World Cup 2010: Greece vs Argentina

Greece (0:2) Argentina

Martin DEMICHELIS (77')
Martin PALERMO (89')
Polokwane - Peter Mokaba Stadium

Martin Palermo of Argentina (C) celebrates scoring the second goal with team mates Lionel Messi and Clemente Rodriguez during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group B match between Greece and Argentina at Peter Mokaba Stadium on June 22, 2010 in Polokwane, South Africa.

('June 21, 2010 16:00' - Photo by Phil Cole/Getty Images Europe)

Lionel Messi of Argentina in action during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group B match between Greece and Argentina at Peter Mokaba Stadium on June 22, 2010 in Polokwane, South Africa.('June 21, 2010 16:00' - Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images Europe)

Goalscorers Martin Palermo and Martin Demichelis (C) of Argentina celebrate victory following the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group B match between Greece and Argentina at Peter Mokaba Stadium on June 22, 2010 in Polokwane, South Africa.
('June 21, 2010 16:00'- Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images Europe)

Martin Demichelis of Argentina celebrates scoring the opening goal during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group B match between Greece and Argentina at Peter Mokaba Stadium on June 22, 2010 in Polokwane, South Africa.
('June 21, 2010 16:00' - Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images Europe)

REPORT:
Just like with the previous World Cup 2010 football matches, the first score was not accomplished during the first half of the game. It was a late goal for Argentina during the 77th minute through Demichelis. Demichelis smashed a left foot shot into the roof of the net from close range after his initial header had rebounded back off Milito from Argentina.

Not long after that successful goal, another goal was scored by Argentina, this time through Palermo in the 89th minute. Messi was again denied by the goalkeeper after a dazzling solo run. But this time, his substitute Palermo was on hand to pick up the scraps and side-foot coolly into the far corner of the net.

The game finished in the 92nd minute with no successful goals coming from Greece. Congratulations to Argentina for winning this World Cup 2010 football match against Greece.

STANDINGS:

Group B			MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
	Argentina		3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9
	South Korea		3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
	Greece		3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3
	Nigeria		3	0	1	2	3	5	-2	1

LINE UP:
Greece: 12-Alexandros Tzorvas; 11-Loukas Vyntra, 5-Vangelis Moras, 16-Sotiris Kyrgiakos, 15-Vassilis Torosidis (3-Christos Patsatzoglou 54'), 6-Alexandros Tziolis, 8-Avraam Papadopoulos, 19-Socratis Papastathopoulos 7-Giorgos Samaras, 10-Giorgos Karagounis (4-Nikos Spyropoulos 45'), 21-Kostas Katsouranis (18-Sotiris Ninis 54').

Argentina: 22-Sergio Romero; 2-Martin Demichelis, 3-Clemente Rodriguez, 4-Nicolas Burdisso, 5-Mario Bolatti, 8-Juan Sebastian Veron, 20-Maxi Rodriguez (7-Angel Di Maria 62'), 15-Nicolas Otamendi, 10-Lionel Messi, 16-Sergio Aguero (23-Javier Pastore 76'), 19-Diego Milito (18-Martin Palermo 79').

World Cup 2010: France vs South Africa

France 1:2 South Africa

Bongani KHUMALO (20')
Katlego MPHELA (37')
Florent MALOUDA (70')

Mangaung/Bloemfontein - Free State Stadium

Florent Malouda of France helps up team mate Franck Ribery during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group A match between France and Mexico at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on June 17, 2010 in Polokwane, South Africa.
('June 16, 2010 16:00'' -Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Europe)

Katlego Mphela of South Africa clashes with Gael Clichy of France during the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Group A match between France and South Africa at the Free State Stadium on June 22, 2010 in Mangaung/Bloemfontein, South Africa.
('June 21, 2010 16:00'' - Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Europe)

Bongani KHUMALO

France Squad World Cup 2010

South Africa Squad World Cup 2010

Group A			MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
	Uruguay		3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
	Mexico		3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
	South Africa		3	1	1	1	3	5	-2	4
	France		3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

Afsel: 1-Moeneeb Josephs, 20-Bongani Khumalo, 4-Aaron Mokoena, 3-Tsepo Masilela, 5-Anele Ngcongca (2-Siboniso Gaxa 55'), 23-Thanduyise Khuboni, 6-MacBeth Sibaya, 8-Siphiwe Tshabalala, 10-Steven Pienaar, 9-Katlego Mphela, 17-Bernard Parker (18-Siyabongan Nomvethe 68')

Prancis: 1-Hugo Lloris, 17-Sebastian Squillaci, 5-William Gallas, 22-Gael Clichy, 2-Bacary Sagna, 19-Abou Diaby, 18-Alou Diarra (10-Sidney Govou 82'), 9-Djibril Cisse (12-Thierry Henry 52'), 8-Yoann Gourcuff, 7-Frank Ribery, 11-Andre-Pierre Gignac (15-Florent Malouda 45')

World Cup 2010: Mexico vs Uruguay

Mexico 0 :1 Uruguay

Luis SUAREZ (43')

Rustenburg - Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Uruguay's Luis Suarez celebrates. Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/EPA

Mexico Squad World Cup 2010

Uruguay Squad World Cup 2010

Uruguay's Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring a goal againts Mexico

Uruguay's players train in Rustenburg ahead of their final Group A match against Mexico. Photograph: Fernando Vergara/AP

Going back to the recap of Mexico vs. Uruguay, Uruguay committed its first and only goal in this match in the 43rd minute just before the end of the first half through Suarez.

