World Cup Diary Day 3: German Blitzkrieg crushes the Aussies
By Jemma Tappenden
June 13 2010
Day three in South Africa then, and as usual the world of football provided the thrills and spills that makes the World Cup what it is. Just about everyone had the Germans down to beat Australia, but in a stunning display the Europeans destroyed the Aussies with a four goal thriller, which saw Cacau score within just 60 seconds of being on the field, and famous Aussie Tim Cahill shown a red.
Algeria 0-1 Slovenia (HT 0-0)
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium
Referee: Batres
Attendance: 35,000
Ex West Bromwich star Robert Koren nets only goal to send Slovenia top of Group C.
Algeria (FIFA Ranking 30)
- 16 Chaouchi
- 02 Bougherra
- 03 Belhadj
- 04 Yahia (Captain)
- 05 Halliche
- 08 Lacen
- 15 Ziani
- 19 Yebda - Yellow card
- 21 Foued Kadir (Guedioura, 82)
- 11 Djebbour (Ghezzal, 58 Yellow card - Red card )
- 13 Matmour (Saifi, 80)
Slovenia (FIFA Ranking 25)
- 01 Handanovic
- 02 Brecko
- 04 Suler
- 05 Cesar
- 13 Jokic
- 08 Koren (Captain)
- 17 Kirm
- 18 Radosavljevic - Yellow card (Komac, 87 - Yellow card)
- 10 Birsa (Pecnik, 84)
- 11 Novakovic
- 14 Dedic (Ljubijankic, 52)
Serbia 0-1 Ghana (HT 0-0
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Referee: Baldassi
Attendance: 38,833
Ghana record the first African victory of the African held 2010 World Cup.
Serbia (FIFA Ranking 15)
- 01 Stojkovic
- 03 Kolarov
- 05 Vidic
- 06 Ivanovic
- 13 Lukovic - Yellow card - Red card
- 10 Stankovic (Captain)
- 11 Milijas (Kuzmanovic, 62 - Yellow card)
- 14 Jovanovic (Subotic, 76)
- 17 Krasic
- 09 Pantelic
- 15 Zigic - Yellow card (Lazovic, 69)
Ghana (FIFA Ranking 32)
- 22 Kingson
- 02 Sarpei
- 04 Pantsil
- 05 Mensah (Captain)
- 15 Vorsah - Yellow card
- 06 Annan
- 13 Ayew
- 23 Boateng (Addy, 90+1)
- 03 Gyan (Owusu-Abeyie, 90+3) GOAL 84 MINS
- 12 Tagoe - Yellow card
- 21 Asamoah (Appiah, 73)
Germany 4-0 Australia (HT 2-0)
Venue: Moses Mabhida Stadium
Referee: Rodriguez
Attendance: 62,660
Group D favourites Germany storm to the top of the table after a stunning 4-0 victory over Australia. England could find themselves facing Germany in the next stages should they finish runners up of Group C with Germany finishing top of Group D. Australia's Tim Cahill will miss their next two qualifiers against Serbia and Ghana after being shown a straight red card for his challenge on Bastian Schweinsteiger in the 55th minute.
Germany (FIFA Ranking 6)
- 01 Neuer
- 03 Friedrich
- 14 Holger Badstuber
- 16 Lahm (Captain)
- 17 Mertesacker
- 06 Khedira
- 07 Schweinsteiger
- 08 Ozil - Yellow card (Gomez, 73)
- 10 Podolski (Marin, 81)
- 11 Klose (Cacau, 69 - Yellow card)
- 13 Muller
Australia (FIFA Ranking 20)
- 01 Schwarzer
- 02 Neill (Captain) - Yellow card
- 03 Moore - Yellow card
- 07 Emerton (Jedinak, 74)
- 11 Chipperfield
- 04 Cahill - Red card
- 05 Culina
- 08 Wilkshire
- 13 Grella (Holman, 46)
- 16 Valeri - Yellow card
- 19 Garcia (Rukavytsya, 64)
| Group C | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Group D | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ghana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
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