Japan

Chelsea and the Premier League seem to have been at loggerheads all year since the Anthon Ferdinand incident, and the Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo is now extremely annoyed that the Blues have not been allowed to cancel their League match…

Japan only needed a draw to progress to the knockout rounds, but Denmark were favourites to go through despite needing all three points. The Danes were hoping to use their height advantage against the Japanese but the smaller defenders had…

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…