United States midfielder Clint Dempsey says he could see fear in the eyes of the England players during their World Cup opener.
Dempsey: "Honestly it seemed during the game that they were dealing with a lot of pressure.
"I don't know why that is, you could just sense it a little bit. Even though they did score early, when we came back and we equalised, they just seemed edgy. They really did.
"You wouldn't think that would be the case for some of the best players in the world being on teams of the quality of Chelsea or Liverpool, winning the Champions League or the title.
"You would think these players would be full of confidence.
"There just seemed to be an edge to the team but it could have just been the opening game.
"You would have to ask them if it affected their performance.
"But they were edgy, there was an edginess to their game but I think they're a team with quality and they should play with confidence.
"It's probably a save Green should have made. I didn't expect it to go in.
"When you hit it, you're kinda like 'Mmmm does it have a chance?' and then you see the keeper mishandle it and you're excited."
Half the World Cup venues are now under police control after the local organising committee confirmed the force had stepped in at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg following strike action by workers for a private security firm.
Police took control of security in Port Elizabeth before the tournament began, which means five of the 10 venues are now under police supervision rather than private control.
The remaining stadium venues at Rustenburg, Pretoria, Nelspruit, Polokwane and Bloemfontein are managed by Fidelity security.
HOLLAND 2 DENMARK 0
An own goal by Daniel Agger and a late Dirk Kuyt effort helped Holland begin their World Cup campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Denmark at Soccer City on Monday.
Both goals came in the second half after an assured first period of defending by the Scandinavians, who constantly thwarted a Dutch attack which appeared short of ideas without the injured Arjen Robben.
But the resistance was broken less than a 60 seconds into the second half, when Robin van Persie's cross from the left was headed on by Simon Poulsen - seemingly for a corner - but struck the back of Agger and went in.
Kuyt doubled Holland's advantage five minutes from the end to ensure the highly-fancied Oranje a positive start in Group E.
Denmark coach Morten Olsen sprung a major surprise by naming Nicklas Bendtner in his starting line-up despite saying yesterday that the Arsenal striker, who has been nursing a groin problem, "cannot play".
But his side, like Holland, struggled to find any early rhythm with Wesley Sneijder and Thomas Enevoldsen wastefully firing free-kicks from good positions into the crowd.
It took 10 minutes for the first shot on target - Kuyt sending a tame effort straight into the arms of Thomas Sorensen from just outside the box.
The noise level of the vuvuzelas was suddenly raised after 16 minutes when the lively Liverpool forward's cross was cleared away for a corner, but that came to nothing - much to the disappointment of the Soccer City crowd.
Van Persie and Rafael van der Vaart then played a neat one-two, but the latter saw his shot deflected wide by Agger.
The Danes had their best opening of the half just after the midway point when Bendtner found himself in space inside the six-yard box, but he could only head Dennis Rommedahl's cross from wide on the right.
After another dangerous ball from Kuyt was deflected wide, Rommedahl carved out another good chance when he cut in from the right, only to shoot straight at Maarten Stekelenburg.
The Ajax goalkeeper was drawn into his first testing save after 36 minutes when Bendtner released Thomas Kahlenberg, whose shot was acrobatically palmed away.
Just before the break, Van Persie seemed unsure which foot to use after making room on the right, before poking his effort wide.
The Danes may have been solid at the back for the first 45 minutes, but they slipped up straight after the restart to gift their opponents the lead.
The advantage could have been doubled after another mistake - this time from Simon Kjaer - saw Van Persie played in, but indecisiveness from the striker allowed Sorensen to swoop.
Coach Olsen then made his first change by introducing Jesper Gronkjaer, but it was the Oranje that continued to look dangerous.
Van der Vaart showed good skill in trying to cutely volley Van Persie's pass in, but Sorensen again intercepted.
Mikkel Beckmann and Christian Eriksen were also thrown on for Denmark, the former for Bendtner, but they still struggled to carve out any real openings although Agger struck a low shot into the gloves of Stekelenburg.
And Bert van Marwijk's team were always a threat going forward, with substitute Eljero Elia causing plenty of problems down the left.
