Italy (1) vs Paraguay (1)

Scorer for Italy:
- Daniele De Rossi @63′ min

Scorer for Paraguay:
- Daniele De Rossi @63′ min

Referee: Benito Archundia from Mexico

Spectators: 65,000

Yellow Cards For Italy:
- Mauro Camoranesi @39′ min

Yellow Cards For Paraguay:
- Antolin Alcaraz @62′ min

Coach For Italy: Marcello Lippi
Coach for Paraguay: Gerardo Martino

Players for Italy: ()
- Gianluigi Buffon =>[substituted by Federico Marchetti @46′ min]
- Gianluca Zambrotta
- Fabio Cannavaro [Captain]
- Giorgio Chiellini
- Domenico Criscito
- Riccardo Montolivo
- Daniele De Rossi
- Vincenzo Iaquinta
- Claudio Marchisio =>[substituted by Mauro Camoranesi @59′ min]
- Antonio Di Natale
- Alberto Gilardino =>[substituted by Antonio Di Natale @73′ min]

Players for Paraguay: ()
- Justo Villar [Captain]
- Carlos Bonet
- Antolin Alcaraz
- Paulo da Silva
- Claudio Morel
- Enrique Vera
- Victor Caceres
- Cristian Riveros
- Aureliano Torres =>[substituted by Jonathan Santana @60′ min]
- Nelson Haedo Valdez =>[substituted by Roque Santa Cruz @68′ min]
- Lucas Barrios =>[substituted by Oscar Cardozo @76′ min]

Statistics About Italy vs Paraguay:
shots on target : 5 - 1
shots off target : 1 - 6
possession (%) : 52 - 48
corner kicks : 8 - 4
offsides : 3 - 4
fouls : 15 - 14
yellow cards : 1 - 1
red cards : 0 - 0

Place: Mangaung/Bloemfontein
Stadium: Free State Stadium

Japan (1) vs Cameroon (0)

Scorer for Japan:
- Keisuke Honda @39′ min

Referee: Olegario Benquerenca from Portugal

Spectators: 30,620

Yellow Cards For Japan:
- Yuki Abe @90′+1 min

Yellow Cards For Cameroon:
- Nicolas N´Koulou @72′ min

Coach For Japan: Takeshi Okada
Coach for Cameroon: Paul Le Guen

Players for Japan: (4-1-4-1)
- Eiji Kawashima
- Yuto Nagatomo
- Yuji Nakazawa
- Tulio
- Yuichi Komano
- Yuki Abe
- Daisuke Matsui =>[substituted by Shinji Okazaki @69′ min]
- Keisuke Honda
- Makoto Hasebe =>[substituted by Junichi Inamoto @88′ min]
- Yasuhito Endo
- Yoshito Okubo =>[substituted by Kisho Yano @81′ min]

Players for Cameroon: (4-3-3)
- Soleymanou Hamidou
- Stéphane M´Bia
- Nicolas N´Koulou
- Sébastien Bassong
- Benoit Assou-Ekotto
- Joel Matip =>[substituted by Achille Emana @63′ min]
- Jean Makoun =>[substituted by Geremi @75′ min]
- Eyong Enoh
- Samuel Eto´o [Captain]
- Pierre Webo
- Eric Choupo-Moting =>[substituted by Mohamadou Idrissou @75′ min]

Statistics About Japan vs Cameroon:
shots on target : 3 - 3
shots off target : 0 - 4
possession (%) : 45 - 55
corner kicks : 0 - 3
offsides : 5 - 2
fouls : 18 - 28
yellow cards : 1 - 1
red cards : 0 - 0

Place: Johannesburg
Stadium: Soccer City

Netherlands (2) vs Denmark (0)

Scorers for Netherlands:
- Simon Poulsen @46′ min =>[This is an Own Goal from Denmark]
- Dirk Kuyt @85′ min

Referee: Stéphane Lannoy from France

Spectators: 83,465

Yellow Cards For Netherlands:
- Nigel de Jong @44′ min
- Robin van Persie @49′ min

Yellow Cards For Denmark:
- Simon Kjær @64′ min

Coach For Netherlands: Bert van Marwijk
Coach for Denmark: Morten Olsen

Players for Netherlands: (4-2-3-1)
- Maarten Stekelenburg
- Gregory van der Wiel
- Johnny Heitinga
- Joris Mathijsen
- Giovanni v. Bronckhorst [Captain]
- Nigel de Jong =>[substituted by @87′ min]
- Mark van Bommel
- Dirk Kuyt
- Wesley Sneijder
- Rafael van der Vaart =>[substituted by @67′ min]
- Robin van Persie =>[substituted by @77′ min]

