Take away Germany, Spain and arguably Argentina, and we have to admit no side produced anything like a memorable competition.
The top stars (Rooney, Ronaldo, Drogba, etc) failed to produce anything like their best, and Messi couldn't find the back of the net despite almost 30 shots at goal.
Many of us are glad to see the back of it.
Was it wrong to hold the competition in Africa? Personally I would say a big YES.
The adverts will return to our TV screens asking for £5 a month to feed an African kid - when hundreds of millions of pounds have been spent on new stadiums that will now go to wreck and ruin.
WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY - FROM A COUNTRY THAT NEEDS EVERY PENNY!
Uruguay's Diego Forlan has won the FIFA Golden Ball as the outstanding player at the World Cup.
The Atletico Madrid man scored five goals, including a couple of stunners against South Africa and Germany, as Uruguay exceeded expectations to reach the semi-finals and then lose the third-place play-off 3-2 to Germany.
Forlan finished in a four-way tie with Thomas Muller, Wesley Sneijder and David Villa for the Golden Boot with five goals - an award Muller took on a tie-break thanks to having more assists.
Muller also picked up the Best Young Player award, while Spain captain Iker Casillas can add the Golden Glove award to his World Cup winners' medal.
Villa and Sneijder picked up the Silver and Bronze Ball awards.
Dirk Kuyt pointed the finger of blame for Holland's World Cup final defeat by Spain at English referee Howard Webb.
Webb brandished 14 yellow cards and one red - a record for a final - in a fiery encounter which saw Andres Iniesta's extra-time goal secure a 1-0 win for Spain.
The South Yorkshire official was booed by Dutch fans at the final whistle and Liverpool forward Kuyt said: "We are angry that we lost because we came so close. I know you cannot blame others, but the referee favoured Spain.
"We had many more yellow cards than we deserved. That ultimately cost us the cup."
Holland coach Bert van Marwijk suggested Webb might have been influenced by Spanish media blaming the referee for Spain's defeat by Switzerland in their opening match.
The Holland coach said: "I don't think the referee controlled the match well. But let me be clear about this: the best team won the match.
"I'm trying to analyse the match as best as possible. But I read a few things today about how angry Spain were at the refereeing in the first match against Switzerland.
"If you view the performance (of the referee) today, you'd almost think now that that first match had an influence on this game now."
Van Marwijk admitted some fouls had been "terrible" but said both sides were responsible, although challenges by Nigel de Jong and Mark van Bommel were particularly X-rated.
He added: "It's not our style. Let me put it this way, it's not our style to commit horrible fouls. It's not our kind of football.
"It was a World Cup final and people were tense. Look at the rest of the tournament. I think both sides, also the Spaniards, committed terrible fouls.
"I'm on the bench and I haven't seen any replays. I'd have to see the replays. The way I saw it from the bench was very different."
Van Marwijk said the Dutch had done well to reach the final and could have won it.
He continued: "No-one expected us to be here, in the final. We came very close to a penalty shoot-out. We could even have scored through Robben.
"Whether we would have deserved that, I don't know. But it's a final. It's very disappointing. You want to win it, and we might have done. I think we performed really, really well to get this far."
Van Marwijk also defended Holland's attempt to 'win ugly' and said that had not been the plan from the start.
He added: "It was still our intention to play beautiful football, but we were facing a very good opponent.
"Spain are the best footballing country in the past few years, so we needed to have a top day to beat them.
"We did a good job tactically on them. We got into good positions at times. Both sides committed fouls. That may be regrettable for a final. It's not our style, but you play a match to win.
"It's a World Cup final, and there's a lot of emotion out there. You saw that with both teams. I'd loved to have won that match, even with not so beautiful football."
SPAIN 1 HOLLAND 0
Andres Iniesta grabbed a late winner in extra-time as Spain won the World Cup for the first time.
Iniesta struck with four minutes left to settle a tetchy game which saw referee Howard Webb brandish a record 12 yellow cards, plus a red for John Heitinga on a night when Holland shamed the 'Total Football' for which they have been synonymous since the first of what is now three final defeats in 1974.
Webb deserves a huge amount of credit for not setting a new record for red cards, let alone yellow, the first of which he showed to Robin van Persie in the 14th minute.
Pretty soon combative midfield duo Mark van Bommel and Nigel de Jong joined him for challenges that could easily have ended their evening.
The feeling that if the match had been played on a park pitch rather than being a showpiece occasion watched by an estimated three billion, one, or both, would have been sent off was inescapable.
Van Bommel's challenge on Joan Capdevila was bad enough. De Jong's karate kick on Xabi Alonso was awful.
