NU Mad - World Cup Report - Monday

Last updated : 05 July 2010 By Footy Mad - Editor

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Sepp Blatter: "More than 500,000 fans will have come to South Africa and some are talking about the figure being even higher.

"The forecast from 'old Europe' was the fans wouldn't come - well here they are.

"I am a very happy president today and I hope I will be happy until the very end of this week.

"There is a political dimension to football too - how many heads of states have come to visit South Africa, and they all want to make sure they have the pictures taken in the stands. That's the power of football.

"Football gives emotions in this deranged world. Look at the news and you see the world appears to have suddenly stopped and the TV cameras will after July 12 be used everywhere else in the world.

"We are giving hope to the world that perhaps through football we can become better human beings."

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ARGENTINA 0 GERMANY 4

Six days after turfing England out of the World Cup with a magical display, Germany cast their spell on Argentina with a brilliant quarter-final performance.

Argentina were buried thanks to a third-minute goal from Thomas Muller and two second-half efforts from Miroslav Klose either side of one from Arne Friedrich.

Even Diego Maradona would had appreciated it had he not been in the opposite dug-out. An imperious masterclass from a side on the march.

Who knows whether Germany will win the World Cup. But when Fabio Capello talks about the future, about Euro 2012 and the improvements England will make, this is the team he must measure his own by. And the gulf is huge.

Games of this magnitude can often be dull, sterile affairs, where two giants cancel each other out completely.

This spectacular never had a chance of being that way.

An Argentina team containing Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and Carlos Tevez, managed by one of the most creative forces there has ever been, is not exactly set up to defend.

Germany's talents are not as well known. But over the past week Joachim Low's team have made some statement.

Wherever he was watching, Capello must have at least taken some comfort from the fact England are not the only ones to suffer. Nor are they the only ones with a goalkeeper prone to make errors.

When Nicolas Otamendi brought Lukas Podolski down by the touchline, the start of what turned out to be a tortuous opening period for the young full-back, Bastian Schweinsteiger curled the free-kick to the near post.

Muller escaped Otamendi's attentions and rose unchallenged.

The youngster should have sent a firm header into the corner. Instead, he got the faintest touch which deceived Sergio Romero, who must have thought he was going to be beaten anyway.

It shot off the Argentina keeper's leg and rolled into the net.

For a good 15 minutes, those famous blue and white shirts were seen twisting and turning in all directions as they tried to keep their opponents at bay.

Klose wasted a golden opportunity to double the advantage when Muller capitalised on Gabriel Heinze's error and squared for the veteran frontman.

On his 100th appearance, it should have been his 51st goal. But he rushed the opportunity and side-footed over.

Too young to be considered for Germany's triumphant Under-21 squad at last summer's European Championships, what a year Muller has had.

In reaching the Champions League final with Bayern Munich, he had already confirmed himself as one of the best young players in the world.

On successive weekends, both England and Argentina have discovered the 20-year-old is a rich talent as well.

Unfortunately, football can be a cruel sport and a harsh booking for handball means the youngster will miss Wednesday's semi-final in Durban.

After being hurt so badly so quickly, Argentina at least managed to clear their heads and began to respond.

The problem was Germany's defence was rock solid, their movement choreographed superbly.

Messi tried to sparkle but he was forced further back to gain meaningful possession, and then surrounded instantly to ensure there was no escape.

Another star name destined to leave South Africa without making a significant mark, or scoring a goal, Messi did his best with the scraps that were offered without making the mesmerising burst or defence-splitting pass his team craved.

On the touchline, Maradona stood, knowing the difference between a great player and the absolute best is their ability to produce when the pressure is at its greatest, as he did in 1986.

Since then, Germany have gained revenge, both in the 1990 final and the quarter-final four years ago.

In his amusing dismissal of England, German skipper Philipp Lahm said he wanted to win today, inside 90 minutes, for his country to finally defeat a big team.

It was time for his youthful team-mates to announce their arrival.

First, a prone Muller stabbed the ball into space and set Podolski free to present Klose with a tap-in.

Then, pushing forward even though the game was won, Friedrich was on hand to finish from close range after Schweinsteiger had cut through the Argentine defence like a knife through butter.

Klose finished the rout.

Another four goals. England and Argentina are kindred spirits.

ARGENTINA: Romero, Otamendi (Pastore 70), Demichelis, Burdisso, Heinze, Maxi, Mascherano, Di Maria (Aguero 76), Messi, Higuain, Tevez.

GERMANY: Neuer, Lahm, Mertesacker, Boateng (Jansen 72),Friedrich, Schweinsteiger, Khedira (Kroos 78), Muller (Trochowski 83), Ozil, Podolski, Klose.

Goals: Muller 3, Klose 67, Friedrich 74, Klose 89.

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PARAGUAY 0 SPAIN 1

David Villa enhanced his reputation as the World Cup's outstanding striker with a late winner to give a below-par Spain an historic victory over Paraguay.

The 28-year-old struck his fifth goal of the tournament to send the perennial underachievers to their first-ever World Cup semi-finals.

It was tough on Paraguay who had matched the European champions for much of the game - and though this has been a World Cup of shocks, the needle would have gone off the Richter scale if the South Americans had triumphed.

Spain now face Germany in the semi-finals - and not since 1950, where they were part of a four-team final group, have they had such an opportunity to reach the final itself.