Forlan broke through the midfield and sent Cavani down the right flank. The Uruguay’s No7′s brilliant first-time cross was powerfully headed home by Suarez.

The action continued in the second half of the game with Uruguay still on top of it. However, nobody made another successful goal from both Mexico and Uruguay until the final whistle was heard in the 93rd minute to mark the end of the match. Congratulations to Uruguay for winning this World Cup 2010 football match against Mexico.

Group A			MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
	Uruguay		3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
	Mexico		3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
	South Africa		3	1	1	1	3	5	-2	4
	France		3	0	1	2	1	4	-3	1

Mexico: 1-Oscar Perez; 5-Ricardo Osorio, 15-Hector Moreno (8-Israel Castro 57'), 2-Francisco Rodriguez, 3-Carlos Salcido, 18-Andres Guardado (7-Pablo Barrera 45'), 4-Rafael Marquez, 6-Gerardo Torrado, 17-Giovani Dos Santos, 9-Guillermo Franco, 10-Cuauhtemoc Blanco (14-Javi Hernandez 63')

Uruguay: 1-Fernando Muslera; 2-Diego Lugano, 6-Mauricio Victorino, 4-Jorge Fucile, 16-Maximiliano Pereira, 15-Diego Perez, 17-Egidio Arevalo, 7-Edinson Cavani, 11-Alvaro Pereira (19-Andres Scotti 77'), 9-Luis Suarez (20-Alvaro Fernandez 85'), 10-Diego Forlan.

World Cup 2010 : Italy vs New Zealand

Italy 1 : 1 New Zealand

Vincenzo IAQUINTA (29' PEN)
Shane SMELTZ (7')

Nelspruit - Mbombela Stadium

Shane SMELTZ

Vincenzo IAQUINTA

Daniele De Rossi
Man of The Match

Champions Italy held by New Zealand‏

Defending champions Italy were held to a 1-1 draw in their World Cup Group F clash at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit by New Zealand, a team ranked 78th in the world.

Shane Smeltz’s close range effort gave New Zealand the lead as early as in the seventh minute and that was all they were looking for as they defended superbly from there on in. Italy did manage to equalise in the 29th minute with a Vincenzo Iaquinta penalty but could not get the winner despite having 17 shots (to New Zealand’s 3) and all of the 15 corners in the game.

It would be fair to say that Italy have not been playing like champs; nevertheless it was an outstanding effort from the Kiwis who have certainly left the Italians in more than just a bit of bother. Though the Azzuri can still make it through this group, they are now highly unlikely to top it after having drawn two games out of two. This means that they would have to face Group E winners (most likely the impressive Dutch) in the pre-quarters.

It would be suffice to say that things are definitely looking bleak for Italy as their title defense hangs right in the balance.



Standings:

Group F			MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
	Paraguay		2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
	Italy		2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
	New Zealand		2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
	Slovakia		2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1

Player Line Up:

Italy: 12-Federico Marchetti, 4-Giorgio Chiellini, 5-Fabio Cannavaro, 3-Domenico Criscito, 19-Gianluca Zambrotta, 22-Riccardo Montolivo, 6-Daniele De Rossi, 15-Claudio Marchisio (20-Giampaolo Pazzini 61'), 7-Simone Pepe (16-Mauro Camoranesi 46'), 11-Alberto Gilardino (10-Antonio Di Natale 46'), 9-Vincenzo Iaquinta

New Zealand: 1-Mark Paston; 6-Ryan Nelsen, 19-Tommy Smith, 4-Winston Reid, 5-Ivan Vicelich (21-Jeremy Christie 80'), 7-Simon Elliott, 3-Tony Lochhead, 11-Leo Bertos, 14-Rory Fallon (20-Rory Fallon 60') , 9-Shane Smeltz, 10-Chris Killen (13-Andy Barron 90')

Match Stats:

Italy (ITA)	Statistics	New Zealand (NZL)
23	Shots	3
7	Shots on goal	1
11	Fouls Committed	25
15	Corner kicks	0
0	Direct Free Kicks to Goal	0
0	Indirect Free Kicks to Goal	0
1 / 1	Penalty Kicks	0 / 0
1	Offsides	1
0	Own goals	0
0	Cautions	3
0	Expulsions due to Second Caution	0
0	Direct Expulsions	0
57%	Possession (%)	43%
42	Actual playing time	32

