World Cup Diary Day 14: Forza Italia
By Jemma Tappenden
June 26 2010
South Africa is certainly seeing it's share of thrills and spills at this years World Cup. The hosts have become the first host nation not to make it through the group stages, the French fell into revolution and saw themselves fail to qualify, and now it was World Cup holders Italy who found themselves booking plane tickets home.
Paraguay 0-0 New Zealand
Venue: Peter Mokaba Stadium
Referee: Y Nishimura
Attendance: 34,850
Paraguay (FIFA Ranking: 31)
New Zealand (FIFA Ranking: 78)
Slovakia 3-2 Italy (HT 1-0)
Venue: Ellis Park
Referee: Howard Webb
Attendance: 53,412
Slovakia (FIFA Ranking: 34)
Italy (FIFA Ranking: 5)
Cameroon 1-2 Netherlands (HT 0-1)
Venue: Green Point Stadium
Referee: P Pozo
Attendance: 63,093
Cameroon (FIFA Ramking: 19)
Netherlands (FIFA Ranking: 4)
- 01 Stekelenburg
- 03 Heitinga
- 04 Mathijsen
- 05 Van Bronckhorst (Captain) - Yellow card
- 12 Boulahrouz
- 06 Van Bommel
- 08 De Jong
- 10 Sneijder
- 23 Van der Vaart - Yellow card (Robben, 73)
- 07 Kuyt - Yellow card (Elia, 67)
- 09 Van Persie GOAL 36 MINS (Huntelaar, 58) GOAL 83 MINS
Denmark 1-3 Japan (HT 0-2)
Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Referee: Jerome Damon
Attendance: 27,967
Denmark (FIFA Ranking: 36)
Japan (FIFA Ranking: 45)
| Group E | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Group F | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 2 |