Both sides contrived to miss penalties before Villa came up trumps after Andres Iniesta had carved out an opening for Pedro, who hit the post with his new Barcelona team-mate producing the perfect follow-up.

Until then, Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino, who made no fewer than six changes from the side that scraped past Japan on penalties, had got his tactics just right.

Spain's coach Vicente del Bosque kept faith with the same starting line-up for the third game in a row but familiarity bred contempt for the first hour.

Paraguay could have gone ahead in the very first minute had they taken advantage of an excellent opening.

The Spanish defence was split open by Oscar Cardozo who found Jonathan Santana on the edge of the box but his shot was tame and Iker Casillas was not troubled.

Cristian Riveros headed over as Paraguay continued their refusal to be overawed while Xavi, dogged by Cristian Riveros snapping at his heels, had a poor first half. Those usually laser-guided missiles from his boot looked as though the control system had gone wonky.

Spain failed to bring a single save out of Justo Villar in the first 45 minutes - Xavi's spin and volley that dipped just too late their one highlight, while Fernando Torres looked woeful.

After Joan Capdevila's free-kick was blocked, a break by Paraguay saw a stunning cross by Claudio Morel that was just missed by Santana.

Villa, who had looked the liveliest of the off-colour Spaniards, dragged a chance wide before Paraguay were controversially denied the lead.

Nelson Valdez brought down the ball and finished expertly but was flagged offside - replays showed he was just on - and he put his next chance high and wide after turning Carles Puyol inside and out at pace.

After 10 minutes of the second half del Bosque had seen enough and he sent on Cesc Fabregas for Torres and suddenly a drab game exploded into life.

Paraguay were awarded a penalty after Gerard Pique hauled down Cardozo. The Benfica forward dusted himself down and stepped up but Casillas saved low to his left.

Almost immediately referee Carlos Batres from Guatemala awarded a spot-kick at the other end after Villa was felled by Antolin Alcaraz.

Xabi Alonso put it away only to be made to re-take it due to encroachment and this time Villar came up trumps - and he then got away with clipping Fabregas, who reached the loose ball first.

Iniesta, who had been much subdued, suddenly woke up and brought a terrific save out of Villar with a curling effort, then lofted another effort high over the bar.

Fabregas' hustling saw Xavi presented with a shooting chance and he hit it almost too well as it whistled past the post.

With seven minutes left Spain finally produced a goal worthy of their lofty reputation when Iniesta went on a fantastic run and set up Pedro whose shot hit the post, with Villa reacting instinctively to fire it in off the other upright. Now he has 43 goals for his country, only one behind Raul.

It was left to Casillas to rival Villa as Spain's hero with a double save in the dying seconds to keep out Lucas Barrios and Roque Santa Cruz.

PARAGUAY: Villar, Veron, Alcaraz, Da Silva, Morel Rodriguez, Victor Caceres (Barrios 84), Santana, Edgar Barreto (Vera 64), Riveros, Haedo Valdez (Santa Cruz 72), Cardozo.

SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol (Marchena 84), Capdevila, Busquets, Iniesta, Alonso (Pedro 75), Xavi, Villa, Torres (Fabregas 56).

Goal: Villa 82.

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QUARTER FINALS

BRAZIL 1 HOLLAND 2

HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Ooijer, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel, De Jong, Robben, Sneijder, Kuyt, van Persie (Huntelaar 85).

Goals: Felipe Melo 53 og, Sneijder 68.

BRAZIL: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos (Gilberto 62), Dani Alves, Felipe Melo, Silva, Kaka, Robinho, Luis Fabiano (Nilmar 77).

Goal: Robinho 10.

URUGUAY 1 GHANA 1

URUGUAY: Muslera, Maxi Pereira, Lugano (Scotti 38), Victorino, Fucile, Alvaro Fernandez (Lodeiro 46), Perez, Arevalo Rios, Cavani (Abreu 76), Suarez, Forlan.

Goal: Forlan 55.

GHANA:  Kingson, Pantsil, Vorsah, John Mensah, Sarpei, Annan, Inkoom (Appiah 73), Asamoah, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Muntari (Adiyah 88), Gyan.

Goals: Muntari 45

ARGENTINA 0 GERMANY 4

ARGENTINA: Romero, Otamendi (Pastore 70), Demichelis, Burdisso, Heinze, Maxi, Mascherano, Di Maria (Aguero 76), Messi, Higuain, Tevez.

GERMANY: Neuer, Lahm, Mertesacker, Boateng (Jansen 72),Friedrich, Schweinsteiger, Khedira (Kroos 78), Muller (Trochowski 83), Ozil, Podolski, Klose.

Goals: Muller 3, Klose 67, Friedrich 74, Klose 89.

PARAGUAY 0 SPAIN 1

PARAGUAY: Villar, Veron, Alcaraz, Da Silva, Morel Rodriguez, Victor Caceres (Barrios 84), Santana, Edgar Barreto (Vera 64), Riveros, Haedo Valdez (Santa Cruz 72), Cardozo.

SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol (Marchena 84), Capdevila, Busquets, Iniesta, Alonso (Pedro 75), Xavi, Villa, Torres (Fabregas 56).

Goal: Villa 82.

LAST 16 KNOCK-OUT

PARAGUAY 0 JAPAN 0

PARAGUAY: Villar, Bonet, Da Silva, Alcaraz, Morel Rodriguez,Vera, Ortigoza (Edgar Barreto 75), Riveros,Santa Cruz (Cardozo 94), Barrios, Benitez (Haedo Valdez 60).

