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World Cup 2010 Day Seventeen

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World CupSunday 27th June – Day 17
What a load of….

England 1 Germany 4
I dont know why I’m surprised really, after all, I’ve been watching football for too many years to believe the hype around the England team, but for some reason, this time I really thought we had a chance.
As usual, England proved me wrong with an astounding display of comedy defending that a schoolboy team would have been ashamed of.
No doubt, all the talking will be about Lampard’s disallowed ‘goal’ but in reality we just werent good enough to beat a confident and organised German team.

And you seriously have to question a manager who, when the team is chasing the game and desperately need goals, decides to bring on the ultimate goal machine that is Emile Heskey…

Another 4 years of hurt

Argentina 3 Mexico 1
Argentina showed how it should be done as they cruised past Mexico to set up a quarter-final tie against Germany, but they were aided by yet another terrible decision on a day of controversy.

Just as Frank Lampard’s shot that clearly crossed the goal-line was not awarded in their match against Germany, so Mexico had the right to feel upset by another example of awful officiating as Carlos Tevez scored the opener despite being yards offside, a fact which was borne out by a reply shown on the giant screen straight after.

A mistake then gifted Higuain a goal, before Tevez got his second with a stunning effort into the top corner. Mexico clawed one back in the second half, but Argentina always looked in control.

Surprisingly, despite the controversies in both games, there were no red cards today!

It really is about time Sepp Blatter got his act together and joined the real world and agreed that video technology can be used…

The Last Sixteen

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World CupFriday 25th June – Day 15
So now we know who the last 16 are, and there’s a couple of mouth watering matches to look out for, as some old enemies meet up.

Firstly England meet Germany and what needs to be said about that meeting? Lets hope there’s a replay of the fine 5-1 win in Munich back in 2001

And then there’s the meeting between neighbours Portugal and Spain, both sides full of class and so looks like being a very entertaining game

The Last 16 draw in full:

Uruguay v South Korea
United States v Ghana
Germany v England
Argentina v Mexico
Holland v Slovakia
Brazil v Chile
Paraguay v Japan
Spain v Portugal

World Cup 2010 Day Twelve

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World Cup 2010 Day Twelve Results

World CupMonday 21st June – Day 12

A Luis Suarez header saw Uruguay take the top spot in Group A, but opponents Mexico also qualified for the last 16 despite their defeat.
The result meant that South Africa’s 2-1 victory over France was not enough for the hosts as Mexico went through on goal difference, while unbeaten Uruguay finished top of the group with seven points and still without concedeing a goal

South Africa become the first host nation to fail to reach the second round of the tournament but they ended their campaign on a high, beating France 2-1. The French never looked like getting anything from the game and this has gone down as probably one of their most shambolic ever.

Argentina took a while to get past a stubborn Greece side which never looked like they wanted anything other than a draw until they finally went behind. Lionel Messi was man marked almost out of the game but still came up with a couple of moments of brilliance, but it was defender Demechelis who broke the deadlock and 36 year old Martin Palermo got the 2nd after Messi’s shot hit the post.

South Korea’s hard-fought draw with Nigeria was enough to secure second place in Group B; The Asian side had never been past the opening stage of a World Cup held outside of their own country and were made to fight to the last minute the result that put them through

And yes there was another red card!

Group A
Mexico 0 Uruguay 1
France 1 South Africa 2

Group B
Greece  0 Argentina 2
Nigeria 2 South Korea 2

Group AB

South Korea will face Uruguay in the last 16 of the World Cup after a hard-fought draw with Nigeria was enough to secure second place in Group B.

The Asian side have never been past the opening stage of a World Cup held outside of their own country and were made to fight to the last minute for the point which put them through after Greece were beaten 2-0 by Argentina.

World Cup 2010 Day Seven Results

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World Cup 2010 Day Six Results

World CupThursday 17th June – Day 7

Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain scores a hat-trick as Argentina see off South Korea to all but book their place in the  2nd Round

Greece finally managed to score their first ever World Cup goal and then got in the swing of things and got a second as they come from behind against to win over Nigeria and they will still have hope of getting through the group stage

France have forgotten where the goal is and it looks like they may be heading home after Mexico make them suffer with a deserved 2-0 win. All it would need would be for Mexico and Uruguay to play out a draw and the French would be on the next plane home.. They’ll be celebrating the in streets of Dublin if that happens!

Oh and before I forget…. yet another red card!

Group B
Argentina 4 South Korea 1
Greece 2 Nigeria 1

Group A
France Mexico

Group AGroup B


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