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Furious Netherlands head coach Louis Van Gaal blasted FIFA for its refusal to scrap the World Cup's third-place consolation game and insisted the controversial playoff should be consigned to history. 据雅虎体育网站7月10日报道，脾气暴怒的荷兰主帅范加尔炮轰国际足联，怒批其拒绝取消世界杯三四名决赛，范加尔认为这种比赛只是安慰性的，并坚称这项有争议的比赛应当废除。 Van Gaal's Dutch side will be forced to play host nation Brazil in Brasilia on Saturday after losing its semifinal to Argentina in a heart-stopping penalty shootout at Arena de Sao Paulo on Wednesday night. 周三晚，在圣保罗体育场举行的世界杯半决赛中，范加尔的荷兰队经历了一场惊心动魄的点球大战后，负于阿根廷无缘决赛。因此，本周六荷兰队将不得不与东道主巴西争夺第三名。 The coach, who takes over English Premier League team Manchester United at the end of the tournament, claimed he has urged soccer's hierarchy to abandon the game for more than a decade, to no avail. 即将成为曼联主帅的范加尔称，自己十多年来都在劝说国际足联取消三四名争夺战，但毫无效果。 "I think that this match should never be played," said Van Gaal less than an hour after his team's 0-0 tie and subsequent 4-2 loss on penalties. "I have been saying this for the past 10 years. | 