JAPAN: Kawashima, Komano, Nakazawa, Tanaka, Nagatomo,Matsui (Okazaki 65), Abe (Kengo Nakamura 81), Endo, Hasebe,Honda, Okubo (Tamada 106).

Paraguay win 5-3 on penalties

SPAIN 1 PORTUGAL 0

SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila, Xavi,Busquets, Alonso (Marchena 90), Iniesta, Torres (Llorente 58),Villa (Pedro 88).

Goal: Villa 63.

PORTUGAL: Eduardo, Ricardo Costa, Carvalho, Bruno Alves,Fabio Coentrao, Tiago, Pepe (Mendes 72), Raul Meireles,Simao (Liedson 72), Hugo Almeida (Danny 58), Ronaldo.

GERMANY 4 ENGLAND 1

GERMANY: Neuer, Lahm, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Boateng, Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Muller (Trochowski 72), Ozil (Kiessling 83), Podolski, Klose (Gomez 72).

Goals: Klose 20, Podolski 32, Muller 67, 70.

ENGLAND: James, Johnson (Wright-Phillips 87), Terry, Upson, Ashley Cole, Milner (Joe Cole 63), Lampard, Barry, Gerrard, Defoe (Heskey 71), Rooney.

Goal: Upson 37. 

BRAZIL 3 CHILE 0

BRAZIL: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos, Dani Alves, Silva, Ramires, Kaka (Kleberson 81),Luis Fabiano (Nilmar 76), Robinho (Gilberto 85).

Goals: Juan 34, Luis Fabiano 38, Robinho 59.

CHILE: Bravo, Isla (Millar 62), Contreras (Tello 46), Jara, Fuentes, Vidal, Carmona, Beausejour, Sanchez, Suazo,Gonzalez (Valdivia 46).

HOLLAND 2 SLOVAKIA 1

HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen,Van Bronckhorst, Kuyt, Van Bommel, De Jong, Robben (Elia 71),Sneijder (Afellay 90), van Persie (Huntelaar 80).

Goals: Robben 18, Sneijder 84.

SLOVAKIA: Mucha, Pekarik, Skrtel, Durica,Zabavnik (Jakubko 87), Weiss, Kucka, Stoch, Hamsik (Sapara 87),Jendrisek (Kopunek 71), Vittek.

Goal: Vittek 90 pen.

URUGUAY 2 SOUTH KOREA 1

URUGUAY: Muslera, Maxi Pereira, Lugano, Godin (Victorino 46), Fucile, Arevalo Rios, Perez, Pereira (Lodeiro 74), Forlan, Cavani, Suarez (Alvaro Fernandez 84).

Goals: Suarez 8, 80.

SOUTH KOREA: Jung, Cha, Cho, Jung-Soo Lee, Young-Pyo Lee, Ki (Yeom 85), Jung-Woo Kim, Jae-Sung Kim (Dong-Gook Lee 60), Ji-Sung Park, Chung-Yong Lee, Chu-Young Park.

Goal: Chung-Yong Lee 68.

USA 1 GHANA 2

USA Howard, Cherundolo, DeMerit, Bocanegra, Bornstein, Dempsey, Bradley, Clark (Edu 30), Donovan, Altidore (Gomez 91), Findley (Feilhaber 46).

Goal: Donovan 62 pen.

GHANA: Kingson, Inkoom (Muntari 113), Pantsil, John Mensah, Jonathan Mensah, Sarpei (Addy 72), Annan, Kevin-Prince Boateng (Appiah 78), Asamoah, Gyan, Andre Ayew.

Goals: Kevin-Prince Boateng 5, Gyan 93.

ARGENTINA 3 MEXICO 0

ARGENTINA:Romero, Otamendi, Demichelis, Burdisso, Heinze,Maxi (Pastore 87), Mascherano, Di Maria (Gutierrez 79),Tevez (Veron 69), Messi, Higuain.

Goals: Tevez 25, Higuain 33, Tevez 52.

MEXICO: Perez, Osorio, Rodriguez, Marquez, Salcido, Juarez,Torrado, Guardado (Franco 61), Giovani, Hernandez,Bautista (Barrera 46).

Goal: Hernandez 71.

GROUP FIXTURES:-

GROUP A FIXTURES

Friday, 11 June 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 1 MEXICO 1

SOUTH AFRICA: Khune, Gaxa, Mokoena, Khumalo,Thwala (Masilela 45), Tshabalala, Dikgacoi, Letsholonyane,Modise, Pienaar (Parker 83), Mphela.
Goal: Tshabalala 55.
MEXICO: Perez, Aguilar (Guardado 56), Rodriguez, Osorio,Salcido, Torrado, Marquez, Juarez, Giovani,Franco (Hernandez 73), Vela (Blanco 69).
Goal: Marquez 79.

URUGUAY 0 FRANCE 0

URUGUAY: Muslera, Victorino, Lugano, Godin, Pereira,Maxi Pereira, Perez (Eguren 87), Arevalo Rios,Gonzalez (Lodeiro 63), Forlan, Suarez (Abreu 73).
FRANCE: Lloris, Sagna, Gallas, Abidal, Evra, Govou (Gignac 85),Gourcuff (Malouda 75), Toulalan, Diaby, Ribery,Anelka (Henry 71).

