Paraguay 2010 world cup

The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament inexcept in anddue to World War II.

Italy and Paraguay previously met in the first round of the tournament , with Italy winning 2—0; neither qualified for the next round. Italy were eliminated from the group with just two points, behind underdogs New Zealand, who drew all three of their matches to finish on three points. New Zealand ended up being the only unbeaten team at this World Cup, thanks in part to eventual champions Spain losing to Switzerland in their Group H game. Italy placed last, making it the first time since that the Italians did not advance beyond the first round. Man of the Match: Enrique Vera Paraguay.

Paraguay 2010 world cup

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It began on 26 June with the round of 16 matches, and ended on 11 July with the final match of the tournament held at Soccer City , Johannesburg , in which Spain beat the Netherlands 1—0 after extra time to claim their first World Cup. The top two teams from each group 16 in total advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A third place match was included and played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals. In the knockout stage including the final , if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes, two periods of extra time 15 minutes each would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. Uruguay vs South Korea was the first match in the Round of Uruguay subsequently adopted a defensive posture and Korea had more chances to score. Eventually, Lee Chung-yong equalised in the 68th minute, scoring a headed goal following a free kick. Suarez's goal was regarded as one of the tournament's best.

Paraguay 2010 world cup

Good afternoon everybody and welcome to our minute-by-minute coverage of this Group F encounter between Paraguay and New Zealand, which is being played at Polokwane, World Cup 's fourth highest match venue at 1,m. Having provided the two biggest upsets of the tournament to date, New Zealand are on a hat-trick today, and could eliminate group leaders Paraguay if they beat them and the result of something interesting happens here. They will also be guaranteed first place in the event of a draw, as long as Italy fail to win their game against Slovakia. If they draw, they will still qualify as long as New Zealand fail to defeat Paraguay. Their fate will come down to goals scored if New Zealand draw against Paraguay.

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The first half produced the occasional chance on goal with Lucas Barrios having a shot saved shortly before a long-distance shot from Daisuke Matsui hit the crossbar of Paraguay's goal. In other projects. Olof Mellberg c. Slovakia [4]. Advance to knockout stage. Spain [15]. Italy placed last, making it the first time since that the Italians did not advance beyond the first round. The only consolation was defeating Trinidad and Tobago during the last and final group game by 2—0. Referee: Frank De Bleeckere Belgium. Peter Shilton c. Peter Mokaba Stadium , Polokwane. David Beckham c. The second half was similar, with either side producing occasional chances to score rather than periods of dominance. Basim Qasim Hamdan.

Evening So here, we are, the last quarter-final. Already the horrible awareness that the World Cup will soon be over for another four years is beginning to build, but there will be time for that in due course.

Amarilla 20 ' , 44' pen. Italy [5]. Theodore Nouwens. Sancho 25' o. Retrieved 5 July Source: FIFA. Jeju World Cup Stadium , Seogwipo. Japan [11]. Amarilla 2 , J. Ayala , M. Tools Tools. Advance to final round. Mbombela Stadium , Nelspruit.