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Cut open: Robinho (right) fires Brazil ahead as the Dutch defence disappears
Gift: Felipe Melo and keeper Julio Cesar end up putting the ball in their own net
Seeing red: Felipe Melo gets his marching orders for stamping on Robben
Seeing red with Robben: Brazil's Robinho is furious with a bemused Arjen Robben
Turnaround: Sneijder (2nd right) heads home to put Holland 2-1 in front
Dunga's four-year tenure at the helm of the Brazilian national team came to a shocking end after the five-time world champions suffered a surprising defeat at the hands of Wesley Sneijder's Dutch squad in the quarter-finals.
Brazil's 2-1 loss and subsequent exit of the tournament exemplified to an excruciating level of detail the positives and negatives that have characterised Dunga's spell as the coach of the verde-amarela. During the first 45 minutes, the Dutch struggled against Brazil's close to perfect defensive positioning and sheer physical power; Robinho, Dani Alves and Luis Fabiano put the cherry on the cake of Brazil's dominant first-half display with several slick moves.
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