The Dutch national football team has surprised the nation and almost reached the World Cup football final. The last hurdle is Argentina in the semi-final. On a cold, grey and wet evening almost every Dutch person is watching the match, resulting in an absolute viewers record of more than 12 million.
The news program of the second France public TV cannel France 2 wants video footage of and interviews with the Dutch watching the match. In the North of Amsterdam some streets are heavily decorated and the fanatic supporters gather in front of the TV-sets, obviously all totally dressed in orange.
A revenge for the defeat against Argentina in the final of 1987 is expected, so also the revenge of the 1974 defeat against German will become a possibility in the final. In the end this turns out to be nothing but a dream. The Dutch play a draw and lose on penalties.
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