Former Chelsea star Arjen Robben insists the Netherlands are on a mission to achieve World Cup glory as they look to make up for the disappointment of four years ago.
In 2010, Andres Iniesta scored four minutes from the end of extra time in the final to break Dutch hearts in Johannesburg, Robben having missed a one-on-one chance in normal time.
But they gained revenge in their opening match of the tournament, coming from behind to thrash Spain 5-1, a result which has propelled them into the quarter-finals, where they will face tournament surprise package Costa Rica.
The Dutch left it very late in their round of 16 clash with Mexico to progress with Wesley Sneijder equalising in the 88th minute before Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's injury-time penalty snatched victory after Robben was felled in the box.
The Bayern Munich winger admitted afterwards that he had dived during the game, although not for the penalty, but avoided retrospective punishment from Fifa, freeing him to line up against the Central Americans.
The Dutch are the top scorers at the World Cup so far with 12 goals, but, of the teams remaining, they have conceded the most and they will be without midfield enforcer Nigel De Jong after he was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a groin injury.
And Robben will be taking nothing for granted when they face Los Ticos.
"I think we are on a mission together, and when you come to a World Cup it's not to enjoy the weather and enjoy the beach in Rio," he said.
"You're here to win matches and to go as far as possible. I don't think the expectations were that high before the tournament and, as a result, we can be very proud of where we are.
"We have to stay focused. Costa Rica have a very good team, they have already proved that in their group, which was very tough, with Italy, England and Uruguay in there.
"They've been really impressive and we'll have to prepare very well if we're going to beat them."
Costa Rica will be making their first ever World Cup quarter-final appearance after they overcame Greece on penalties in the last 16 despite playing almost an hour with ten men after Oscar Duarte was dismissed.
Goalkeeper Keylor Navas was his country's hero, saving from Kostas Mitroglou in injury time in both normal and extra time, and he should be fit to face the Netherlands despite missing training on Wednesday with a shoulder injury.
And despite seeing off three former World Champions Italy, Uruguay and England in the group stages, midfielder Celso Borges insists his country are not yet satisfied.
"The team is still hungry. We have not lost our ambition, our desire," said Borges.
"We are at a point where we want to win against ourselves. We want to make history. We didn't come to Rio to visit or to spend some time at the beach."
