Second-half goals from Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben swept Holland into the World Cup final with a 3-2 win over Uruguay in Cape Town.

Uruguay had levelled Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s brilliant opener through Diego Forlan just before the break.

But the South Americans were rocked back as the Dutch struck twice in three minutes after the interval and although Maximiliano Pereira fired home in stoppage time, it is Holland who await the winners of the second semi between Germany and Spain on Wednesday.