Wednesday, 16 June 2010
SOUTH AFRICA 0 URUGUAY 3

SOUTH AFRICA: Khune, Gaxa, Mokoena, Khumalo, Masilela, Tshabalala, Dikgacoi, Letsholonyane (Moriri 57), Modise, Pienaar (Josephs 79), Mphela.
URUGUAY: Muslera, Maxi Pereira, Lugano, Godin, Fucile (Alvaro Fernandez 71), Arevalo Rios, Perez (Gargano 90), Pereira, Suarez, Forlan, Cavani (Sebastian Fernandez 89).
Goals: Forlan 24, 80 pen, Pereira 90.

Thursday, 17 June 2010
FRANCE 0 MEXICO 2

FRANCE: Lloris, Sagna, Gallas, Abidal, Evra,Govou (Valbuena 69), Toulalan, Diaby, Malouda, Ribery,Anelka (Gignac 46).
MEXICO: Perez, Osorio, Moreno, Rodriguez, Salcido, Marquez,Giovani, Juarez (Hernandez 55), Torrado, Vela (Barrera 31),Franco (Blanco 62).
Goals: Hernandez 64, Blanco 79 pen.

Tuesday, 22 June 2010
FRANCE 1 SOUTH AFRICA 2

FRANCE: 1-Hugo Lloris; 2-Bacary Sagna, 5-William Gallas, 17-Sebastien Squillaci, 22-Gael Clichy; 18-Alou Diarra, 19-Abou Diaby, 8-Yoan Gourcuff, 7-Franck Ribery; 11-Andre-Pierre Gignac, 9-Djibril Cisse.
Goal: Malouda 70
SOUTH AFRICA: 1-Moeneeb Josephs; 5-Anele Ngcongoa, 20-Bongani Khumalo, 4-Aaron Mokoena, 3-Tsepo Masilela, 6-MacBeth Sibaya, 23-Thanduyise Khuboni, 10-Steven Pienaar, 8-Siphiwe Tshabalala, 9-Katlego Mphela, 17-Bernard Parker.
Goals: Khumalo 20 Mphela 37

MEXICO 0 URUGUAY 1

MEXICO: Perez, Osorio, Rodriguez, Moreno (Castro 57), Salcido, Torrado, Marquez, Guardado (Barrera 46), Giovani, Blanco (Hernandez 63), Franco.
URUGUAY: Muslera, Maxi Pereira, Lugano, Victorino, Fucile, Arevalo Rios, Perez, Pereira (Scotti 76), Forlan, Suarez (Alvaro Fernandez 85), Cavani.
Goal: Suarez 43.

GROUP B FIXTURES

Saturday, 12 June 2010
SOUTH KOREA 2 GREECE 0

SOUTH KOREA: Jung, Cha, Cho, Jung-Soo Lee, Young-Pyo Lee,Chung-Yong Lee (Jae-Sung Kim 90), Ki (Nam-Il Kim 74),Jung-Woo Kim, Ji-Sung Park, Chu-Young Park (Seung-Youl Lee 87),Yeom.
Goals: Jung-Soo Lee 7, Ji-Sung Park 52.
GREECE: Tzorvas, Torosidis, Papadopoulos, Vyntra, Seitaridis,Samaras (Salpingidis 59), Tziolis, Katsouranis,Karagounis (Patsatzoglou 46), Charisteas (Kapetanos 61), Gekas.

ARGENTINA 1 NIGERIA 0

ARGENTINA: Romero, Gutierrez, Demichelis, Samuel, Heinze,Veron (Maxi 74), Mascherano, Di Maria (Burdisso 85), Tevez,Messi, Higuain (Milito 79).
Goal: Heinze 6.
NIGERIA: Enyeama, Odiah, Yobo, Shittu, Taiwo (Uche 74), Kaita,Etuhu, Haruna, Obasi Ogbuke (Odemwingie 60), Yakubu,Obinna (Martins 52).

Thursday, 17 June 2010
ARGENTINA 4 SOUTH KOREA 1

ARGENTINA: Romero, Gutierrez, Demichelis, Samuel (Burdisso 23),Heinze, Maxi, Mascherano, Di Maria, Higuain (Bolatti 82),Messi, Tevez (Aguero 75).
Goals: Chu-Young Park 16 og, Higuain 33, 76, 80.
SOUTH KOREA: Jung, Oh, Cho, Jung-Soo Lee, Young-Pyo Lee,Chung-Yong Lee, Ki (Nam-Il Kim 46), Jung-Woo Kim, Yeom,Ji-Sung Park, Chu-Young Park (Dong-Gook Lee 81).
Goal: Chung-Yong Lee 45.

GREECE 2 NIGERIA 1

GREECE: Tzorvas, Kyrgiakos, Vyntra, Papadopoulos, Torosidis,Tziolis, Papastathopoulos (Samaras 36), Katsouranis,Karagounis, Gekas (Ninis 79), Salpingidis.
Goals: Salpingidis 44, Torosidis 71.
NIGERIA: Enyeama, Odiah, Yobo, Shittu, Taiwo (Echiejile 55),Kaita, Etuhu, Haruna, Uche, Yakubu,Odemwingie (Obasi Ogbuke 46), Echiejile (Afolabi 77).
Goal: Uche 16.

