Holland coach Bert van Marwijk was satisfied with his team's performance after their narrow win over Japan in Durban.

Wesley Sneijder's solitary goal was the difference between the two sides in their second Group E match.

"Of course, we want to win playing great football but the important thing is that we learn to win ugly games," said Van Marwijk. "I think we played a match that was perhaps not as attractive as our previous games but it's not easy to play matches here and I think we deserved the win."