Round of 16 : June 29th results

2010 FIFA World Cup: Villa strikes, Portugal dreams End


David Villa nonstoppable on Tuesday evening. In scoring the one goal in Spain’s Round-of-16 win over the Portuguese. “Portugal were very stiff at the back and their keeper was in great form,” said a generous Villa after Spain had completed a small 1-0 win. “They didn’t make it easy for us, but I got one sight on goal and luckily it was enough.”

“Their keeper was terrific,” said Spain midfielder Xavi in honor of the impressive Eduardo. “He ended two or three great saves and even when we scored he made a superb stop from El Guaje.”

“I had a good game,” said by the Portuguese shotstopper, “but it wasn’t sufficient and in any case what really counts is the team’s performance and not what I do. It’s really trying to concede a single goal and get knocked out of the World Cup. Defence was believed to be one of our strong points but there was nothing we could do to stop them getting through.”

Round of 16 Schedule of FIFA World Cup Football 2010

Group stage of FIFA World Cup 2010 has been ended today. There were 48 matches detained over the last 14 days with minimum 2 and maximum 4 matches being taken place per day. Out of 32 teams participating, 16 have progressed to the knock out stage, while other 16 sides have been eliminated from the match.There were 101 goals in 48 matches averaging 2.10 goals per match. But its Unfortunately, this is the lowest scoring rate in group stage since the number of participating teams was increased to 32 in 1998 World Cup. There were 5 matches that finished up without producing any goal. Portugal’s 7-0 win against North Korea was the highest margin victory.

Round of 16, the first stage of the knock-out round, starts from 26 June. There will be 8 matches in the space of 4 days- meaning 2 matches per day. The losing teams would be knocked out of the tournament match, while the winning teams would reach the quarter final. So, round of 16 would see 8 more teams to be eliminated from the tournament.

If a match ends up in a draw after 90 minutes of playing, there will be 30 minutes of extra time split into two 15-minute periods. If the tie is still not broken, then penalty shootout would come into effect to break the tie between the two sides. In penalty shootout, each team is allowed to take 5 penalties and the team with highest number of goals from those 5 penalties is declared winner of the match. However, if the match is still tied, then ‘sudden death’ is used to decide the winner.

Time and schedule of round of 16 matches of World Cup Football 2010:

Uruguay vs South Korea – 26 June – 14:00 GMT - Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
USA vs Ghana – 26 June – 18:30 GMT - Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
England vs Germany – 27 June – 14:00 GMT - Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Argentina vs Mexico – 27 June – 18:30 GMT - Soccer City, Johannesburg
Netherlands vs Slovakia – 28 June – 14:00 GMT - Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Brazil vs Chile – 28 June – 18:30 GMT - Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Paraguay vs Japan – 29 June – 14:00 GMT - Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Spain vs Portugal – 29 June – 18:30 GMT - Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

FIFA 2010 Group E results: Japan vs. Denmark 3-1

Japan dominated over Denmark in all departments and they scored at expected interval, beating Denmark 3-1. With this Group E conflict ended with Holland and Japan at top of the table. Japan will face South American Paraguay and Holland will face the Slovakia.

Two amazing free-kicks from Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito Endo in the first half and a late Shinji Okazaki strike were sufficient for Japan to beat Denmark 3-1 at Royal Bafokeng Stadium and claim a place in the Round of 16. With their victory, Japan, who will next look Group F winners Paraguay at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on 29 June, ended the hopes of a Denmark side who fell at the first difficulty for the first time.

World champion Italy eliminated, Slovakia advance

JOHANNESBURG: For the first time in World Cup history, both finalists of the previous champions failed to advance from the first round as reigning champions. Italy were eliminated from South Africa 2010 Thursday with a 2-3 loss against Slovakia, who used their first forever World Cup triumph to advance to the Round of 16.


Robert Vittek goaled in the 25th and 73rd minutes for a 2-0 lead at Ellis Park Stadium. Antonio Di Natale tried to pulled a goal back in the 81st minute. But Kamil Kopunek decided the match with his score in the 89th though Fabio Quagliarella made it 3-2 in the second minute of walk out time.Italy became just the fourth title-holder to fail to advance from the first stage following themselves in 1950, Brazil in 1966 and France in 2002.The 2006 finalists France were eliminated before in the tournament from Group A. And Italy failed to make it long-ago the first round for the first time since 1974.

World Cup debuts Slovakia completed second in Group F with four points behind Paraguay, while mighty Italy were last with two points.In the Round of 16, Slovakia take on the Group E winners - most likely the Netherlands.

