One of the most unfortunate consequences of this bitter match made worse by a referee who ran amok with his cards and lost control of the game might be the potential for streetfights between the Dutch and Portugese fans. An escalation in violence from the result of this match. The Dutch were not supposed to go out in the round of 16, they had higher hopes than that. Portugal has been a thorn in their side beating them in Euro 2004.
The German police should be vigilant for street altercations and cool tempers down. Scolari and Van Basten might have to make an appeal to calm things down during their press statements.