They Finished 11th: HOLLAND

From losing World Cup finalists, to losing three out of three in the Group of Death. All within the space of two years. With pretty much the same team, save for the retired Van Bronckhorst and the sidelined Dirk Kuyt.

What happened? Undoubtedly unrest within the camp. It's a cliche to blame Dutch shortcomings on internal unrest, but more often than not, it's true. News of splits, divides, disagreements and rants will more than likely emerge over the next couple of days then be forgotten for the next couple of years until World Cup 2014, when the Oranje will Boom! and self-implode again.

Germany 2-1 Holland

Two defeats and you'd expect to be on your way home. You'd deserve to be out. And yet, the Dutch (what has that word got to do with Holland or the Netherlands, and what have those names got to do with each other?) can still progress with a win against Portugal in their final game.

Meanwhile, Germany, my tip, my favourites, produced a convincing display that backs up my faith in them. Gomez looks like the goalscorer he's always been at club level, good enough to keep the mercurial Miroslav Klose on the bench. It's hard to find a weakness in their ranks.

And yet the mathematicians will tell you that it is still possible for the Germans NOT to qualify for the knockout stages if results don't go their way in Sunday's final games.

Now, that is kerrrr-azeee.

Holland 0-1 Denmark

Ah, the first bona fide shock of the tournament. World Cup finalists the Dutch come unstuck against the lowly fancied Danes.

The Dutch were all over them though, and but for woeful finishing/last-third play they would have won this. But the Danes played like I think England will need to play if they're going to get anywhere. Go one-up and defend defend defend defend, hope, pray, defend a bit more, bore the opposition into submission. Do a Greece 2004...