10 Best Football players in the FIFA World Cup 2010

The leading sporting occasion on this world is about to start in a couple of days and all eyes are set on South Africa. Teams have started coming to mass country and so does the audience. Everyone is successful to see there favorite players on the field struggle for FIFA world cup trophy. Some of the players of a confident sporting event are always highlighted as favorites. From the substantial players who try to win in a tournament, there are always best players who succeed. Let’s talk about the best players participate in the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. So here is a list of 10 best football players to seem forward in the FIFA World Cup 2010

10. Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi, 22 years old guy, from Argentina with a club team named Barcelona. He is one of the youngest top 10 and a left-footer who uses low center of significance in striking the ball to goal. To know More about Football players after the break...
09. Kaka

Kaka, 27 years old midfielder, from Brazil with a club team named Real Madrid. He Coming from the upper-middle-class family, he also one of the best players in the football world making the Brazil team one of the best.
08 .Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney, 24 years old guy, from England with a club team named Manchester United. He is well-known as the baby-face-assassin who can beat from anywhere which allows him to score any type of goal and been proving his final skills.
07 .Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo, 25 years old midfielder, from Portugal with a club named Real Madrid. He has a special ability in long-range free kicks which enables him to score from anywhere.
06. Didier Drogba

Didier Drogba, 31 years old man, from Ivory Coast with a club team named Chelsea and holds the position of forward. He is an athletic player has become one of the world’s leading striker. His involvement in world cup is not shower right now due to his recent injury.
05. Steven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard, 29 years old midfielder, from England with a club team named Liverpool. He is an outstanding midfielder who also acts as a second striker or as a winger. Along with Frank Lampard, they produced the best duo attacking midfielders in the world. He is a nine-year experienced person of the English team.
04. Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres, 25 years old forward player, from Spain with a club team named Liverpool. He also playing in the football world since the age of 7 and never stops scoring goals which made him one of the best strikers in the world.
03 .Xavi

Xavi, 30 years old guy , from Spain with the club team FC Barcelona and acts as a midfielder. He has his artistic ways of precise passes and vision with a great ability of maintenance the ball.
02. Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard is an English football player, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and at international level for the England national team. He plays the largest part often as a box-to-box midfielder and has also enjoyed spells in a more advanced attacking midfield. He also considered one of the best footballers in the world.
01. Robinho

Robinho is a Brazilian football player, who presently plays as a striker for Brazilian National team. Robinho was individually chosen by Brazil legend Pele as his heir apparent at only 15 years of age.

FIFA World Cup 2010 upComing Schedule

June 18
12.00am – France Vs Mexico – Polokwane
05.00pm – Germany Vs Serbia – Port Elizabeth
07.30pm – Slovenia Vs USA – Johannesburg (Ellis)
June 19
12.00am – England Vs Algeria – Cape Town
05.00pm – Netherlands Vs Japan – Durban
07.30pm – Ghana Vs Australia – Rustenburg
June 20
12.00am – Cameroon Vs Denmark – Pretoria
05.00pm – Slovakia Vs Paraguay – Bloemfontein
07.30pm – Italy Vs New Zealand – Nelspruit
June 21
12.00am – Brazil Vs Ivory Coast – Johannesburg (SC)
05.00pm – Portugal Vs North Korea – Cape Town
07.30pm – Chile Vs Switzerland – Port Elizabeth
June 22
12.00am – Spain Vs Honduras – Johannesburg (Ellis)
07.30pm – Mexico Vs Uruguay – Rustenburg
07.30pm – France Vs South Africa – Bloemfontein
June 23
12.00am – Nigeria Vs South Korea – Durban
12.00am – Greece Vs Argentina – Polokwane
07.30pm – Slovenia Vs England – Port Elizabeth
07.30pm – USA Vs Algeria – Pretoria
June 24
12.00am – Ghana Vs Germany – Johannesburg (SC)
12.00am – Australia Vs Serbia – Nelspruit
07.30am – Slovakia Vs Italy – Johannesburg (Ellis)
07.30am – Paraguay Vs New Zealand – Polokwane
June 25
12.00am – Denmark Vs Japan – Rustenburg
12.00am – Cameroon Vs Netherlands – Cape Town
07.30am – Portugal Vs Brazil – Durban
07.30am – North Korea Vs Ivory Coast – Nelspruit
June 26
12.00am – Chile Vs Spain – Pretoria
12.00am – Switzerland Vs Honduras – Bloemfontein
Second Round – ROUND OF 16
June 26
07.30pm – Group A winner Vs Group B 2nd place – Port Elizabeth
June 27
12.00am – Group C winner Vs Group D 2nd place – Rustenburg
07.30pm – Group D winner Vs Group C 2nd place – Bloemfontein
June 28
12.00am – Group B winner Vs Group A 2nd place – Johannesburg (SC)
07.30pm – Group E winner Vs Group F 2nd place – Durban
June 29
12.00am – Group G winner Vs Group H 2nd place – Johannesburg (Ellis)
07.30pm – Group F winner Vs Group E 2nd place – Pretoria
June 30
12.00am – Group H winner Vs Group G 2nd place – Cape Town
Quarter-finals
July 2
7.30pm – 1st Quarter-final – Port Elizabeth
July 3
12.00am – 2nd Quarter-final – Johannesburg (SC)
7.30pm – 3rd Quarter-final – Cape Town
July 4
12.00am – 4th Quarter-final – Johannesburg (Ellis)
Semi-finals
July 7
12.00am – 1st Semi-final – Cape Town
July 8
12.00am – 2nd Semi-final – Durban
Third Place (July 11)
12.00am – Semi-final losers – Port Elizabeth
Final (July 12)
12.00am – Semi-final winners – Johannesburg (SC)