Day 4 bucked the low-scoring trend in the World Cup so far with only five goals scored in the three games played. Let's move on to Day 5 where the much-awaited opening clashes in the "Group of Death" see Portugal take on dark horses Ivory Coast and five-time winners Brazil take on mystery men North Korea.
By Kenneth Tan/Red Sports Match Review South Africa, Monday, June [...]
Despite pre-match claims of a “Total Football” display, it did not pan out as desired for Holland as they made hard work to see a determined Denmark side 2-0.
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Let's move on to Day 4 where big guns Holland and Italy are in action as they face Denmark and Paraguay respectively. Meanwhile fellow Asians, Japan, will look to emulate neighbours South Korea's impressive 2-0 win over Greece when they take on Cameroon.
Manuel Neuer, Sami Khedira, Holger Badstuder, Thomas Muller and Mesut Ozil -– the five of them are all under the age of 25 and possess only 30 international appearances between them. Nevertheless their relative lack of experience did not deter Germany coach Joachim Low from starting all of them on the biggest stage of world football and that decision paid off, with a 4-0 demolishment of Australia.
With not even a shot on target in open play and a starting midfield without stars Sulley Muntari and Stephen Appiah, Ghana must have counted their lucky stars as they somehow managed to overcome debutants Serbia 1-0 in their Group D opener.
Day 3 see debutants Serbia take on Ghana while 2006 semi-finalists Germany take on Australia in the opening Group C fixtures. Our Group C pundit Andrew Chua of Raffles Institution bring you a preview of the two key match-ups.