Man of the Match: 6, Daniele DE ROSSI (Italy)

Match Officials Referee
Carlos BATRES (GUA)
Assistant Referee 1
Leonel LEAL (CRC)
Fourth Official
Koman COULIBALY (MLI)
Assistant Referee 2 Carlos PASTRANA (HON)
Match Commissioner
Julio ROCHA LÓPEZ (NCA)
Fifth Official
Redouane ACHIK (MAR)

World Cup 2010 : Cameroon vs Denmark

Cameroon 1 : 2 Denmark

Samuel ETOO (10')
Nicklas BENDTNER (33')
Dennis ROMMEDAHL (61')
Tshwane/Pretoria - Loftus Versfeld Stadium

Daniel AGGER
Man of The Match

Samuel ETOO

Dennis ROMMEDAHL

Nicklas BENDTNER

Cameroon Squad at World Cup 2010

Denmark Squad at World Cup 2010

Standing:

Group E			MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
	Netherlands		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
	Japan		2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
	Denmark		2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	3
	Cameroon		2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0

Player Line Up:
Cameroon: 16-Soleymanou Hamidou, 5-Sebastien Bassong (17-Mohamadou Idrissou 72'), 3-Nicolas N'Koulou, 2-Benoit Assou-Ekotto, 19-Stephane M'Bia, 6-Alex Song, 18-Eyong Enoh (11-Jean Makoun 46'), 8-Geremi, 10-Achille Emana, 15-Pierre Webo (23-Vincent Aboubakar 78'), 9-Samuel Eto'o

Denmark: 1-Thomas Sorensen; 4-Daniel Agger, 3-Simon Kjaer, 15-Simon Poulsen, 6-Lars Jacobsen, 10-Martin Jorgensen (7-Daniel Jensen 46'), 2-Christian Poulsen, 8-Jesper Gronkjaer (12-Thomas Kahlenberg 66'), 19-Dennis Rommedahl, 9-Jon Dahl Tomasson, 11-Nicklas Bendtner


Statistics:

Cameroon (CMR)	Statistics	Denmark (DEN)
23	Shots	13
8	Shots on goal	6
9	Fouls Committed	12
7	Corner kicks	2
0	Direct Free Kicks to Goal	0
0	Indirect Free Kicks to Goal	0
0 / 0	Penalty Kicks	0 / 0
1	Offsides	1
0	Own goals	0
2	Cautions	2
0	Expulsions due to Second Caution	0
0	Direct Expulsions	0
54%	Possession (%)	46%
36	Actual playing time	31

Budweiser Man of the Match: 4, Daniel AGGER (Denmark)

World Cup 2010 : Ghana vs Australia

Ghana 1 : 1 Australia

Brett HOLMAN (11')
Asamoah GYAN (25' PEN)
Rustenburg - Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Brett Holman and Luke Wilkshire Celebrate the Goal

Ghana Dance Celebration at World Cup 2010

Asamoah Gyan
Man of The Match

australia squad world cup 2010

ghana squad world cup 2010

Statistics:

Ghana (GHA)	Statistics	Australia (AUS)
22	Shots	8
6	Shots on goal	5
22	Fouls Committed	18
6	Corner kicks	1
0	Direct Free Kicks to Goal	0
0	Indirect Free Kicks to Goal	0
1 / 1	Penalty Kicks	0 / 0
2	Offsides	2
0	Own goals	0
3	Cautions	1
0	Expulsions due to Second Caution	0
0	Direct Expulsions	1
50%	Possession (%)	50%
32	Actual playing time	32

Budweiser Man of the Match: 3, Asamoah GYAN (Ghana)

Standing:

Group D			MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
	Ghana		2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
	Germany		2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
	Serbia		2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
	Australia		2	0	1	1	1	5	-4	1

Player Line Up :
Ghana: 22-Richard Kingson; 19-Lee Addy, 8-Jonathan Mensah, 2-Hans Sarpe, 4-John Pantsil, 23-Kevin Prince Boateng (14-Matthew Amoah 88'), 6-Anthony Annan, 21-Kwado Asamoah (11-Sulley Muntari 76'), 13-Andre Ayew, 12-Prince Tagoe (20-Quincy Owusu-Abeiye 56'), 3-Asamoah Gyan

Australia: 1-Mark Schwarzer, 3-Craig Moore, 2-Lucas Neill, 21-David Carney, 8-Luke Wilkshire (17-Nikita Rukavytsya 82'), 23-Mark Bresciano (11-Scott Chipperfield 65'), 16-Carl Valeri, 14-Brett Holman (9-Josuha Kennedy 67'), 5-Jason Culina, 7-Brett Emerton, 10-Harry Kewell