Sneijder almost made it 2-0 eight minutes from time, but saw his 25-yard effort deflected onto the crossbar by Agger with Sorensen beaten.
However, five minutes from time Kuyt sealed the points. Elia's shot from the left was diverted onto the right-hand post by Stoke goalkeeper Sorensen and the Liverpool forward easily finished.
It could have been worse for Denmark, but Daniel Poulsen cleared Ibrahim Afellay's shot off the line late on.
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
Keisuke Honda enjoyed a belated birthday celebration as Japan regained that winning mentality.
The CSKA Moscow attacker, 24 yesterday, got the all-important goal after 39 minutes of the Group E match at the Free State Stadium.
It meant a long-awaited victory for coach Takeshi Okada, who had seen his side lose four and draw one of their warm-up matches, scoring only one goal in the process.
He had claimed before the game, however, he was not worried about Japan's poor form going into the competition.
While Okada opted for a lone striker in Yoshito Okubo, his Cameroon counterpart Paul Le Guen decided on an adventurous 4-3-3 formation.
Despite being one of Africa's brightest hopes Cameroon were toothless, despite having a great deal of possession, although goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima made a breathtaking save from substitute Mohamadou Idrissou in stoppage time.
Much was expected of skipper Samuel Eto'o but the Inter Milan striker was left frustrated as Japan defended in numbers.
Le Guen saw his side carve out the first opening of the game in the eighth minute when Eto'o released Pierre Webo.
He raced to the byline and played the ball into the middle but Eyong Enoh was unable to get a decent touch.
Kawashima then made a good block from Enoh's close range effort before Japan made the breakthrough.
The Cameroon defence failed to cut out Daisuke Matsui's cross to the back post and Honda reacted quickly. He got a superb first touch before clipping the ball beyond a stranded Souleymanou Hamidou.
It was just what Japan wanted and they had also kept Eto'o quiet in the first half.
Cameroon came out with a purpose at the start of the second half and should have equalised in the 49th minute.
Eto'o got the better of two players in a determined run. He played the ball into the path of Eric Choupo-Moting who was clear in front of goal.
However the striker failed to test Kawashima, his effort going wide of the post to Japan's relief.
Cameroon were enjoying a decent spell and Choupo-Moting cut inside only to drag his shot off target.
However Japan almost added a second goal in the 82nd minute when they launched a swift counter-attack.
Makoto Hasebe's shot was parried by the goalkeeper but only landed at the feet of substitute Shinji Ozakaki, who saw the rebound come off the outside of the left post.
Cameroon responded and three minutes later Stephane Mbia's instinctive effort rattled the bar.
With the crowd urging them, Cameroon kept pushing players forward in search of the equaliser but Japan stood firm.
However they had to rely on Kawashima right at the end to give them the victory they had craved.
The Kawasaki Frontale shot-stopper has only recently taken the jersey and it was easy to understand why as Cameroon were left frustrated.
Former Lyon, Rangers and Paris St Germain boss Le Guen was hoping Cameroon would make it through to the quarter-finals, but this opening defeat makes that looks an outside bet at the moment, with group rivals Holland also chalking up a victory earlier in the day.
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).
ITALY 1 PARAGUAY 1
Defending champions Italy had to come from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw in their World Cup Group F opener against Paraguay in Cape Town.
Having played well in the first half at Green Point Stadium the 2006 winners were shocked when Wigan-bound defender Antolin Alcaraz rose to head home a 39th-minute free-kick.
Italy's blushes were spared to some extent, however, as Daniele De Rossi slid in to punish a mistake by Paraguay goalkeeper Justo Villar after 63 minutes and take a point from the match.
As expected, Italy coach Marcello Lippi had left Serie A's top goalscorer Antonio Di Natale on the bench, instead selecting Alberto Gilardino with Vincenzo Iaquinta out wide.
Gerardo Martino also opted to leave out his two highest-profile forwards in Benfica's Oscar Cardozo and Manchester City man Roque Santa Cruz. Instead, Borussia Dortmund team-mates Lucas Barrios and Nelson Valdez were deployed in attack.
