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 BWDLGDPTS
South Korea 100 23
Argentina 100 13
Nigeria 001-10
Greece 001-20

 

Group CWDLGDPTS
England 01001
USA 01001
Algeria 00000
Slovenia 00000

 

Bookmark or share this story with:

World Cup Diary Day 2: Football Vs Soccer
Discussion started by Lions of England (IP Logged), 12/06/2010 21:45
Lions of England
Lions of England
12/06/2010 21:45
What do you think? You can have your say by posting below.
If you do not already have an account Click here to Register.

Reply Quote Report
MESSAGES->author
St George
12/06/2010 23:30
What on earth has Maradonna done to himself???

Reply Quote Report
Forum List Message List Search Log In
Your Name: 
Subject: 
We record all IP addresses on the Sportnetwork message boards which may be required by the authorities in case of defamatory or abusive comment. We seek to monitor the Message Boards at regular intervals. We do not associate Sportnetwork with any of the comments and do not take responsibility for any statements or opinions expressed on the Message Boards. If you have any cause for concern over any material posted here please let us know as soon as possible by e-mailing abuse@sportnetwork.net