World Cup Diary Day 5: Much ado about nothing
By Jemma Tappenden
June 16 2010
Day five of the tournament in South Africa really did leave a lot to the imagination. Just as football fans far and wide began to fear that nobody at this year's World Cup was going to show any class, out stepped the Ivory Coast and Portugal to confirm everybody's worst fears. At least the final match of the day, featuring top ranked FIFA side Brazil looked a bit more promising....
New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia (HT 0-0)
Venue: Royal Bafokeng StadiumReferee: Jerome Damon
Attendance: 23,871
New Zealand (FIFA Ranking: 78)
- 01 Paston
- 03 Lochhead - Yellow card
- 04 Reid - Yellow card GOAL 90+3 MINS
- 06 Nelsen
- 19 Smith
- 05 Ivan Vicelich (Christie, 78)
- 07 Simon Elliott (Captain)
- 11 Bertos
- 09 Smeltz
- 10 Killen (Wood, 72)
- 14 Fallon
Slovakia (FIFA Ranking: 34)
- 01 Mucha
- 03 Skrtel
- 04 Cech
- 05 Zabavnik
- 06 Strba - Yellow card
- 07 Weiss
- 16 Durica
- 17 Hamsik (Captain) (Juraj Kucka, 90+1)
- 09 Sestak (Holosko, 81)
- 11 Vittek GOAL 50 MINS (Stoch, 84)
- 18 Jendrisek
Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal
Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Referee: J Larrionda
Attendance: 37,034
Ivory Coast (FIFA Ranking: 27)
- 01 Boubacar Copa
- 04 Toure (Captain)
- 17 Tiene
- 20 Demel - Yellow card
- 21 Eboue (Romaric, 88)
- 05 Zokora - Yellow card
- 09 Tiote
- 19 Yaya Toure
- 08 Kalou (Drogba, 65)
- 10 Gervinho (Keita, 82)
- 15 Dindane
Portugal (FIFA Ranking: 3)
- 01 Eduardo
- 02 Bruno Alves
- 03 Ferreira
- 06 Carvalho
- 23 Fabio Coentrao
- 08 Mendes
- 10 Danny (Simao, 55)
- 16 Raul Meireles (Ruben Amorim, 85)
- 20 Deco (Tiago, 62)
- 07 Ronaldo (Captain) - Yellow card
- 09 Liedson
Brazil 2-1 North Korea (HT 0-0)
Venue: Ellis Park
Referee: V Kassai
Attendance: 54,331
Brazil (FIFA Ranking: 1)
- 01 Julio Cesar
- 02 Maicon GOAL 55 MINS
- 03 Lucio (Captain)
- 04 Juan
- 06 Michel Bastos
- 05 Felipe Melo (Ramires, 84 - Yellow card)
- 07 Elano GOAL 72 MINS (Daniel, 73)
- 08 Silva
- 10 Kaka (Nilmar, 78)
- 09 Luis Fabiano
- 11 Robinho
North Korea (FIFA Ranking: 47)
- 01 Myong-Guk Ri
- 02 Jong-Hyok Cha
- 03 Jun-Il Ri
- 05 Kwang-Chon Ri
- 13 Chol-Jin Pak
- 04 Nam-C Pak
- 08 Yun-Nam Ji GOAL 89 MINS
- 11 In-Guk Mun (K-I Kim, 80)
- 17 Yong-Hak Ahn
- 09 Tae-Se Jong
- 10 Yong-Jo Hong (Captain)
| Group F | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Group G | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |