Group G
Portugal 0 Brazil 0
Shameful, Disgraceful, Awful, Terrible, Rubbish, Pitiful, Disgusting, Poor, Dreadful, Lacklustre, Uneventful, Boring, Turgid, Lousy, Hopeless, Painful to watch just some of the words I will use to describe this match. It should be erased from people's memory & no one should ever mention it again.
North Korea 0 Ivory Coast 3 (Yaya Toure 14, Romaric 20, Kalou 82)
Ivory Coast started the game well & had a Didier Drogba goal ruled offside. In the 14th minute they took the lead when Yaya Toure curled in his shot from just inside the area. Romaric sent a cross over which went all the through to clip the outside of the far post that was in the 16th minute. Romaric doubled the lead in the 20th minute for the elephants when he headed into an empty net after Drogba thundered and effort against the crossbar which bounced down invitingly for Romaric. After 37 minutes, Gervinho drilled a shot which clipped the outside of the post. At half time the Ivorians could & should have been 4 or 5 in front instead of only 2.
Arthur Boka sent over a cross into the Korean box which was touched into the net by Salomon Kalou on 82. Aruna Dindane thought he had made it 4 after putting the jabulani in from a Drogba free kick but was adjudged correctly offside.
Group H
All the teams in the group can still got through. Here's a list of who can go through & how:-
Chile will go through if they win or draw against Spain
Spain will go through if they win & Switzerland don't win.
Switzerland will go through if they win & there is a winner between Spain & Chile
Honduras will go through if they beat Switzerland and Chile beat Spain. They also need a five goal swing.
Switzerland 0 Honduras 0
Not a great game, Honduras were playing for the draw. Switzerland could not find a way through, Derdiyok had one of they're better chances to score but failed to convert. Both teams go out at the first stage.
Spain 2 (Villa 24, Iniesta 37) Chile 1 (Millar 47, Estrada sent off 38)
With Chile playing the better football Spain scored against the run of play. Chilean keeper Claudio Bravo came out of his goal to clear a ball over the top with Fernando Torres threatening but it only went as far as David Villa who curled it first time into the empty goal. The goal gave Spain confidence & allowed them to open up. Andres Iniesta ran onto Villa's cut-back and side-footed his finish into the corner. Chile's night was made more difficult when Marco Estrada was sent off on 38 minutes. Estrada was sent off, for clipping Torres's heels in the build-up to Spain's 2nd goal. It was adjudged by the referee to be worthy of a second booking. That was half time, Spain two up & Chile down to 10 men.
Just after half time Rodrigo Millar, with his first touch, collected the jabulani on the edge of the box. His effort on goal took a deflection off Gerard Pique and ended up in the onion bag.
