Lets say Robben drills either of his chances in normal time, how would it affect football going forward? Would Tikki Taka die a death 4 years early? If it has been found out in the grandest stage of all?
OTL, the Dutch tactics in Johannesberg are basically what was the counter to tokki taka, ruthless physical contact, and counter attack, like Inter showed that year in the CL, or Chelsea would do in 2012.
The critism of the Dutch performance masked the fact that unlike the Germans in 2008 and the 2010 SF, or Man U in 2009/2011 CL final, they managed to break the Spanish passing and pressing rythym, and the Spanish back up plan, long through balls to Torres from Xavi, was not availble, due to him being injured most of the Cup, and Villa being too slow to play that way.
Or would teams have seen it as a one off, and tried to outpass Spain/Barca like Fergie did in his humblings?