Players for Denmark: (4-3-3)
- Thomas Sørensen
- Lars Jacobsen
- Daniel Agger
- Simon Kjær
- Simon Poulsen
- Christian Poulsen
- Thomas Kahlenberg =>[substituted by @73′ min]
- Martin Jørgensen [Captain]
- Dennis Rommedahl
- Nicklas Bendtner =>[substituted by @62′ min]
- Thomas Enevoldsen =>[substituted by @56′ min]

Statistics About Netherlands vs Denmark:
shots on target : 5 - 3
shots off target : 10 - 4
possession (%) : 56 - 44
corner kicks : 6 - 2
offsides : 4 - 2
fouls : 13 - 20
yellow cards : 2 - 1
red cards : 0 - 0

Germany (4) vs Australia (0)

Scorer for Germany:
- Lukas Podolski @8′ min
- Miroslav Klose @27′ min
- Thomas Müller @68′ min
- Cacau @70′ min

Referee: Marco Rodriguez from Mexico

Spectators: 62,660

Yellow Cards For Germany:
- Lukas Podolski @12′ min
- Cacau @90′+2 min

Yellow Cards For Australia:
- Craig Moore @24′ min
- Lucas Neill @46′ min
- Carl Valeri @58′ min

Red Cards For Australia:
- Tim Cahill @56′ min (direct, serious foul)

Coach For Germany: Joachim Löw
Coach for Australia: Pim Verbeek

Players for Germany: (4-2-3-1)
- Manuel Neuer
- Philipp Lahm [Captain]
- Arne Friedrich
- Per Mertesacker
- Holger Badstuber
- Bastian Schweinsteiger
- Sami Khedira
- Thomas Müller
- Mesut Özil =>[substituted by Mario Gomez @74′ min]
- Lukas Podolski =>[substituted by Marko Marin @82′ min]
- Miroslav Klose =>[substituted by Cacau @68′ min]

Players for Australia: (4-2-3-1)
- Mark Schwarzer
- Luke Wilkshire
- Craig Moore
- Lucas Neill [Captain]
- Scott Chipperfield
- Carl Valeri
- Vincenzo Grella =>[substituted by Brett Holman @46′ min]
- Brett Emerton =>[substituted by Mile Jedinak @74′ min]
- Jason Culina
- Richard Garcia =>[substituted by Nikita Rukavytsya @64′ min]
- Tim Cahill

Statistics About Germany vs Australia:
shots on target : 10 - 3
shots off target : 6 - 5
possession (%) : 56 - 44
corner kicks : 4 - 7
offsides : 7 - 1
fouls : 10 - 18
yellow cards : 2 - 3
red cards : 0 - 1

Serbia (0) vs Ghana (1)

Scorer for Ghana:
- Asamoah Gyan @84′ min via Penalty

Referee: Hector Baldassi from Argentina

Spectators: 38,833

Yellow Cards For Serbia:
- Nikola Zigic @19′ min
- Aleksandar Lukovic @54′ min
- Aleksandar Lukovic @74′ min
- Zdravko Kuzmanovic @83′ min

Yellow Cards For Ghana:
- Isaac Vorsah @26′ min
- Prince Tagoe @89′ min

Red Cards For Serbia:
- Aleksandar Lukovic @74′ min

Coach For Serbia: Radomir Antić
Coach for Ghana: Milovan Rajevac

Players for Serbia: (4-4-2 )
- Vladimir Stojkovic
- Branislav Ivanovic
- Nemanja Vidic
- Aleksandar Lukovic
- Ivan Obradovic
- Milos Krasic
- Dejan Stankovic [Captain]
- Nenad Milijas =>[substituted by Zdravko Kuzmanovic @62′ min]
- Milan Jovanovic =>[substituted by Neven Subotic @76′ min]
- Nikola Zigic =>[substituted by Danko Lazovic @69′ min]
- Marko Pantelic

