World Cup 2010: Holland v Denmark in pictures

A Dutch fan (no, really) with some oversized specs gets ready for the big match Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk And he's not the only one, as an army of Oranje supporters congregate outside the calabash-inspired Soccer City stadium Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Inspired by Laurent Blanc and Fabian Barthez in 1998, this cheeky fan is getting a few kisses on the head for good luck Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk But will the Dutch get off to a flying start as they did when the beat Serbia and Montenegro 1-0 in their opening fixture in Germany four years ago? These fans are clearly hoping so Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Hup Holland, hup! Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk If Elton John were ginger ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Not satisfied with looking like tangerines, this pair have even got their hands on some vuvuzelas Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk This fan has swapped his clogs for clown's feet ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk There's just as much orange on display inside the stadium Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk A whole sea of it, in fact Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Nice pigtails Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk A very big orange balloon bounces round the stadium Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Wait a minute - what's that? A Dane at last! Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Time for a bit of flag waving during the anthems Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Here we go then ... Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Now will the match prove anything like as vibrant as the build up? In the first half the answer is certainly no, as the two sides stifle one another. Here, Christian Poulsen goes in hard on Gregory van der Wiel Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Rafael van der Vaart is among those trying his luck at goal, but to no avail. However, soon after the interval, Simon Poulsen's dreadful defensive clearance bounces off the back of his team-mate Daniel Agger and into the net, giving Holland the lead Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Mark van Bommel leaps with Poulsen Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Robin Van Persie gets in a tangle with Simon Kjaer Photograph: guardian.co.uk Van der Vaart, the Real Madrid midfielder, is felled by Martin Jorgensen Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk Dennis Rommedahl and Giovanni Van Bronckhorst mirror one another, but the match itself ends rather more lop-sided, with Dirk Kuyt's late tap-in giving Holland a 2-0 win Photograph: Tom Jenkins Photograph: guardian.co.uk