The Manchester United striker curled in a beaut to help confirm the Dutch side’s place in Brazil.
While David Alaba was ripping up our tickets for next summer’s World Cup, Holland were booking theirs.
The Dutch beat Andorra 2-0 last night, with both goals coming from that man RVP. Andorra went for the dynamic 10-0-0 formation in a bid to keep Dutch at bay but eventually they gave the lethal striker a metre or two of space and he curled in a cracker to put Holland 1-0 up.
Andorra Netherlands van Persie by Counterpoint1
A tap-in later in the game by Van Persie confirmed that there will be lots of Orange fans in Brazil. Sadly, Ireland won’t be there with them.