Players for Ghana: (4-4-2 )
- Richard Kingson
- John Pantsil
- Isaac Vorsah
- John Mensah [Captain]
- Hans Sarpei
- Anthony Annan
- Kevin-Prince Boateng =>[substituted by Lee Addy @90′+1 min]
- Prince Tagoe
- Kwadwo Asamoah =>[substituted by Stephen Appiah @73′ min]
- André Ayew
- Asamoah Gyan =>[substituted by Quincy Owusu-Abeyie @90′+3 min]

Statistics About Serbia vs Ghana:
shots on target : 3 - 3
shots off target : 9 - 2
possession (%) : 48 - 52
corner kicks : 4 - 3
offsides : 2 - 2
fouls : 14 - 11
yellow cards : 2 - 2
red cards : 1 - 0

Algeria (0) vs Slovenia (1)

Scorer for Slovenia:
- Robert Koren @79′ min

Referee: Carlos Batres from Guatemala

Spectators: 30,325

Yellow Cards For Algeria:
- Abdelkader Ghezzal @59′ min
- Abdelkader Ghezzal @73′ min
- Hassan Yebda @90′ min

Yellow Cards For Slovenia:
- Aleksander Radosavljevic @35′ min
- Andrej Komac @90′ min

Red Cards For Algeria:
- Abdelkader Ghezzal @73′ min

Coach For Algeria: Rabah Saadane
Coach for Slovenia: Matjaz Kek

Players for Algeria: (4-3-3)
- Fawzi Chaouchi
- Anther Yahia [Captain]
- Madjid Bougherra
- Rafik Halliche
- Nadir Belhadj
- Mehdi Lacen
- Karim Ziani
- Hassan Yebda
- Foued Kadir =>[substituted by @82′ min]
- Rafik Djebbour =>[substituted by Rafik Saifi @58′ min]
- Karim Matmour =>[substituted by Adlene Guédioura @82′ min]

Players for Slovenia: (4-4-1-1)
- Samir Handanovic
- Miso Brecko
- Marko Suler
- Bostjan Cesar
- Bojan Jokic
- Andraz Kirm
- Robert Koren [Captain]
- Aleksander Radosavljevic =>[substituted by Andrej Komac @87′ min]
- Valter Birsa =>[substituted by Nejc Pecnik @84′ min]
- Zlatko Dedic =>[substituted by Zlatan Ljubijankic @53′ min]
- Milivoje Novakovic

Statistics About Algeria vs Slovenia:
shots on target : 3 - 3
shots off target : 9 - 2
possession (%) : 48 - 52
corner kicks : 4 - 3
offsides : 2 - 2
fouls : 14 - 11
yellow cards : 2 - 2
red cards : 1 - 0

But since the last world cups, specially losing down to France twice, one in 1998 and the last one as recently as in the 2006 world cups, Brazil seemed to have suddenly lost all its brilliance and magical samba football. You could remember that the 2006 squad was very rich in talents, but somehow a big thing was missing: driving force. Where is the Brazilian driving force who would not care about defense and just attacking, dribbling and scoring for whatever it takes? Brazil was/is clearly on an effective stylish talented football playing crisis.

After 2006, the coaching stick was left in the famous Brazilian defensive midfielder who won the 1994 World Cup, namely Dunga. And he was also supported with the arrival of Jorginho as his assistant (who was also Dunga’s team-mate for their winning cups). There could not be a better coaching team for ‘la seleção‘. But to the great dismay of everyone, Dunga revamped the Brazilian squad. His philosophy is more aimed on producing a winning team, than continuing the essence of Brazilian football. Dunga was actually shaping a more defensive Brazilian squad, something which has never ever been done in the past.

Brazilian and Inter-Milan star, Maicon confirmed in a recent (June 11 2010) press conference that the new philosophy of Brazil and hence the new aim of Brazil is: “We, the new brazil squad, are more focused on winning a sixth World Cup in South Africa than maintaining the stylish legacy of our predecessors.”

This would suggest that Dunga, who is well-known for his tenacity and tough marking, is clearly getting rid of all the samba-ing and glorious stylish play of Brazil to shape it in a more European style which is based on a solid defense and fast counterattacks. The proof is the new Brazilian squad for the World Cup 2010 itself which left out stars like Ronaldinho, Adriano and Ronaldo.