Claudio Morel had to be alert to stop Simone Pepe pouncing on a dangerous ball at the back post in the sixth minute as Italy set the early pace.
Their passing and movement was delightful, with Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio central to much of it.
Paraguay did exert some form of pressure midway through the half with two corners, before Riccardo Montolivo broke forward for Italy but could only hit a meek shot at Villar.
In the 22nd minute Aureliano Torres mis-hit a shot which only just bobbled wide of Gianluigi Buffon's goal.
Italy were stunned six minutes before the break when Paraguay went in front from a set-piece.
Torres' launched free-kick from deep was perfectly flighted and with Fabio Cannavaro and De Rossi flailing, Alcaraz headed past Buffon.
Buffon was surprisingly substituted at the break, replaced by Cagliari goalkeeper Federico Marchetti having reportedly suffered a back injury.
Enrique Vera had two sighters for Paraguay while Pepe missed with a spectacular bicycle kick attempt and Montolivo's weak shot was easily saved.
Martino sent on midfielder Jonathan Santana for Torres while Lippi sacrificed Marchisio for Mauro Camoranesi to go 4-4-2 shortly before the hour mark.
Victor Caceres was booked for a late slide on Montolivo before Italy finally made the pressure tell to go level.
Villar horribly missed Pepe's corner from the left, allowing a delighted De Rossi to simply stab the ball home and wheel away in delight.
Italy had a penalty shout denied by Mexican Benito Archundia when Montolivo went down under a robust shoulder challenge from Paulo Da Silva before, at the other end, Barrios found Santana who dragged his shot off target.
Santa Cruz was given his chance in the 68th minute when he came on for Valdez before Camoranesi was booked for a foul on Vera.
Di Natale finally got his opportunity in the 72nd minute when he replaced Gilardino while Cardozo also had a taste when he came on for Barrios.
Good work from Di Natale set up Udinese team-mate Pepe for a half-decent shot while, at the opposite end, Cannavaro blocked a Santa Cruz header.
Montolivo did threaten with an 83rd minute long-range effort which brought out the best in Villar, who sprawled low to his right to save, but Italy were unable to complete the turnaround by snatching a winner.
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.
NEW ZEALAND 1 SLOVAKIA 1
Winston Reid scored a dramatic equaliser deep into injury time to give New Zealand their first-ever point in the World Cup.
It was also the All Whites' first goal in the finals for 28 years and sparked wild celebrations among their supporters inside the Royal Bafokeng Stadium.
Reid was booked for his own celebration when he ripped off his shirt and twirled it around his head after bulleting home a header from Shane Smeltz's cross - but he probably won't have cared a jot.
It was an historic moment in New Zealand football, considering the Kiwis had lost all three of their previous group matches at their only other appearance in the finals in 1982.
Reid's late strike cancelled out a 50th-minute goal from Slovakia's Robert Vittek, which was also historic. It was the nation's first-ever goal in their debut match at the World Cup finals.
Vittek repaid the faith his manager, Vladimir Weiss, had shown in him after he went through the qualifying campaign without scoring. It was also a flying header, drilled past New Zealand goalkeeper Mark Paston.
Although television replays suggested Vittek, who has been playing his football for Ankaragucu in Turkey on a loan deal from Lille, might have been offside when he met a sweet cross from Stanislas Sestak, it was just reward for Slovakia's superior ambition.
They were the better side, outplaying for long periods a New Zealand team whose only previous finals appearance in 1982 ended in three straight defeats, 3-0 to the Soviet Union, 4-0 to Brazil and 5-2 to Scotland.
The All Whites are a side comprising five English league players, captain Ryan Nelsen from Blackburn, Chris Killen from Middlesbrough, Ipswich's Tommy Smith, Plymouth's Rory Fallon and substitute Chris Wood from West Brom who replaced Killen in the second-half.
They have plenty of guts and pride, but technically they were some way inferior to a Slovak side for whom 20-year-old Vladimir Weiss, the manager's son who played just one game for Manchester City before being loaned out to Bolton last season, was a constant inspiration in midfield.
