World Cup Diary Day 4: Double Dutch
By Jemma Tappenden
June 14 2010
So day four in South Africa finishes with a 1-1 draw between World Cup holders Italy and Paraguay. Cameroon on the other hand lost out by a single goal to Japan - the first time they have ever lost their opening game at the World Cup finals. Whilst the Netherlands netted twice against Denmark to go top of Group E.
Netherlands 2-0 Denmark (HT 0-0)
Venue: Soccer City
Referee: Lannoy
Attendance: 83,465
Netherlands (FIFA Ranking: 4)
- 01 Stekelenburg
- 02 Van Der Wiel
- 03 Heitinga
- 04 Mathijsen
- 05 Van Bronckhorst (Captain)
- 06 Van Bommel
- 08 De Jong - Yellow card (De Zeeuw, 88)
- 10 Sneijder
- 23 Van der Vaart (Elia, 67)
- 07 Kuyt GOAL 85 MINS
- 09 Van Persie - Yellow card (Afellay, 77)
Denmark (FIFA Ranking: 36)
- 01 Sorensen
- 03 Kjaer - Yellow card
- 04 Agger OWN GOAL 46 MINS
- 06 Jacobsen
- 15 Poulsen
- 02 Poulsen
- 10 Jorgensen (Captain)
- 12 Kahlenberg (Eriksen, 72)
- 20 Enevoldsen (Gronkjaer, 56)
- 11 Bendtner (Beckmann, 62)
- 19 Rommedahl
Japan 1-0 Cameroon (HT 1-0)
Venue: Free state stadium
Referee: Benquerenca
Attendance: 31,600
Japan (FIFA Ranking: 45)
- 21 Eiji Kawashima
- 03 Komano
- 04 Tanaka
- 05 Nagatomo
- 22 Nakazawa
- 02 Abe - Yellow card
- 07 Endo
- 08 Matsui (Okazaki, 68)
- 17 Hasebe (Captain) (Inamoto, 88)
- 18 Honda GOAL 38 MINS
- 16 Okubo (Kisho Yano, 81)
Cameroon (FIFA Ranking: 19)
- 16 Hamidou
- 02 Assou-Ekotto
- 03 N'Koulou - Yellow card
- 05 Bassong
- 21 Matip (Emana, 63)
- 11 Makoun (Geremi, 75)
- 18 Enoh
- 19 M'bia Etoundi
- 09 Eto'o (Captain)
- 13 Choupo-Moting (Idrissou, 75)
- 15 Webo
Italy 1-1 Paraguay (HT 0-1)
Venue: Green Point Stadium
Referee: Benito Archundia Tellez
Attendance: 62,869
Italy (FIFA Ranking: 5)
- 01 Buffon (Marchetti, 46)
- 03 Criscito
- 04 Chiellini
- 05 Cannavaro (Captain)
- 19 Zambrotta
- 06 De Rossi GOAL 63 MINS
- 07 Pepe
- 15 Marchisio (Camoranesi, 59 - Yellow card)
- 22 Montolivo
- 09 Iaquinta
- 11 Gilardino (Di Natale, 72)
Paraguay (FIFA Ranking: 31)
- 01 Villar (Captain)
- 03 Morel Rodriguez
- 14 Da Silva
- 17 Torres (Santana, 60)
- 21 Alcaraz GOAL 39 MINS
- 06 Caceres
- 13 Vera
- 15 Caceres - Yellow card
- 16 Riveros Nunez
- 18 Valdez (Santa Cruz, 68)
- 19 Barrios (Cardozo, 76)
| Group E | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Group F | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |