Brett HOLMAN (73')
Marko PANTELIC (84')
Marko Pantelic of Serbia scores his side's first goal past Mark Schwarzer of Australia during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group D match between Australia and Serbia at Mbombela Stadium on June 23, 2010 in Nelspruit, South Africa.('June 22, 2010 16:00'- Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images Europe)
Tim Cahill of Australia celebrates scoring the opening goal during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group D match between Australia and Serbia at Mbombela Stadium on June 23, 2010 in Nelspruit, South Africa.('June 22, 2010 16:00'- Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Europe)
Brett Holman of Australia celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group D match between Australia and Serbia at Mbombela Stadium on June 23, 2010 in Nelspruit, South Africa.('June 22, 2010 16:00'- Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Europe)
SUMMARY:
As with some of the previous World Cup 2010 football matches, there were no goals committed during the first half of the game. Instead, there were several missed opportunities for both teams. In the 23rd minute, Serbia missed an excellent chance to score. Ivanovic saw his close range volleyed brilliantly blocked by the left arm of Shwarzer. In contrast, in the 32nd minute, it was Australia’s best moment in attack. After a quick move downfield, Bresciano saw his cross from the left headed well wide by Cahill under heavy pressure from two defenders.
Moving over to the second half of the game, the first goal was scored by Australia through Cahill. The Socceroo talisman powered a great header into the corner of the net after a perfect cross from the right. Not long after that successful goal, Australia once again scored in the 73rd minute through Holman moving the score to 2-0 against Serbia. Substitute Holman scored a stunning strike with a long-range effort. Collecting the ball nearer the half-way, Holman turned and advanced before unleashing a great low shot into the right corner of Stojkovic from Serbia.
Just before the match ended, in the 84th minute, it was Serbia’s time to score a goal through Pantelic. Tosic fired in a shot that was spilled by Schwarzer and Pantelic easily stabbed in the rebound. With that goal, the score now moved to 2-1. However, the game finished in the 94th minute with no additional goals from Serbia.
Congratulations to Australia for winning this World Cup 2010 football match against Serbia. The result sees Australia finished Group D third behind Ghana on goal difference while Serbia finished fourth.FINAL STANDINGS:
| Group D | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | ||
 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
| Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 | |
| Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 | |
LINE UP:
Australia: 1-Mark Schwarzer; 2-Lucas Neill, 6-Michael Beauchamp, 4-Tim Cahill, 9-Josh Kennedy, 8-Luke Wilkshire (19-Richard Garcia 82), 23-Mark Bresciano (11-Scott Chipperfield 66), 5-Jason Culina, 16-Carl Valeri (14-Brett Holman 66), 7-Brett Emerton, 21-David Carney.
Serbia: 1-Vladimir Stojkovic; 6-Branislav Ivanovic, 5-Nemanja Vidic, 13-Aleksandar Lukovic, 17-Milos Krasic (7-Zoran Tosic 62), 10-Dejan Stankovic, 16-Ivan Obradovic, 22-Zdravko Kuzmanovic (8-Danko Lazovic 77), 18-Milos Ninkovic, 14-Milan Jovanovic, 15-Nikola Zigic (9-Marko Pantelic 67)