The first half was just about as sterile a 45 minutes as this goal-starved World Cup has witnessed. The most exciting moment came from a mistake from Paston who fluffed his kick-out. Vittek pounced on the mistake and looked like making New Zealand pay but Paston recovered to smother his attempt.
The action was so pedestrian it had to improve and it did with Vittek's goal allowing Slovakia to play with more freedom.
Until the last five minutes New Zealand's best effort had been when Killen rose highest in the penalty area but dispatched his header straight into the arms of Slovakia goalkeeper Jan Mucha.
Yet they mounted a spirited late rally which saw substitute Wood go close with a diving header.
Little were we to know an even better one was to come from Reid to leave New Zealand, Slovakia, Italy and Paraguay locked on a point each in Group F.
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.
IVORY COAST 0 PORTUGAL 0
Cristiano Ronaldo was denied by the woodwork as Portugal and Ivory Coast had to make do with a point apiece in Port Elizabeth.
The Portuguese skipper, who has not scored an international goal in 16 months, rattled a post with a blistering early strike, but that was as close as his side came to snatching victory on a frustrating afternoon at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Even Didier Drogba's arrival as a second-half substitute, to the delight of a crowd of 37,034, could not separate the sides as each attempted to gain the upper hand in Group G ahead of their respective encounters with Brazil.
Ivory Coast boss Sven-Goran Eriksson was boosted ahead of kick-off when he was able to name captain Drogba among his substitutes just 10 days after he had broken a bone in his arm.
The Swede could not have failed to be satisfied too by the time he welcomed his players back to the dressing room at half-time with an opening 45 minutes in which they had more than matched their opponents.
However, for all that, they could have been behind after Ronaldo saw his spectacular 30-yard strike come back off the upright with keeper Boubacar Barry beaten just 11 minutes in.
In a frustrating first half for the European side, Ronaldo was booked along with defender Guy Demel as they went nose to nose after the winger had gone to ground all too easily, with Demel and Didier Zokora, who had himself earlier been cautioned for unceremoniously upending the Real Madrid star, leaving him in little doubt as to their thoughts on the matter.
But where he was Portugal's only real outlet with Danny and Liedson largely anonymous in a three-man frontline, Ivory Coast showed real enterprise before the break.
Gervinho, leading the line in Drogba's absence, proved a real handful, and with Aruna Dindane and Salomon Kalou similarly progressive, the Portuguese were repeatedly stretched.
That said, keeper Eduardo did not have a single save of any note to make in the opening 45 minutes with speculative efforts from Siaka Tiene and Ismael Tiote requiring only a watching brief.
Eduardo finally had to get his hands dirty two minutes after the restart when Gervinho blasted a shot across him, and Paulo Ferreira did just enough to prevent Kalou from reaching Dindane's cross seconds later.
The Braga keeper was called upon once again with 54 minutes gone when Yaya Toure cut inside at pace and fed Kalou, although the Chelsea man side-footed straight at Eduardo from the edge of the box.
Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz immediately replaced Danny with winger Simao, but it was Deco who provided the 58th-minute cross for Liedson's looping header, which was plucked out of the air by Barry.
Drogba's World Cup began in earnest when he replaced Kalou with 66 minutes gone, but with heavy rain falling, it was Portugal who finished the stronger, although crucially, without coming close to making the breakthrough.
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 began their quest for a sixth world crown with a 2-1 victory over North Korea at Ellis Park but it was far from a vintage display from Dunga's men against hard-working opposition.
The Koreans, ranked 105th in the world, kept Brazil at bay for 55 minutes until Maicon's cross-cum-shot swerved in at the near post and the three points were assured by a rare moment of magic as Robinho laid a second goal on a plate for former Manchester City team-mate Elano, although Ji Yun-nam gave them a late scare by halving the deficit.
The win took Brazil top of Group G, above Portugal and the Ivory Coast, but they did not look particularly convincing in living up to their tag of joint World Cup favourites alongside Spain.
The North Koreans were the first to have a shot on target after 10 minutes when Japan-born striker Jong Tae-se bustled past two markers and drilled in a left-footed shot which Julio Cesar was able to gather.
