World Cup Diary Day 2: Football Vs Soccer
Green's mistake
By Jemma Tappenden
June 12 2010
As far as England fans are concerned Saturday 12th June was always going to be the real start of the world cup. After day one had produced nothing but stalemates, the England camp were hoping they could follow the example of both South Korea and Argentina (Both Group B) who picked up all three points in day two's other fixtures.
South Korea 2-0 Greece (HT 1-0)
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Referee: Michael Hester
Attendance: 31,500
South Korea (FIFA Ranking: 47)
- 18 Jung
- 04 Cho
- 12 Lee
- 14 Lee
- 22 Cha
- 07 Park (Captain)
- 08 Kim
- 10 Park (Seung-Youl Lee, 87)
- 16 Ki (Kim, 74)
- 17 Lee (Kim, 90+1)
- 19 Yeom
GOALS: Lee Jung-soo (7), Park Ji-sung (52)
Greece (FIFA Ranking: 13)
- 12 Tzorvas
- 02 Seitaridis
- 08 Papadopoulos
- 11 Vyntra
- 15 Torosidis - Yellow card
- 06 Tziolis
- 10 Karagounis (Captain) (Patsatzoglou, 46)
- 21 Katsouranis
- 07 Samaras (Salpigidis, 59)
- 09 Charisteas (Kapetanos, 61)
- 17 Gekas
Argentina 1-0 Nigeria (HT: 1-0)
Venue: Ellis Park
Referee: Stark
Attendance: 50,389
Argentina (FIFA Ranking: 7)
- 22 Romero
- 02 Demichelis
- 06 Heinze - GOAL 6 MINS
- 13 Samuel
- 07 Di Maria (Burdisso, 85)
- 08 Veron (Maxi, 74)
- 14 Mascherano Captain
- 17 Gutierrez - Yellow card
- 09 Higuain (Milito, 79)
- 10 Messi
- 11 Tevez
Nigeria (FIFA Ranking: 21)
- 01 Enyeama
- 02 Yobo Captain
- 03 Taiwo (Uche, 74)
- 06 Shittu
- 17 Odiah
- 14 Kaita
- 15 Haruna - Yellow card
- 20 Etuhu
- 08 Yakubu
- 18 Obinna (Martins, 52)
- 19 Obasi Ogbuke (Odemwingie, 60)
England 1-1 USA (HT: 1-1)
Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Referee: Carlos Eugenio Simon
Attendance: 44,026
England (FIFA Ranking: 8)
After a great start with a 4th minute goal from Gerrard, England were forced to take a point after a terrible goal keeping error from Robert Green allowed the USA to snatch an equaliser before half time.
- 12 Green
- 02 G Johnson
- 03 A Cole
- 06 Terry
- 20 King (Carragher, 46 - Yellow card)
- 04 Gerrard (Captain) - Yellow card GOAL 4 MINS
- 07 Lennon
- 08 Lampard
- 16 Milner - Yellow card (Wright-Phillips, 30)
- 10 Rooney
- 21 Heskey (Crouch, 79)
USA (FIFA Ranking: 14)
- 01 Howard
- 03 Bocanegra (Captain)
- 05 Onyewu
- 06 Cherundolo - Yellow card
- 15 DeMerit - Yellow card
- 04 Bradley
- 08 Dempsey GOAL 40 MINS
- 13 Clark
- 10 Donovan
- 17 Altidore (Holden, 86)
- 20 Robbie Findley - Yellow card (Buddle, 77)
| Group B | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Group C | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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