Tuesday, 22 June 2010
GREECE 0 ARGENTINA 2

GREECE: Tzorvas, Kyrgiakos, Vyntra, Papadopoulos, Torosidis (Patsatzoglou 55), Tziolis, Papastathopoulos, Moras, Karagounis (Spyropoulos 46), Katsouranis (Ninis 54), Samaras.
ARGENTINA: Romero, Burdisso, Demichelis, Otamendi, Rodriguez, Veron, Bolatti, Maxi (Di Maria 63), Aguero (Pastore 77), Messi, Milito (Palermo 80).
Goals: Demichelis 77, Palermo 89.

NIGERIA 2 SOUTH KOREA 2 

NIGERIA: Enyeama, Odiah, Yobo (Echiejile 46), Shittu, Afolabi, Yussuf, Etuhu, Obasi Ogbuke, Kanu (Martins 57), Uche, Yakubu (Obinna 70).
Goals: Uche 12, Yakubu 69 pen.
SOUTH KOREA: Jung, Cha, Cho, Jung-Soo Lee, Young-Pyo Lee, Chung-Yong Lee, Ki (Jae-Sung Kim 86), Jung-Woo Kim, Ji-Sung Park, Yeom (Nam-Il Kim 63), Chu-Young Park (Dong-Jin Kim 90).
Goals: Jung-Soo Lee 38, Chu-Young Park 49.

GROUP C FIXTURES

Saturday, 12 June 2010
ENGLAND 1 USA 1

ENGLAND: Green, Johnson, Terry, King (Carragher 46),Ashley Cole, Lennon, Lampard, Gerrard,Milner (Wright-Phillips 30), Heskey (Crouch 79), Rooney.
Goal: Gerrard 4.
USA: Howard, Cherundolo, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra, Dempsey,Bradley, Clark, Donovan, Findley (Buddle 77),Altidore (Holden 86).
Goal: Dempsey 40.

Sunday, 13 June 2010
ALGERIA 0 SLOVENIA 1

ALGERIA: Chaouchi, Bougherra, Yahia, Halliche, Belhadj,Kadir (Guedioura 82), Lacen, Ziani, Yebda,Djebbour (Ghezzal 58), Matmour (Saifi 80).
SLOVENIA: Samir Handanovic, Brecko, Suler, Cesar, Jokic, Kirm,Koren, Radosavljevic (Komac 87), Birsa (Pecnik 84), Novakovic,Dedic (Ljubijankic 52).
Goal: Koren 79.

Friday, 18 June 2010
SLOVENIA 2 USA 2

SLOVENIA: Samir Handanovic, Brecko, Suler, Cesar, Jokic,Birsa (Dedic 87), Koren, Radosavljevic, Kirm,Ljubijankic (Pecnik 73), Novakovic, Pecnik (Komac 90).
Goals: Birsa 13, Ljubijankic 42.
USA: Howard, Cherundolo, DeMerit, Onyewu (Gomez 80), Bocanegra,Donovan, Torres (Edu 46), Bradley, Dempsey, Altidore,Findley (Feilhaber 46).
Goals: Donovan 48, Bradley 82.

ENGLAND 0 ALGERIA 0

ENGLAND: James, Johnson, Carragher, Terry, Ashley Cole,Lennon (Wright-Phillips 63), Barry (Crouch 84), Lampard,Gerrard, Rooney, Heskey (Defoe 74).
ALGERIA: M'Bohli, Bougherra, Belhadj, Yahia, Kadir,Yebda (Mesbah 88), Lacen, Halliche, Boudebouz (Abdoun 73),Ziani (Guedioura 80), Matmour.

Wednesday, 23 June 2010
SLOVENIA 0 ENGLAND 1

SLOVENIA: Samir Handanovic, Brecko, Suler, Cesar, Jokic, Birsa, Koren, Radosavljevic, Kirm (Matavz 79), Ljubijankic (Dedic 62), Novakovic.
ENGLAND: James, Johnson, Upson, Terry, Ashley Cole, Gerrard, Lampard, Barry, Milner, Rooney (Joe Cole 72), Defoe (Heskey 86).
Goal: Defoe 22.

USA 1 ALGERIA 0

USA: Howard, Bornstein (Beasley 81), DeMerit, Bocanegra, Cherundolo, Dempsey, Edu (Buddle 64), Bradley, Donovan, Gomez (Feilhaber 46), Altidore.
Goal: Donovan 90.
ALGERIA: M'Bohli, Bougherra, Halliche, Yahia, Kadir, Yebda, Lacen, Belhadj, Matmour (Saifi 86), Ziani (Guedioura 69), Djebbour (Ghezzal 67).

GROUP D FIXTURES

Sunday, 13 June 2010
SERBIA 0 GHANA 1

SERBIA: Stojkovic, Ivanovic, Lukovic, Vidic, Kolarov, Krasic, Milijas (Kuzmanovic 62), Stankovic, Jovanovic (Subotic 76), Pantelic, Zigic (Lazovic 69).
GHANA: Kingson, Pantsil, Vorsah, John Mensah, Sarpei, Tagoe, Annan, Kevin-Prince Boateng (Addy 90), Andre Ayew, Asamoah (Appiah 73), Gyan (Owusu-Abeyie 90).
Goal: Gyan 84 pen.

GERMANY 4 AUSTRALIA 0

GERMANY: Neuer, Lahm, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Badstuber,Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Muller, Ozil (Gomez 73),Podolski (Marin 81), Klose (Cacau 69).
Goals: Podolski 8, Klose 27, Muller 68, Cacau 70.
AUSTRALIA: Schwarzer, Wilkshire, Moore, Neill, Chipperfield,Valeri, Grella (Holman 46), Emerton (Jedinak 74), Culina,Garcia (Rukavytsya 64), Cahill.

