Payback is 5-1

Spain embarrassed, humiliated, thrashed, humbled ... Whichever word you use, the Netherlands made sure they punished Spain for the World Cup 2010 1-0 defeat that saw them lose out on the title.

At the start of the match, Spain was the dominant team, and enforced their dominance by taking a 1-0 lead after being handed a controversial penalty when Diego Costa was allegedly brought down in the penalty box.

However, van Persie scored the equaliser with a perfect header before the teams headed down the tunnel.

Moments from the start of the second half, Robben put the Netherlands in front. Then after a scuffle in the box after a corner, de Vrij made it 3-1. Van Persie's second goal wasn't as good as the first, but it came after a mistake made by Casillas. The keeper had failed to clear the ball and therefore conceded a goal. Once again, Casillas disappointed Spain when he allowed Robben to also get a brace.

The extraction of Alonso gave the Netherlands the space they needed to score more goals. Unfortunately, the introduction of Torres was just as disappointing. With two clear chances, Torres couldn't score. Looking at the bench, the likes of Villa, Martinez and others could've been used instead of the introduction of Torres.

This huge thrashing could've been even bigger when Robben was given the space to score a 6th and even 7th goals.

That's not how the defending champions should play. That was a huge defeat. It wasn't just a victory for the Netherlands, but a psychological blow to Spain. The defeat does not mean Spain has been written off, it just means they will come back even stronger against Chile. They need to go back to the drawing board and take a look at where they went wrong.

FIFA World Cup 2014 Opening Ceremony

The centrepiece of the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony was a ball, right in the middle of the pitch.

The first thing the ball did was to welcome each of the 32 countries in the native language.

The aerial view, of the opening ceremony was better than the other camera angles, and this was beautiful. The colour and movement of every item was scenic.

I listened to the narration, and this is what I gathered from the opening ceremony:

With a cast of 660 dancers, the opening ceremony portrayed Brazil's nature, people, music and obviously, football.

The nature:

The trees, flowers and rain represented the amazon, the vegetation and plants in Brazil. To be obvious, rain and trees are inevitable in the amazon.

The people:

A Native Indian in a canoe, probably making his way down a river in the amazon.

The music:

There was a big Brazilian musical instruments which are obviously used in music. Accompanied by dancing. If you've watched a telenovela from Brazil, you'd see their love for music and dance.

The football:

Acrobatics in the form of soccer balls were doing just that, acrobats. Then little boys and 1 girl walked into the pitch with the flags of the competing nations on their T-shirts.

The spectacular image was the ball. When it opened up, Pitbull, Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte popped out, ready to sing the official FIFA World Cup 2014 song - We Are One (Ole Ola). I couldn't hear the song though.

What the people thought ...

South Africa was better

Disappointing

Primary School function

South Africa 1-0 Brazil

Was that walking broccoli ...

I expected a carnival

Who cares, when's kick-off?

And complaints about Pitbull's pants

For more views on the opening ceremony, just head to social media, there's tons. I assure you, you might get a sore stomach from people's comments.

Miroslav Klose for World Cup Glory

With only 6 days left to the FIFA World Cup 2014, Miroslav Klose and German legend Gerd Müller were level on 68 goals. However, 35 year old Klose came off the bench to score his 69th international goal during the friendly match against Armenia, to become Germany's top goalscorer.

TOP GERMAN GOAL SCORERS

Miroslav Klose 69

Gerd Müller 68

Jürgen Klinsmann 47

Rudi Völler 47

Lukas Podolski 47

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 45

With 14 goals in three previous World Cup finals, Klose is just one short of Brazil striker Ronaldo's record of 15 for the all-time goalscorer. If Klose scores two goals in the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil, he will become the leading scorer in World Cup history.

In one of his interviews leading to the World Cup, Klose said, "For me, the main thing is to be fit and the most important thing is the team," he said. "I am convinced that when the team plays well, then the striker will also get his chances. But anyone who knows me is aware that the goal record is a target of mine."

Germany start their World Cup campaign against Portugal on 16 June.

ALL-TIME WORLD CUP FINALS SCORERS

15 goals - Ronaldo (Brazil)

14 goals - Gerd Müller, Miroslav Klose (Germany)

13 goals - Just Fontaine (France)

12 goals - Pelé (Brazil)