal was a bit of a lucky break though for the Dutch because the defender ran into the keeper. To the person that said the keeper should not have been there, it is the other way around. Playing a keeper for over 20 years, the one most adamant rule is the box belongs to the keeper. As a defender you NEVER get in the keepers way. Otherwise goals like that happen. The keeper was stopped by his own defender from being able to get his hands where they needed to be to block the shot. Piss poor defense by Brazil there.
The second goal from the Dutch though was amazing. That double header off the corner was WOW! Pure amazing play and goal. Which made the Dutch actually look good, because they didn't seem all that talented while playing. The goal Brazil made against them in the first half made the Dutch look like a middle school team from the states. They got taken to school badly on that goal.
One thing I did notice on the second half was all the late hits the Brazilian players were doing. That red card was definitely deserved and one of the few deserving red cards I've seen in the world cup so far. Those un-sportsman like actions need to be taken elsewhere. After the Brazilian ended up behind the Dutch, it seemed like they were playing a game of ball in their neighborhood with no refs. Which brought out some fouls by the Dutch for which they were called. However, the poor conduct from Brazil was completely unwarranted and has no place in professional sports.
That said, I am surprised that the Dutch won as the Brazilian team I could easily tell was more talented and had the better players. The fielded the ball better, handled the ball better, and kept possession more with way more shots on goal. Which all means the Dutch goalie also did an amazing job as well. All in all it was a good game to watch in the end.