Battle of Nuremberg | Germany 2006 | FIFA World Cup

16 yellow and four red cards were brandished - a record for a single FIFA World Cup match. Costinha, Khalid Boulahrouz, Deco and Giovanni van Bronckhorst were all given their marching orders.
When Portugal and the Netherlands met in the Round of 16 at Germany 2006, tempers flared.
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[@atinyhorse1455]

The only bad thing about this match is that we never got to see Pepe in it. Just imagine.

[@steverubio6072]

This is the match that make pepe determined to play for Portugal national team.

[@anarkyster]

This was the match that made me fall in love with rugby!

[@goodfella1401]

The shot in the match when Deco and Van Bronckhorst were sitting on the bench after both receiving a red card and laughing at what was happening was absolutely priceless

[@dazzaMusic]

VAR would be having a field day with this match

[@ashleythomas4112]

One of the most entertaining 1-0 games ever.

[@tonywagner1626]

I'm sure Pepe and Ramos would've found a peaceful solution to all of this.

[@adolphusquao5299]

The most iconic image was seeing deco and van bronkhorst sitting aside each other... I have never forgotten that

[@piccupaul]

Mark van Bommel actually finished this game.

[@benstonks9047]

my only regret is that this game didn't went to extra time.

[@m16sauraj26]

It was after this game PEPE got inspired and is still keeping the spirit of this game single handedly. What a LEGEND!

[@muhammedyamaan6003]

Now got to know why FIFA doesn't draw Portugal and Netherlands in same group

[@vinnyvasquez]

Loved this game. Netherlands started it early and their game plan was clear, be dirty. The wonderful thing was Portugal didn't play the victim, they decided to get dirty too.

[@antoniobrandao7139]

Black holes, quantic entanglement and how Van Bommel was not sent off that day.

[@spirit959ful]

Imagine having a strict referee here. His cards were actually really mild.

[@kadekyudhistiras]

What people see : Netherlands vs Portugal

[@josenino7140]

Neymar would have a great day rolling on the entire field.

[@TheChistitan]

So many legends in one match

[@martinvoet217]

We Dutchmen have the dubious honour to have been involved in 3 out of the 5 most unsportive matches ever.

[@MusondaV]

How Van Bommel remained on the pitch that day is a miracle.