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Netherlands wins World Cup Group B, hands Chile first loss
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The Netherlands' Leroy Fer scores the opening goal during a Group B World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Chile on Monday at the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Netherlands earned a 2-0 victory to win the group as Chile suffered its first loss of the World Cup. - photo by Wong Maye-E | Associated Press
SAO PAULO — Two substitutes, two goals. Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal can, it seems, do no wrong at this World Cup. He sent on replacements Leroy Fer and Memphis Depay in the second half of the match against Chile on Monday and they scored both goals in a 2-0 win that confirmed the Dutch as Group B winners with a maximum nine points.
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