- “I want to be a champion — whether or not Brazil turn on the jogo bonito,”

- “Whether you turn on the style or play ugly, the important thing is that come July 11, Brazil are in the final,”

Kaka adds:

- “This national team is well-balanced, and that’s very important in a football team”

- “We have some of the best defenders in the world, a strong midfield, and strikers who can be decisive at any moment. Whether we play well will vary from match to match. The biggest show will be to be lifting the trophy at the end. That’s the spectacle we want.”

Now, will the new world cup 2010 Brazil team be a new era for the Brazilian football? Can Brazil win a 6th World Cup and confirm that indeed a new generation of players will at least continue what the predecessors have been taking home, the Golden World Cup!?

Don’t believe me? See the pictures below:

Scorer for England:
- Steven Gerrard @4′ min

Scorer for United States:
- Clint Dempsey @40′ min

Referee: Carlos Simon for Brazil

Spectators: 38,646

Yellow Cards For England:
- James Milner @26′ min
- Jamie Carragher @60′ min
- Steven Gerrard @61′ min

Yellow Cards For United States:
- Steve Cherundolo @39′ min
- Jay Demerit @48′ min
- Robbie Findley @74′ min

Coach For England: Fabio Capello
Coach for United States: Bob Bradley

Players for England: (4-4-2)
- Robert Green
- Glen Johnson
- Ledley King =>[substituted by Jamie Carragher @46′ min]
- John Terry
- Ashley Cole
- Aaron Lennon
- Frank Lampard
- Steven Gerrard [Captain]
- James Milner =>[substituted by Shaun Wright Phillips @31′ min]
- Wayne Rooney
- Emile Heskey =>[substituted by Peter Crouch @79′ min]

Players for United States: (4-4-2)
- Tim Howard
- Steve Cherundolo
- Oguchi Onyewu
- Jay Demerit
- Carlos Bocanegra [Captain]
- Clint Dempsey
- Michael Bradley
- Ricardo A. Clark
- Landon Donovan
- Jozy Altidore =>[substituted by Stuart Holden @86′ min]
- Robbie Findley =>[substituted by Edson Buddle @78′ min]

Statistics About England vs United States:

shots on target : 8 - 5
shots off target : 8 - 6
possession (%) : 54 - 46
corner kicks : 8 - 4
offsides : 4 - 2
fouls : 12 - 14
yellow cards : 3 - 3
red cards : 0 - 0

Some Funnily Cool Quotes/Sayings Heard:

From worldcup2010southafrica.com

- England fans should also not forget that it was a schoolboy goalkeeping error that robbed them of three points tonight and had someone told Robert Green to catch and hold every ball instead of not doing that, England would have had three points tonight

- Clint Dempsey decided to shoot from Botswana and Robert Green decided to play handball with the shot. It hit him and instead of bouncing forward it bounced behind.

Argentina (1) vs Nigeria (0)

Scorer for Argentina:
- Gabriel Heinze @6′ min

Referee: Wolfgang Stark from Germany

Spectators: 50,389

Yellow Cards For Argentina:
- Jonas Gutiérrez @41′ min

Yellow Cards For Nigeria:
- Lukman Haruna @77′ min

Coach For Argentina: Diego Maradona
Coach for Nigeria: Lars Lagerbäck

Players for Argentina: (4-3-1-2)
- Sergio Romero
- Jonas Gutiérrez
- Walter Samuel
- Martin Demichelis
- Martin Demichelis
- Juan Veron =>[substituted by Maxi Rodriguez @74′ min]
- Javier Mascherano [Captain]
- Angel Di Maria =>[substituted by Nicolas Burdisso @85′ min]
- Lionel Messi
- Carlos Tevez
- Gonzalo Higuain =>[substituted by Diego Milito @79′ min]

Players for Nigeria: (4-3-2-1)
- Vincent Enyeama
- Chidi Odiah
- Joseph Yobo [Captain]
- Danny Shittu
- Taye Taiwo =>[substituted by Kalu Uche @74′ min]
- Lukman Haruna
- Dickson Etuhu
- Sani Kaita
- Chinedu Obasi =>[substituted by Peter Odemwingie @60′ min]
- Victor Obinna =>[substituted by Obafemi Martins @52′ min]
- Aiyegbeni Yakubu

Statistics About Argentina vs Nigeria:

shots on target : 7 - 1
shots off target : 8 - 10
possession (%) : 58 - 42
corner kicks : 10 - 4
offsides : 0 - 0
fouls : 7 - 8
yellow cards : 1 - 1
red cards : 0 - 0