World Cup Diary Day 9: Netherlands storm Group E
By Jemma Tappenden
June 21 2010
The Netherlands stormed their way to the top of Group E with a solid victory over Japan on Day 9 of the World Cup. They are all but certain to qualify to the knock out stages of the tournament with an impressive 2 wins out of 2 ahead of their final group game. Cameroon on the other hand became the first side to be knocked out of the competition as they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Denmark.
Netherlands 1-0 Japan (HT 0-0)
Venue: Moses Mabhida Stadium
Referee: H Baldassi
Attendance: 62,010
Netherlands (FIFA Ranking: 4)
- 01 Stekelenburg
- 02 Van Der Wiel - Yellow card
- 03 Heitinga
- 04 Mathijsen
- 05 Van Bronckhorst (Captain)
- 06 Van Bommel
- 08 De Jong
- 10 Sneijder GOAL 53 MINS (Afellay, 82)
- 23 Van der Vaart (Elia, 72)
- 07 Kuyt
- 09 Van Persie (Huntelaar, 87)
Japan (FIFA Ranking: 45)
- 21 Kawashima
- 03 Komano
- 04 Tanaka
- 05 Nagatomo
- 22 Nakazawa
- 02 Abe
- 07 Endo
- 08 Matsui (Nakamura, 64)
- 17 Hasebe (Captain) (Okazaki, 77)
- 18 Honda
- 16 Okubo (Tamada, 77)
Ghana 1-1 Australia (HT 1-1)
Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Referee: R Rosetti
Attendance: 34,812
Ghana (FIFA Ranking: 32)
- 22 Kingson (Captain)
- 02 Sarpei
- 04 Pantsil
- 08 Jonathan Mensah - Yellow card
- 19 Addy - Yellow card
- 06 Annan - Yellow card
- 13 Ayew
- 23 Boateng (Amoah, 88)
- 03 Gyan GOAL 25 MINS (PEN)
- 12 Tagoe (Owusu-Abeyie, 56)
- 21 Asamoah (Muntari, 77)
Australia (FIFA Ranking: 20)
- 01 Schwarzer
- 02 Neill (Captain)
- 03 Moore - Yellow card
- 07 Emerton
- 21 Carney
- 05 Culina
- 08 Wilkshire (Rukavytsya, 85)
- 16 Valeri
- 23 Bresciano (Chipperfield, 66)
- 10 Kewell - Red card
- 14 Holman GOAL 11 MINS (Kennedy, 68)
Cameroon 1-2 Denmark (HT 1-1)
Venue: Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Referee: J Larrionda
Attendance: 38,704
Cameroon (FIFA Ranking: 19)
- 16 Hamidou
- 02 Assou-Ekotto
- 03 N'Koulou
- 05 Bassong - Yellow card (Idrissou, 72)
- 06 A Song
- 08 Geremi
- 10 Emana
- 18 Enoh (Makoun, 46)
- 19 M'bia - Yellow card
- 09 Eto'o (Captain) GOAL 10 MINS
- 15 Webo (Aboubakar, 79)
Denmark (FIFA Ranking: 36)
- 01 Sorensen - Yellow card
- 03 Kjaer - Yellow card
- 04 Agger
- 06 Jacobsen
- 15 S Poulsen
- 02 C Poulsen
- 08 Gronkjaer (Kahlenberg, 66)
- 10 Jorgensen (Jensen, 46)
- 09 Tomasson (Captain) (J Poulsen, 86)
- 11 Bendtner GOAL 33 MINS
- 19 Rommedahl GOAL 61 MINS
| Group D | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| Group E | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |