5 Aug 2010

Spain and Netherlands fined after final

10:49 am on 5 August 2010

World Cup winners Spain and their opponents Netherlands have been fined by Fifa for their players' poor discipline in last month's final.

Football's governing body fined the Dutch federation 20 thousand dollars, while the Spanish association must pay $13,000.

English referee Howard Webb booked eight Dutch players and sent off defender John Heitinga in a bad tempered final in South Africa.

Spain, who won the game 1-0 after extra-time, had five players booked.

The match set a record for the most cards received in a World Cup final, beating the six yellows shown when Argentina beat West Germany 3-2 in the 1986 final.

The final was also the worst behaved of the 64 matches played in South Africa.