Highlights

Argentina had already qualified for the knockout stages of this World Cup, so could afford to rest a few players for this match against Greece, but they still easily made it three out of three to install themselves amongst the favourites to…

Portugal were very lacklustre in qualifying for this competition, and a 0-0 draw in their first game against the Ivory Coast didn't augur well for their chances of getting past the group stages, but suddenly yesterday they found their form…

Italy are always considered to be slow starters at every World Cup, and they proved it yet again with a draw against lowly New Zealand, who are a team full of part-timers and bankers! If you think that the England manager Fabio Capello is…

Brazil are always amongst the favourites to win the World Cup, and they easily qualified for the knockouut stages last night. They have class all over the field, and in Luis Fabiano they have one of the top strikers in the world. After…

Whoever won this game was guaranteed to reach the knockout stages, so it was always going to be a hard-fought match. Holland had looked impressive in beating Denmark, and with Van Persie, Van Der Vaart, Sneijder et al in the team, they had…

Both these teams lost their opening games so it was make or break time. It was probably the most exciting match of the tournament so far, with both sides attacking at every given opportunity. The Danish defence were looking very nervous…

After being destroyed by Germany in their first game, Australia really needed to get something from this match to keep their hopes alive. With Tim Cahill suspended, Brad Holman was brought in to beef up the midfield, and his selection was…

Slovenia needed a win here to take them into the last 16 of the World Cup, and after Birsa put the ahead with a brilliant strike in the 13th minute it looked like they were going to cruise past the United States. When they added a second…

Germany looked unbeatable after demolishing Australia and were expected to qualify for the knockout rounds with another win here. They looked very good and controlled the early exchanges, but the referee was having a field day, handing out…

After Englands lacklustre performance against the USA, it was thought that they could only get better, but in fact they have got decidedly worse! Why should such big stars suddenly be overtaken by nerves to such a degree? Rooney couldn't…