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World Cup 2010 Quarter Finals

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World CupThe Quarter Finals

Holland 2 Brazil 1
Holland produced a stunning second-half comeback to reach the semi-finals. After taking an early lead through Robinho, Brazil were pegged back after a defensive mix-up early in the second-half gifted Holland an equaliser and were behind soon afterwards when Wesley Sneijder headed in.
Felipe Melo was sent off for stamping on Arjen Robben with 17 minutes to go and, although Dunga’s side gave everything they were knocked out in the quarter-finals for the second successive tournament.

Uruguay 1 Ghana 1 (Uruguay win 4-2 on penalties)
Ghana looked certain to become the first African side to reach the semi finals when Uruguay’s Luis Suarez was sent off for a deliberate handball on the line in the dying seconds of extra-time. However, Asamoah Gyan’s penalty hit the crossbar with what was the last kick of the game.
Gyan took and scored Ghana’s first spot-kick of the shoot-out but John Mensah and Dominic Adiyiah both had their efforts saved by Fernando Muslera, before Sebsatian Abreu dinked the decisive penalty beyond Richard Kingson to break Ghanaian hearts.

Argentina 0 Germany 4
Germany took Argentina apart to book their place in the semi-finals and end Diego Maradona’s dream of winning the World Cup. Inspired by Bastian Schweinsteiger Germany scored four times for the third game at this World Cup in a devastating display of attacking. Mirolsav Klose’s 2 goals moved him to within a goal of Ronaldo as the highest ever scorer at World Cup finals.

Paraguay 0 Spain 1
David Villa scored a late winner to book Spain’s first ever appearance in a World Cup semi-final as they beat Paraguay. Villa’s 82nd minute goal, his fifth of the tournament, hit one post, rolled across the goal line before hitting the other post and ending in the goal.
It was a heartbreaker for Paraguay, who had also never reached the quarter-final stage before, and who earlier had seen an Oscar Cardozo penalty saved by Iker Casillas. Xabi Alonso also saw his retaken penalty saved. Spain’s normal passing game seemed to be absent for this one and they will need to improve if they want to make the final

The Semi final line up
Uruguay v Holland
Germany v Spain

World Cup 2010 Day Nineteen

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World CupTuesday 29th June – Day 19
The first shootout

Paraguay 0 Japan 0 Paraguay win 5-3 on penalties

With both sides looking to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in their history, Paraguay won the first penalty shoot-out of thisWorld Cup scoring all five of their penalties after a disappointing match had finished 0-0 at the end of extra-time.

Spain 1 Portugal 0

European champions Spain moved into the quarter-finals of the World Cup thanks to a David Villa’s fourth goal of the tournament. Spain’s slick brand of passing football was very effective leaving Portugal chasing the ball for the majority of the game.
Portugal’s Ricardo Costa sent off for an off-the-ball clash with Joan Capdevila but by then, victory was already Spain’s.

The quarter finals
So now we know all 8 teams making up the quarter finals and their ate some really mouth watering matchups:

Holland v Brazil
Uruguay v Ghana
Argentina v Germany
Paraguay v Spain

World Cup 2010 Day Fourteen

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World Cup 2010 Day Fourteen Results

World CupThursday 24th June – Day 14

Paraguay booked their place in the knockout round after an uneventful draw against New Zealand ensured they finished top of Group F. Before the game the All Whites still had a chance of qualifying but blew their chances by not getting a single shot on target

Reigning champions Italy were amazingly knocked out of the World Cup by Slovakia. In what was probably the best game of the tournament so far, Robert Vittek scored a goal in each half to end the Azzurri’s dreams of defending the trophy they won in Germany.
The 2010 World Cup will be remembered as a disaster for Italy, who finished bottom group F and failed to qualify from the group stages for the first time since 1974.

Two stunning first-half free-kicks helped Japan secure a deserved win over Denmark and a meeting with Paraguay in the last 16. Keisuke Honda smashed his shot into the far corner before Yasuhito Endo, curled a fine strike around the wall.
Jon Dahl Tomasson followed up his own penalty to pull one back for Denmark, but Shinji Okazaki sealed a famous victory for Japan.

A late Klaas-Jan Huntelaar’s goal amde sure Holland moved into the last sixteen unbeaten. The Dutch had a harder job than they expected against a spirited Cameroon side, who were already eliminated after losing their first two matches.

No red cards today!!!

Group E
Denmark 1 Japan 3
Cameroon 1 Holland 2

Group F
Paraguay 0 New Zealand 0
Slovakia 3 Italy 2

Group EF


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