Brazil were dominating possession but struggling to pick the final pass and the Koreans were not purely sitting back as Cha Jong-hyok got forward to blast a left-footed shot wide after 15 minutes.
The South Americans threatened when Luis Fabiano slotted the ball through to Robinho in the box. The forward, on loan at Santos from Manchester City, was able to make room for a shot but North Korea goalkeeper Ri Myong-guk got well behind it.
The lack of genuine width seemed to be causing Brazil problems as North Korea's five-man defence ganged up on Kaka, Luis Fabiano, Robinho and Elano in a congested attacking third and Kim Jong-hun's team were content to burst forward in small numbers on the break.
Goalkeeper Ri parried away a Maicon drive at his near post in the 28th minute which was Brazil's best effort up to that point.
The North Koreans were making a fight of it and, following a corner, Pak Chol-jin cut the ball back from the right to Ri Kwang-chon but the defender scuffed a presentable shooting chance wide from 25 yards.
Not much was going Brazil's way as Michel Bastos' shot deflected off Pak Chol-jin and looped over the crossbar with Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai wrongly awarding a goal-kick, and Ri Kwang-chon made a vital header clear under pressure from Luis Fabiano as the half ended goalless, against all the odds.
The second half started in much the same vein as the first had ended as North Korea, to borrow Jose Mourinho's phrase, "parked the bus" on the edge of the box and Brazil struggled to find a way through.
Michel Bastos blasted a free-kick wide from just outside the box in the 51st minute after Pak Chol-jin was penalised for a foul on Kaka. The Real Madrid star then chested the ball down for Robinho to shoot from 26 yards but his right-footed effort was again wayward.
The goal finally came on 55 minutes when Elano played the ball into the box for the overlapping Maicon and his shot beat Ri at the near post, with the goalkeeper seemingly expecting the Inter Milan full-back to cut the ball back rather than shoot.
Ri fisted clear another long-range drive from Michel Bastos and, as North Korea committed more men forward, they left gaps. On one counter-attack Robinho found Luis Fabiano, who beat defender Ri Jun-il in the box but blasted a left-footed shot over.
Brazil added a second in the 72nd minute and it was a thing of beauty as Robinho slipped a perfect through-ball to Elano advancing into the box on the right and the Galatasaray man made no mistake with a cool side-footed finish. The goalscorer was immediately substituted, with Dani Alves coming on.
Villarreal forward Nilmar, on for Kaka, drove in a right-footed shot which Ri gathered at the second attempt with 12 minutes left and he also had to field a Felipe Melo effort shortly afterwards.
Juan had to make a last-ditch tackle to deny Jong a late chance and Ji then burst through to score, sparking a wild celebration, although the points remained with Brazil.
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.
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 v Uruguay, 19:30
Thursday, 17 June 2010
France v Mexico, 19:30
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
France v South Africa, 15:00
Mexico v Uruguay, 15:00
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 v South Korea, 12:30
Greece v Nigeria, 15:00
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Greece v Argentina, 19:30
Nigeria v South Korea, 19:30
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 v USA, 15:00
England v Algeria, 19:30
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Slovenia v England, 15:00
USA v Algeria, 15:00
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 v Serbia, 12:30
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Ghana v Australia, 15:00
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Australia v Serbia, 19:30
Ghana v Germany, 19:30
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
Netherlands v Japan, 12:30
Cameroon v Denmark, 19:30
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Cameroon v Netherlands, 19:30
Denmark v Japan, 19:30
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
Slovakia v Paraguay, 12:30
Italy v New Zealand, 15:00
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Paraguay v New Zealand, 15:00
Slovakia v Italy, 15:00
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 v Ivory Coast, 19:30
Monday, 21 June 2010
Portugal v North Korea, 12:30
Friday, 25 June 2010
North Korea v Ivory Coast, 15:00
Portugal v Brazil, 15:00
GROUP H FIXTURES
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Honduras v Chile, 12:30
Spain v Switzerland, 15:00
Monday, 21 June 2010
Chile v Switzerland, 15:00
Spain v Honduras, 19:30
Friday, 25 June 2010
Chile v Spain, 19:30
Switzerland v Honduras, 19:30