Highlights

Argentina were disappointing in the World Cup Qualifiers, but with the amount of skill in the squad they can never be written off. Even with Lionel Messi, Higuain and Tevez could only manage one goal in their opening game against Nigeria,…

Nigeria and Greece both got beaten in their opening games so whoever lost this game were guaranteed to be going home early, and once Uche had put Nigeria ahead after just 15 minutes it looked like the Africans were going to vruise to an…

France are generally thought to be one of the best teams in the World, but their continual bickering and in-fighting seems to have destroyed their confidence. They have some of the best strikers in the World in Thierry Henry, Nicolas…

The South Africans were hoping to extend their run of 13 games unbeaten last night when they took on the South American minnows Uruguay, but they didn't reckon on the ex-Man Utd striker Diego Forlan being on such fantastic form. Forlan…

This is one game that you would expect to see lots of goals in, as it featured both Didier Drogba's Ivory Coast team, and Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal side. But it wasn't to be. Like a lot of these opening matches it was like both teams…

Chile got off to a good start, but we would all have expected a lot more goals against the minnows of the Honduras. But three points is three points and they are now on their way to the knockout stages. It was a well taken goal by…

In an unbelievable start to their World Cup campaign, the favourites Spain got beaten by the minnows of Switzerland! David Silva, Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso, David Silva and all the other stars of the Euro2008 winning team couldn't find…

Brazil may have won the game, but it was hardly the "sexy football" we have come to expect from them. In fact it was basically an efficient win against a side that are the big outsiders of the competition. The Brazil coach, Dunga, said…

Awesome Germany destroy the Socceroos A young German team were thought to struggle in this tournament, but they handed a footballing lessons to the pluckky Aussies. They were in total control of the game from beginning to end, with four…

South Korea (or the Korea Republic, as it prefers to be called), have become a regular at the World Cup Finals over the last 20 years, and proved yet again their international credentials in this comfortable win against the Greece team that…