Friday, 18 June 2010
GERMANY 0 SERBIA 1

GERMANY: Neuer, Lahm, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Badstuber (Gomez 77), Schweinsteiger, Khedira, Muller (Marin 70), Ozil (Cacau 70), Podolski, Klose.
SERBIA: Stojkovic, Ivanovic, Subotic, Vidic, Kolarov, Krasic, Ninkovic (Kacar 69), Kuzmanovic (Petrovic 75), Stankovic, Jovanovic (Lazovic 79), Zigic.
Goal: Jovanovic 38.

Saturday, 19 June 2010
GHANA 1 AUSTRALIA 1

GHANA: Kingson, Pantsil, Jonathan Mensah, Addy, Sarpei,Tagoe (Owusu-Abeyie 56), Annan, Asamoah (Muntari 77),Kevin-Prince Boateng (Amoah 88), Andre Ayew, Gyan.
Goal: Gyan 25 pen.
AUSTRALIA: Schwarzer, Wilkshire (Rukavytsya 85), Neill, Moore,Carney, Culina, Valeri, Emerton, Holman (Kennedy 68),Bresciano (Chipperfield 66), Kewell.
Goal: Holman 11.

Wednesday, 23 June 2010
AUSTRALIA 2 SERBIA 1

AUSTRALIA: Schwarzer, Wilkshire (Garcia 82), Beauchamp, Neill, Carney, Culina, Valeri (Holman 65), Emerton, Cahill, Bresciano (Chipperfield 66), Kennedy.
Goals: Cahill 69, Holman 73.
SERBIA: Stojkovic, Ivanovic, Vidic, Lukovic, Obradovic, Stankovic, Kuzmanovic (Lazovic 77), Ninkovic, Krasic (Tosic 62), Jovanovic, Zigic (Pantelic 67).
Goal: Pantelic 84.

GHANA 0 GERMANY 1

GHANA: Kingson, Pantsil, John Mensah, Jonathan Mensah, Sarpei, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Annan, Asamoah, Tagoe (Muntari 64), Gyan (Amoah 81), Andre Ayew (Adiyah 90).
GERMANY: Neuer, Boateng (Jansen 72), Friedrich, Mertesacker, Lahm, Khedira, Schweinsteiger (Kroos 81), Muller (Trochowski 68), Ozil, Podolski, Cacau.
Goal: Ozil 60.

GROUP E FIXTURES

Monday, 14 June 2010
HOLLAND 2 DENMARK 0

HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen,Van Bronckhorst, Kuyt, Van Bommel, De Jong (De Zeeuw 88),Van der Vaart (Elia 67), Sneijder, van Persie (Afellay 77).
Goals: Agger 46 og, Kuyt 85.
DENMARK: Sorensen, Jacobsen, Agger, Kjaer, Simon Poulsen,Enevoldsen (Gronkjaer 56), Christian Poulsen,Kahlenberg (Eriksen 72), Jorgensen, Rommedahl,Bendtner (Beckmann 62).

JAPAN 1 CAMEROON 0

JAPAN: Kawashima, Nagatomo, Nakazawa, Tanaka, Komano,Matsui (Okazaki 68), Honda, Abe, Hasebe (Inamoto 88), Endo,Okubo (Yano 81).
Goal: Honda 38.
CAMEROON: Hamidou, M'bia Etoundi, N'Koulou, Bassong,Assou-Ekotto, Matip (Emana 63), Makoun (Njitap 75), Enoh,Eto'o, Webo, Choupo-Moting (Idrissou 75).

Saturday, 19 June 2010
HOLLAND 1 JAPAN 0

HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen,Van Bronckhorst, Kuyt, Van Bommel, De Jong,Van der Vaart (Elia 72), Sneijder (Afellay 82),van Persie (Huntelaar 87).
Goal: Sneijder 53.
JAPAN: Kawashima, Nagatomo, Nakazawa, Tanaka, Komano,Hasebe (Okazaki 77), Matsui (Shunsuke Nakamura 64), Abe, Endo,Okubo (Tamada 77), Honda.

CAMEROON 1 DENMARK 2

CAMEROON: Hamidou, M'bia Etoundi, N'Koulou,Bassong (Idrissou 72), Assou-Ekotto, Alex Song, Njitap,Enoh (Makoun 46), Emana, Webo (Aboubakar 79), Eto'o.
Goal: Eto'o 10.
DENMARK: Sorensen, Jacobsen, Kjaer, Agger, Simon Poulsen,Gronkjaer (Kahlenberg 66), Christian Poulsen,Jorgensen (Jensen 46), Rommedahl, Bendtner,Tomasson (Jakob Poulsen 86).
Goals: Bendtner 33, Rommedahl 61.

Thursday, 24 June 2010
CAMEROON 1 HOLLAND 2

CAMEROON:Hamidou, Njitap, M'bia Etoundi, N'Koulou (Rigobert Song 73), Assou-Ekotto, Makoun, Chedjou, N'Guemo, Bong (Aboubakar 56), Eto'o, Choupo-Moting (Idrissou 72).
Goal: Eto'o 65 pen.
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Boulahrouz, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst, Kuyt (Elia 67), Van Bommel, De Jong, Van der Vaart (Robben 73), Sneijder, van Persie (Huntelaar 58).
Goals: van Persie 36, Huntelaar 83.

