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Group E: Netherlands 2, Denmark 0

Netherlands:

1-Maarten Stekelenburg; 2-Gregory van der Wiel, 3-John Heitinga, 4-Joris Mathijsen, 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst,
7-Dirk Kuyt, 6-Mark van Bommel, 10-Wesley Sneijder, 8-Nigel de Jong, 23-Rafael van der Vaart, 9-Robin van Persie.

Denmark:

1-Thomas Sorensen; 4-Daniel Agger, 3-Simon Kjaer, 6-Lars Jacobsen, 15-Simon Poulsen, 10-Martin Jorgensen,
2-Christian Poulsen, 20-Thomas Enevoldsen, 12-Thomas Kahlenberg, 19-Dennis Rommedahl, 11-Nicklas Bendtner.

Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France)

This match saw the always consistent, strongly-built Dutchies take on a team of underdogs from Scandinavia. The Oranje’s squad includes many football superstars, such as Real Madrid’s …

Group F – Italy 1, Paraguay 1
Italy: DE Rossi 63
Paraguay: Alcaraz 39).
Starting line-ups
Italy: (4-2-3-1)
1-Gianluigi Buffon;
19-Gianluca Zambrotta, 5-Fabio Cannavaro; 4-Giorgio Chiellini, 3-Domenico Criscito;
22-Riccardo Montolivo, 6-Daniele De Rossi;
15-Claudio Marchisio, 9-Vincenzo Iaquinta, 11-Alberto Gilardino’
7-Simone Pepe.
Substitutes: Federico Marchetti for Buffon (46), Mauro Camoranesi for Marchsio (59), Antonio di Natale for Gilardino (72).
Bookings: Camoranesi 70.
Corners: 8.
Shots on target: 5.
Fouls committed: 15.
Paraguay: (4-4-1-1)
1-Justo Villar;
6-Carlos Bonet, 14-Paulo Da Silva, 3-Claudio Morel, 13-Enrique Vera;
15-Victor Caceres, 16-Cristian Riveros, 17-Aureliano Torres, 18-Nelson Valdez;
19-Lucas Barrios;
21-Antolin Alcaraz.
Substitutes: Jonathan Santana for Torres (60), Roque Santa Cruz for Valdés (69), Oscar Cardozo for Barios …

Group D: Ghana 1, Serbia 0

Starting Lineups:

Serbia: 4-4-2 formation;

1- Stojkovic;

13- Lukovic, 6- Ivanovic, 5- Vidic, 3- Kolarov;
17- Krasic, 10- Stankovic (C), 11- Milijas (Kuzmanovic, 62nd minute), 14- Jovanovic;
15- Zigic, 9- Pantelic
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Ghana: 4-3-2-1 formation;

22- Kingson;

7- Inkoom, 8- Mensah (C), 15- Vorsah, 2- Sarpei;
6- Annan, 10- Appiah, 23- Boateng;
21- Asamoah, 11- Muntari;
3- Gyan.

Referee: Hector Baldassi (Argentina)

This match, while not quite as glamorous a prospect as the other of its group, Germany v Australia, was quite appealing as a fixture. Serbia, in their first World …

Group C: Slovenia 1, Algeria 0
Slovenia: Robert Koren min 78.
Starting line-up
Algeria:
Faouzi Chaouchi, Madjid Bougherra, Nadir Belhadj, Anther Yahia, Rafik Halliche, Mehdi Lacen, Karim Matmour, Karim Ziani,Hassan Yebda, Rafik Zoheir Djebbour.
Subs: Abdelkader Ghezal for Djebbour (min 58), Rafik Saifi for Mtmour (min 80), Adlene Guedioura for Kadir (min 82).
Bookings: Ghezzal 59,Yebda 90.
Sent off: Ghezzal 73.
Slovenia:
Samir Handanovic, Miso Brecko, Marko Suler, Bostjan Cesar, Bojan Jokic,
Robert Koren, Valter Birsa, Andraz Kirm, Aleksander Radosavljevic,
Milivoje Novakovic, Zlatko Dedic.
Substitutes: Zlatan Ljubijankic for Dedic (min 53), Nejic Peconik for Birsa (84),
Andrej Komac for Radoslavljevic (86).
Bookings: Radoslavljevic (35), …

Group D: Germany 4, Australia
Germany: Podolski min 8, Klose min 26, Muller min 67, Cacau min 70
Starting line-ups:
Germany: (4-3-3 formation)
Manuel Neuer;
Arne Friedrich, Holger Badstuber, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker;
Sami Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mesut Ozil;
Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Muller
Substitutes: Mario Gomer for Ozil (min 74), Marko Marin for Podolski (min 81), Cacau for Klose (min 62)
Australia (4-5-1 formation)
Mark Schwarzer;
Lucas Neill, Craig Moore, Tim Cahill, Jason Culina;
Brett Emerton, Luke Wilkshire, Scott Chipperfield, Vince Grella, Carl Valeri; Richard Garcia
Substitutes: Mile Jedinak for Emerton (min 74), Brett Holman for Grella (min 46), and NikitaRukavytsya …