( CNN ) -- The Netherlands reached their third World Cup final with a 3-2 win over Uruguay in a dramatic semifinal in Cape Town on Tuesday . The Dutch will play the winners of the second semifinal between Germany and Spain for the ultimate prize in football at Soccer City on Johannesburg on Sunday . Second-half goals from Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben put the Dutch 3-1 up but Maxi Pereira summed up the never-say-die spirit of the Uruguayans with an injury-time strike to ensure a frantic finish . Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk was proud of his team , who have won all six matches in the finals , the best record of any side . `` It 's amazing that we have managed to do this . It 's been 32 years ( that the Netherlands last played in a final ) . It is unbelievable . We can be very proud for such a small country , '' he told AFP . Netherlands vs Uruguay minute by minute . His 35-year-old captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst put the Netherlands ahead after 18 minutes with probably the goal of the tournament , a stunning 30 meter strike which whistled past Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera . But Diego Forlan , the Uruguay captain on the night , equalized shortly before halftime with a long-range effort that eluded Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg , his fourth goal of the World Cup . Read how the game was followed in Montevideo . The second half burst to life just after the hour mark as first Sneijder 's shot found its way through a sea of legs to beat Muslera for his fifth of the tournament . In the 73rd minute , Robben headed home Dirk Kuyt 's cross to make it 3-1 . Robben might have added a fourth and his third of the finals on a swift counter attack but he was denied by Muslera . SI.com : 3 quick thoughts . It looked academic , but the last South American team in the tournament conjured up a late goal as Pereira scored with a low curling shot . In a desperate finale , Uruguay threatened an equalizer , but it is the Dutch who go into an all-European final . They were previous losing finalists in 1974 , to West Germany , and 1978 against Argentina . Germany play European champions Spain in Durban on Wednesday .
Netherlands beat Uruguay 3 - 2 in first semifinal of World Cup in Cape Town . Giovanni van Dam , Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben score Dutch goals . Diego Forlan and Diego Pereira reply for Uruguay . Netherland will play either Germany or Spain in final on Sunday .