DENMARK 1 JAPAN 3

DENMARK: Sorensen, Jacobsen, Agger, Kroldrup (Larsen 56), Simon Poulsen, Jorgensen (Jakob Poulsen 34), Christian Poulsen, Kahlenberg (Eriksen 63), Tomasson, Rommedahl, Bendtner.
Goal: Tomasson 81.
JAPAN: Kawashima, Komano, Nakazawa, Tanaka, Nagatomo, Hasebe, Matsui (Okazaki 76), Abe, Endo (Inamoto 90), Okubo (Konno 89), Honda.
Goals: Honda 17, Endo 30, Okazaki 87.

GROUP F FIXTURES

Monday, 14 June 2010
ITALY 1 PARAGUAY 1

ITALY: Buffon (Marchetti 46), Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini,Criscito, De Rossi, Marchisio (Camoranesi 59), Montolivo, Pepe,Gilardino (Di Natale 72), Iaquinta.
Goal: De Rossi 63.
PARAGUAY: Villar, Bonet, Alcaraz, Da Silva, Morel Rodriguez,Vera, Victor Caceres, Riveros, Torres (Santana 60),Haedo Valdez (Santa Cruz 68), Barrios (Cardozo 76).
Goal: Alcaraz 39.

Tuesday, 15 June 2010
NEW ZEALAND 1 SOLVAKIA 1

NEW ZEALAND: Paston, Reid, Nelsen, Vicelich (Christie 78),Smith, Bertos, Elliott, Lochhead, Fallon, Smeltz,Killen (Wood 72).
Goal: Reid 90.
SLOVAKIA: Mucha, Zabavnik, Durica, Skrtel, Cech, Strba, Weiss,Sestak (Holosko 81), Hamsik (Kucka 90), Vittek (Stoch 84),Jendrisek.
Goal: Vittek 50.

Sunday, 20 June 2010
SLOVALIA 0 PARAGUAY 2

SLOVAKIA: Mucha, Pekarik, Skrtel, Salata (Stoch 83), Durica, Sestak (Holosko 70), Strba, Hamsik, Weiss, Kozak, Vittek.
PARAGUAY: Villar, Bonet, Da Silva, Alcaraz, Morel Rodriguez,Vera (Edgar Barreto 87), Victor Caceres, Riveros, Santa Cruz,Haedo Valdez (Torres 68), Barrios (Cardozo 82).
Goals: Vera 27, Riveros 86.

ITALY 1 NEW ZEALAND 1

ITALY: Marchetti, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Criscito, Pepe (Camoranesi 46), De Rossi, Montolivo,Marchisio (Pazzini 61), Iaquinta, Gilardino (Di Natale 46).
Goal: Iaquinta 29 pen.
NEW ZEALAND: Paston, Reid, Nelsen, Vicelich (Christie 80),Smith, Fallon (Wood 62), Bertos, Elliott, Lochhead,Killen (Barron 90), Smeltz.
Goal: Smeltz 7.

Thursday, 24 June 2010
PARAGUAY 0 NEW ZEALAND 0

PARAGUAY: Villar, Morel Rodriguez, Da Silva, Julio Caceres,Caniza, Vera, Victor Caceres, Riveros,Haedo Valdez (Benitez 66), Santa Cruz, Cardozo (Barrios 66).
NEW ZEALAND: Paston, Smith, Nelsen, Reid, Lochhead, Vicelich,Elliott, Bertos, Smeltz, Fallon (Wood 69), Killen (Brockie 79).

SLOVAKIA 3 ITALY 2

SLOVAKIA: Mucha, Pekarik, Skrtel, Durica, Zabavnik, Hamsik,Strba (Kopunek 86), Kucka, Stoch, Vittek (Sestak 90),Jendrisek (Petras 90).
Goals: Vittek 25, 73, Kopunek 89.
ITALY: Marchetti, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini,Criscito (Maggio 46), Gattuso (Quagliarella 46), De Rossi,Montolivo (Pirlo 56), Pepe, Iaquinta, Di Natale.
Goals: Di Natale 81, Quagliarella 90.

GROUP G FIXTURES

Tuesday, 15 June 2010
IVORY COAST 0 PORTUGAL 0

IVORY COAST: Barry, Demel, Toure, Zokora, Tiene,Eboue (Romaric 88), Toure Yaya, Tiote, Gervinho (Keita 82),Dindane, Kalou (Drogba 65).
PORTUGAL:  Eduardo, Ferreira, Bruno Alves, Carvalho, Fabio Coentrao, Deco (Tiago 62), Mendes,Raul Meireles (Ruben Amorim 85), Ronaldo, Liedson,Danny (Simao 55).

BRAZIL 2 NORTH KOREA 1

BRAZIL: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos,Felipe Melo (Ramires 84), Silva, Elano (Dani Alves 73),Kaka (Nilmar 78), Robinho, Luis Fabiano.
Goals: Maicon 55, Elano 72.
NORTH KOREA: Myong-Guk Ri, Cha, Chol-Jin Pak, Nam-Chol Pak,Kwang-Chon Ri, Mun (Kum-il Kim 80), Jun-Il Ri, Ji, Hong, Ahn,Jong.
Goal: Ji 89.

