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Brazil 3, Chile 0
Brazil Starting Lineup:
Goalkeeper: Cesar
Juan, Lucio, Bastos, Maicon, Ramires, Silva, Fabiano, Kaka, Robinho, Alves
Chile Starting Lineup:
Goalkeeper: Bravo
Fuentes, Contreras, Jara, Vidal, Carmona, Beausejour, Isla, Suazo, Gonzalez, Sanchez
Monday night’s second-round matchup at the World Cup was not as anticipated as the Spain-Portugal blockbuster which is coming up on Tuesday, but there was still a considerable buzz enveloping this tilt. Chile had won a lot of admirers for a positive manifestation of football aggression, a colorful approach to the sport that, in some …

Argentina 3, Mexico 1
Argentina: Tevez 26, Higuain 33, Tevvez 52
Mexico: Javier Hernandez 71
Argentina Starting Line-up: (4-1-2-3)
22-Sergio Romero;
15-Nicolas Otamendi, 2-Martin Demichelis, 4-Nicolas Burdisso, 6-Gabriel Heinze;
14-Javier Mascherano;
20-Maxi Rodriguez, 7-Angel Di Maria;
10-Lionel Messi, 9-Gonzalo Higuain, 9-Gonzalo Higuain.
Mexico: (4-3-3)
1-Oscar Perez;
16-Efrain Juarez, 2-Francisco Rodriguez, 4-Rafael Marquez, 3-Carlos Salcido;
5-Ricardo Osorio, 18-Andres Guardado, 6-Gerardo Torrado;
21-Adolfo Bautista, 17-Giovani Dos Santos, 14-Javier Hernandez.
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Venue: Soccer City Stadium (Johannesburg)
Argentina – who no one knew what to expect of after a poor qualifying campaign – finished atop Group …

Uruguay 2, South Korea 1 – Uruguay advances to quarter-finals
Uruguay: Suarez 8, 80
South Korea: Lee CY 68.
Uruguay starting line-up (4-3-3
1-Fernando Muslera;
2-Diego Lugano, 3-Diego Godin, 4-Jorge Fucile, 16-Maximiliano Pereira;
15-Diego Perez, 17-Egidio Arevalo, 11-Alvaro Pereira;
7-Edinson Cavani, 9-Luis Suarez, 10-Diego Forlan.
South Korea starting line-up (4-2-3-1)
18-Jung Sung-ryong;
22-Cha Du-ri, 12-Lee Young-pyo, 4-Cho Yong-hyung, 14-Lee Jung-soo;
8-Kim Jung-woo, 16-Ki Sung-yong;
13-Kim Jae-sung, 7-Park Ji-sung, 17-Lee Chung-yong;
10-Park Chu-young.
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany).
Uruguay sealed their spot among the sweet sixteen after completing an impressive first round. Despite a drab 0-0 …

Ghana 2, USA 1 (Added Extra Time)
USA (4-4-2): Howard; Cherundolo, DeMerit, Bocanegra (c), Bornstein; Donovan, Bradley, Clark, Dempsey; Altidore, Findley.

Ghana (4-3-3): Kingson; Inkoom, Pantsil, John Mensah (c), Jonathan Mensah; Sarpei, Annan, Asamoah; Ayew, Boateng, Gyan.

Referee: Victor Kassai (Hungary).

As the World Cup got underway a few weeks ago, few would have predicted that this, the second of the round of 16 matches, would see USA face off against Ghana. England had been expected to easily top Group C, while Ghana hadn’t …

Uruguay 2, South Korea 1 – Uruguay advances to quarter-finals
Uruguay: Suarez 8, 80
South Korea: Lee CY 68.
Uruguay starting line-up (4-3-3)
1-Fernando Muslera;
2-Diego Lugano, 3-Diego Godin, 4-Jorge Fucile, 16-Maximiliano Pereira;
15-Diego Perez, 17-Egidio Arevalo, 11-Alvaro Pereira;
7-Edinson Cavani, 9-Luis Suarez, 10-Diego Forlan.
South Korea starting line-up (4-2-3-1)
18-Jung Sung-ryong;
22-Cha Du-ri, 12-Lee Young-pyo, 4-Cho Yong-hyung, 14-Lee Jung-soo;
8-Kim Jung-woo, 16-Ki Sung-yong;
13-Kim Jae-sung, 7-Park Ji-sung, 17-Lee Chung-yong;
10-Park Chu-young.
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany).
Uruguay sealed their spot among the sweet sixteen after completing an impressive first round. Despite a drab 0-0 …