5 times top players were made to look terrible

#3. Robben makes Casillas crawl after him

Casillas' face says it all

Yes, it is just as bad as that sounded.

La Furia Roja made sure the dreams of the Oranje were left hanging in the air after Iniesta smashed in the lone goal of the match at the business end of extra time in the 2010 World Cup final. But the match could have so easily gone the other way. But the nearly infallible Arjen Robben couldn't find a way past Iker Casillas no matter what.

Run the clock forward by four years and what happened in Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador was the diametrically opposite. Netherlands won the ball back from Spain who were lingering around the final third. A long ball was optimistically driven forward and Arjen Robben bolted to chase it down.

And 'course, he got to it. In the course of adding insult to injury to Spain, Robben ran a semi-circle around Casillas. The Spain no.1 who was already clutching at grass couldn't even get back up on his feet and had to worm his way behind Robben on all fours.

He did that to no avail though as Robben went around Spain's defenders like they were trees and slotted it home. Spain eventually lost 5-1!

Casillas described his performance on the night as the worst of his life.

We agree.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Amit Mishra