Sunday, 20 June 2010
BRAZIL 3 IVORY COAST 1

BRAZIL: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos,Elano (Dani Alves 67), Silva, Felipe Melo, Kaka, Luis Fabiano,Robinho (Ramires 90).
Goals: Luis Fabiano 25, 50, Elano 62.
IVORY COAST: Barry, Demel, Toure, Zokora, Tiene, Dindane (Gervinho 54), Eboue (Romaric 72), Toure Yaya, Tiote, Kalou (Keita 68), Drogba.
Goal: Drogba 79.

Monday, 21 June 2010
PORTUGAL 7 NORTH KOREA 0

PORTUGAL: Eduardo, Miguel, Carvalho, Bruno Alves, Fabio Coentrao, Tiago, Mendes, Raul Meireles (Veloso 70), Ronaldo, Hugo Almeida (Liedson 77), Simao (Duda 74).
Goals: Raul Meireles 29, Simao 53, Hugo Almeida 56, Tiago 60, Liedson 81, Ronaldo 87, Tiago 89.
NORTH KOREA: Myong-Guk Ri, Cha (Nam 75), Chol-Jin Pak, Jun-Il Ri,Ji, Kwang-Chon Ri, Ahn, Mun (Yong-Jun Kim 58), Nam-Chol Pak (Kum-il Kim 58), Hong, Jong.

Friday, 25 June 2010
NORTH KOREA 0 IVORY COAST 3

NORTH KOREA: Myong-Guk Ri, Cha, Chol-Jin Pak, Jun-Il Ri, Ji, Kwang-Chon Ri, Hong, Ahn, Nam-Chol Pak, Mun (Choe 67), Jong.
IVORY COAST: Barry, Eboue, Toure, Zokora, Boka, Romaric (Doumbia 79), Toure Yaya, Tiote, Keita (Dindane 64), Drogba, Gervinho (Kalou 64).
Goals: Toure Yaya 14, Romaric 20, Kalou 82.

PORTUGAL 0 BRAZIL 0

PORTUGAL: Eduardo, Ricardo Costa, Carvalho, Bruno Alves, Duda (Simao 54), Tiago, Pepe (Mendes 64), Raul Meireles (Veloso 84), Danny, Ronaldo, Fabio Coentrao.
BRAZIL: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos, Dani Alves, Silva, Felipe Melo (Josue 44), Nilmar, Julio Baptista (Ramires 82), Luis Fabiano (Grafite 85).

GROUP H FIXTURES

Wednesday, 16 June 2010
HONDURAS 0 CHILE 1

HONDURAS: Valladares, Mendoza, Chavez, Figueroa, Izaguirre,Wilson Palacios, Guevara (Thomas 65), Alvarez,Nunez (Martinez 78), Espinoza, Pavon (Welcome 60).
CHILE: Bravo, Isla, Medel, Ponce, Vidal (Contreras 81),Millar (Jara 52), Carmona, Fernandez, Sanchez,Valdivia (Gonzalez 87), Beausejour.
Goal: Beausejour 34.

SPAIN 0 SWITZERLAND 1

SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Pique, Capdevila,Busquets (Torres 61), Silva (Jesus Navas 61), Alonso, Xavi,Iniesta (Pedro 77), Villa.
SWITZERLAND: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Senderos (Von Bergen 35),Grichting, Ziegler, Barnetta (Eggiman 90), Inler, Huggel,Fernandes, Derdiyok (Yakin 79), Nkufo.
Goal: Fernandes 52.

Monday, 21 June 2010
CHILE 1 SWITZERLAND 0

CHILE: Bravo, Isla, Medel, Ponce, Jara, Vidal (Gonzalez 46), Carmona, Fernandez (Paredes 64), Sanchez, Beausejour,Suazo (Valdivia 46).
Goal: Gonzalez 75.
SWITZERLAND: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Von Bergen, Grichting, Ziegler, Behrami, Inler, Huggel, Fernandes (Bunjaku 77),Frei (Barnetta 42), Nkufo (Derdiyok 68).

SPAIN 2 HONDURAS 0

SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos (Arbeloa 76), Puyol, Pique, Capdevila, Jesus Navas, Busquets, Alonso, Xavi (Fabregas 65),Torres (Mata 70), Villa.
Goals: Villa 17, 51.
HONDURAS: Valladares, Mendoza, Chavez, Figueroa, Izaguirre, Wilson Palacios, Guevara, Turcios (Nunez 63), Martinez,Espinoza (Welcome 45), Suazo (Jerry Palacios 84).

Friday, 25 June 2010
CHILE 1 SPAIN 2

CHILE: Bravo, Isla, Medel, Ponce, Jara, Vidal, Estrada, Gonzalez (Paredes 46), Sanchez (Orellana 65), Valdivia (Millar 46), Beausejour.
Goal: Millar 47.
SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso (Javi Martinez 73), Iniesta, Torres (Fabregas 55), Villa.
Goals: Villa 24, Iniesta 37.

SWITZERLAND 0 HONDURAS 0

SWITZERLAND: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Von Bergen, Grichting, Ziegler, Barnetta, Huggel (Shaqiri 78), Inler, Fernandes (Yakin 46), Derdiyok, Nkufo (Frei 69).
Honduras Valladares, Sabillon, Chavez, Bernardez, Figueroa, Alvarez, Wilson Palacios, Thomas, Nunez (Martinez 67), Jerry Palacios (Welcome 79), Suazo (Turcios 87).