Croatia are just quality, their tactics are always top quality and they have decent players that work best as a team, rather than a few players that carry the team with individual skill.
Also, by referring to the Netherlands as Holland is like referring to Russia as Siberia.
Kuyt is not past his best, but even if he was he's still better than De Jong and Van Bommel combined.
CDM for the Netherlands has shown it doesn't work, they should drop their defensive midfield roll and put something more like a holding midfield attack position.