That Wesley Sneijder was not even cautioned for a similarly woeful attempt at stopping Pedro could only be put down to either Webb being unsighted or the Dutch playmaker diverting attention by claiming to be injured himself.
Spain were not complete innocents in all of this. But it was the European champions who were feeling most aggrieved, which only intensified when Webb did not see a niggly second-half challenge from Van Bommel that sparked a reaction from Barcelona playmaker Iniesta.
Vicente del Bosque was particularly annoyed, jabbing his finger at either Webb or Van Bommel, who were both in roughly the same area of the pitch.
It made for such unsightly viewing and a final which did not even come close to matching its billing.
In fairness any game that is preceded by an appearance from Nelson Mandela is going to struggle to live up to expectations.
However, as the rather tasteless celebrations of Uruguay's Luis Suarez showed after his "real Hand of God" that denied Ghana a place in the semi-final, the ends justify the means.
And that is exactly how Holland would have viewed it if Iker Casillas had not made a quite brilliant save to deny Arjen Robben after the former Chelsea star had been set free by Sneijder.
Robben must have thought he had done everything right.
Running at pace until he saw the whites of Casillas' eyes, he shaped to go one way, then placed his shot to the other corner.
Casillas was committed in the other direction but stuck out a leg and turned the effort wide.
It was by some distance the best opportunity of the regulation 90 minutes, although Sergio Ramos had a couple of decent openings himself, both headers, both from crosses from Xavi.
On the first occasion, Maarten Stekelenburg flung himself to his right and made the save at a point early enough in proceedings that a goal could have changed the contest completely.
By the time, unmarked, Ramos headed Xavi's corner over, Webb had become as much part of the occasion as the players.
It was the only Englishman to survive beyond the last 16 that Robben ran to when he threatened to sprint through again, only to be denied by Casillas.
But losing possession did not come before Carles Puyol had made a desperate grab for the Bayern Munich winger, who was convinced the Barcelona defender should have been sent off.
On as a substitute, with a point to prove after mustering the grand total of 93 minutes prior to tonight, Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas twice came close to breaking the deadlock in extra-time, when Xavi also had a penalty claim turned down.
But Spain were not to be denied. Fabregas slotted it through to Iniesta and after one touch to control it, his second was a crisp volley past Stekelenburg.
The loss of Fernando Torres to a hamstring injury in stoppage time may have further consequences for Liverpool.
But in Madrid and Barcelona that will not matter. In Amsterdam, only a shattered reputation remains now.
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst (Braafheid 105), Van Bommel, De Jong (Van der Vaart 99), Sneijder, Robben, Kuyt (Elia 70), van Persie.
SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila, Busquets, Alonso (Fabregas 87), Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro (Jesus Navas 60), Villa (Torres 105).
Goal: Iniesta 116.
FINAL
HOLLAND 0 SPAIN 1
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Van Der Wiel, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst (Braafheid 105), Van Bommel, De Jong (Van der Vaart 99), Sneijder, Robben, Kuyt (Elia 70), van Persie.
SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila, Busquets, Alonso (Fabregas 87), Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro (Jesus Navas 60), Villa (Torres 105).
Goal: Iniesta 116.
3rd & 4th PLACE
URUGUAY 2 GERMANY 3
URUGUAY: Muslera, Fucile, Lugano, Godin, Caceres, Maxi Pereira, Perez (Gargano 77), Arevalo Rios, Cavani (Abreu 89), Suarez, Forlan.
Goals: Cavani 28, Forlan 51.
GERMANY: Butt, Boateng, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Aogo, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Muller, Ozil (Tasci 90), Jansen (Kroos 81), Cacau (Kiessling 73).
Goals: Muller 18, Jansen 56, Khedira 82.
SEMI FINALS
URUGUAY 2 HOLLAND 3
URUGUAY: Muslera, Maxi Pereira, Godin, Victorino, Caceres, Perez, Gargano, Arevalo Rios, Pereira (Abreu 78), Cavani, Forlan (Sebastian Fernandez 84).
Goals: Forlan 41, Maxi Pereira 90.
HOLLAND: Stekelenburg, Boulahrouz, Heitinga, Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst, Van Bommel, De Zeeuw (Van der Vaart 46), Robben (Elia 90), Sneijder, Kuyt, van Persie.
Goals: Van Bronckhorst 18, Sneijder 70, Robben 73.
GERMANY 0 SPAIN 1
GERMANY: Neuer, Lahm, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Boateng (Jansen 52), Khedira (Gomez 80), Schweinsteiger, Trochowski (Kroos 62), Ozil, Podolski, Klose.
SPAIN: Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila, Busquets, Alonso (Marchena 90), Iniesta, Xavi, Pedro (Silva 85), Villa (Torres 81).
Goal: Puyol 73.
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).