World Cup Diary Day 6: Host's down, but not yet out
By Jemma Tappenden
June 16 2010
With the football at the World Cup certainly not lighting up the world with excitment so far, much of the spirit and energy of the tournament has been upheld by the fans, in particular those of the host nation South Africa. But a small part of that spirit died this evening as Uruguay dealt the hosts a 3-0 defeat, leaving them with just 1 point and 1 game left to play.
Honduras 0-1 Chile (HT 0-1)
Venue: Mbombela Stadium
Referee: E Maillet
Attendance: 32,664
Honduras (FIFA Ranking: 38)
- 18 Valladares
- 02 Chavez
- 03 Figueroa
- 21 Izaguirre
- 23 Mendoza
- 07 Nunez (Martinez, 78)
- 08 Wilson Palacios - Yellow card
- 13 Espinoza
- 17 Alvarez
- 20 Guevara (Captain) (Thomas, 65)
- 09 Pavon (Georgie Welcome, 60)
Chile (FIFA Ranking: 18)
- 01 Bravo (Captain )
- 03 Ponce
- 04 Isla
- 17 Medel
- 06 Carmona - Yellow card
- 08 Vidal (Contreras, 81)
- 10 Valdivia (Gonzalez, 87)
- 14 Fernandez - Yellow card
- 20 Rodrigo Millar (Jara, 52)
- 07 Sanchez
- 15 Beausejour GOAL 34
Spain 0-1 Switzerland (HT 0-0)
Venue: Moses Mabhida Stadium
Referee: Howard Webb
Attendance: 62,453
Spain (FIFA Ranking: 2)
- 01 Casillas (Captain)
- 03 Pique
- 05 Puyol
- 11 Capdevila
- 15 Sergio Ramos
- 06 Iniesta (Pedrito, 77)
- 08 Xavi
- 14 Alonso
- 16 Busquets (Torres, 61)
- 21 Silva (G Jesus Navas, 61)
- 07 Villa
Switzerland (FIFA Ranking: 24)
- 01 Benaglio - Yellow card
- 02 Lichtsteiner
- 04 Senderos (Von Bergen, 35)
- 13 Grichting - Yellow card
- 17 Ziegler - Yellow card
- 06 Huggel
- 07 Barnetta (Eggiman, 90+2)
- 08 Inler (Captain)
- 16 Fernandes GOAL 52 MINS
- 10 Nkufo
- 19 Derdiyok (Yakin, 79 Yellow card)
South Africa 0-3 Uruguay (HT 0-1)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Referee: M Busacca
Attendance: 42,658
South Africa (FIFA Ranking: 83)
- 16 Khune - Red card
- 02 Gaxa
- 03 Masilela
- 04 Mokoena (Captain)
- 20 Khumalo
- 08 Tshabalala
- 10 Pienaar - Yellow card (Josephs, 79)
- 11 Modise
- 12 Letsholonyane (Moriri, 57)
- 13 Dikgacoi - Yellow card
- 09 Katlego Mphela
Uruguay (FIFA Ranking: 16)
- 01 Muslera
- 02 Lugano (Captain)
- 03 Godin
- 04 Fucile ( Alvaro Fernandez , 71)
- 16 Pereira
- 11 Pereira GOAL 90+5 MINS
- 15 Perez (Gargano, 90)
- 17 Arevalo Rios
- 07 Cavani (Sebastian Fernandez, 89)
- 09 Suarez
- 10 Forlan GOAL 24 MINS (PEN) GOAL 80 MINS
| Group H | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Honduras | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Group A | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |