The Netherlands again flew through its first-round group. Now comes the tough part _ learning how to win one of those all-or-nothing games.
The Netherlands beat Cameroon 2-1 to finish top of World Cup Group E with a perfect nine points late Thursday, showing the same ease as in recent group campaigns at Euro 2008 and the 2006 World Cup.
Those games lifted hopes of their millions of fans, only to see them come crashing down as the Dutch stumbled at the very first next hurdle.
It was Portugal in the second round at the 2006 World Cup, Russia at Euro 2008. Now, Slovakia awaits on Monday, and the Dutch are again overwhelming favorites.
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