The situation in Group e is clear. The Netherlands team won all the two games and advanced early, Cameroon lost both games and was eliminated early, Japan and Denmark won one and lost one. The two teams will directly decide another knockout ticket face to face.

Therefore, the focus of the last round of Group E is the match between Japan and Denmark. Japan, which has the advantage of goal difference, can advance to the top 16 if it remains unbeaten, while Denmark, which has the same three-pointer, must win to qualify.

At 8:30 pm on the 24th, South African time, the match between Japan and Denmark started on time in the Royal Banfoken Stadium in Rustenburg.

Denmark, which can only qualify for victory, was more proactive after the start of the game. They launched a fierce attack on Japan. In the third minute, Thomason knocked back, and Simon Paulson shot with his left foot from the edge of the penalty area on the left.

Football is above the beam

The seventh minute, Simon Paulson deflected from the left, and Thomason missed the hook shot from the front edge of the small penalty area.

In the 14th minute, Simon Paulson passed the ball, and Thomasen shot low from the left side of the penalty area twelve meters away from the goal.

Football flew over Japanese goalkeeper Nagato Kawashima's ten fingers

Just as the Danish fans were about to cheer, the football was rubbing against the right post.

Denmark missed a good opportunity to score. This shot made the Japanese sober. It was very dangerous to simply defend the dead, and they strengthened their attack.

In the seventeenth minute, Paulson fouled Hasegawa Makoto in the hinterland of the half of the game, and Japan won a direct free kick opportunity with a good position.

Keiyu Honda, who played for the CSKA Moscow, stood behind the football and he wanted to take the penalty.

Beep

As the referee whistle sounded, Keiyu Honda jogged slowly towards the football, and the football flew up from the turf, and walked around the human wall and went straight to the left side of the gate.

One to zero

The first goal was not the Denmark team, but the Japanese team

The Danes came out in full swing. They had no way out, so the Japanese launched a defensive counterattack. In the 30th minute, Japan counterattacked quickly, and Claudloup had no choice but to pull down Kazuo Okubo in front of the penalty area.

Japan once again won a direct free kick opportunity with a good position. This time, it was not Keiyuki Honda, but Endo Hondo from Gamba, Osaka.

Endo's football sent by Satohito bypassed the wall and headed straight to the right side of the goal

Denmark goalkeeper Sorensen failed to stop football from entering the net despite his best efforts

Two to zero

Japan's victory is in sight

At the Green Penalty Stadium in Cape Town, the Dutch team is in full swing.

In the 36th minute of the first half, the Dutch played a wonderful cooperation, Kuyt broke through from the right and passed the ball, Van Persie took the ball and cut inside and knocked back.

Van der Fat's straight pass with his left foot was missed by Kuyt, and Van Persie pushed the ball into the goal at a small angle of eight meters from the right side. The football got into the goal from Amidu's crotch.

One to zero

With this goal, the Dutch ended the first half with one-to-zero. The two sides changed sides and fought again in the second half. Cameroonby, who fought for honor, did not give up the game.

In the 19th minute of the second half, Braruz fouled Macon, Gremy took a free kick 25 meters in front of the goal and hit Van der Fate's left elbow. The referee Poso called the penalty.

Etoo made it all in one go

One to one

The Dutch launched a sharp attack in the 38th minute of the second half. Sneider counterattacked in the backcourt and made a precise pass from the outside of his right foot. Robben took the ball from the right and turned around and cut inside to dodge Rigobet Song Hou, and shot with his left foot 23 meters in front of the goal.

Pong

The football bounced back from the inside of the left post, and Hunteral alertly stepped forward and pushed the ball into the empty goal.

Two to one

The Dutch led again and kept the score until the end of the game. The Dutch team was Argentina and England after becoming the third team to win the entire team.

At the Royal Banfoken Stadium in Rustenburg, the Danes who were two goals behind did not give up, while Japan launched a defensive counterattack even more firmly.

The Danes had a tide of offensives, but under Japan's tight defense and their anxious mentality, they passed by the goals again and again. The Danes' efforts were finally rewarded in the 36th minute of the second half. Makoto Hasegawa pushed Agel down in the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty to Denmark.

Thomason took the penalty kick and was saved by Kawashima Nagato, but his alert shot made the football fly to the goal net

One to two

The Danes narrowed the score difference

The Danes attacked more fiercely in the next game, but his defense was too wide. In the 43rd minute of the second half, Japan launched a fast counterattack. Honda Keiyuki dunked Romedal and made a cross in the left rib of the penalty area. Shinji Okazaki easily shot into the empty goal.

Three to one

The Japanese locked in the victory

The Danes are in a desperate situation and have to accept the fate of failure. With this victory, Japan entered the top 16 as the second in the group.

The situation in Group F is similar to that in Group D. The four teams have the possibility of appearing, and the qualifying situation is confusing. The defending champion Italy, who has two draws and two losses, faces Slovakia, with one draw and one loss, and Paraguay, which has the most favorable situation in qualifying, faces New Zealand, which has two draws and two draws.

At 4:00 p.m. on the 24th, the match between Italy and Slovakia in Johannesburg was officially started. After the game began, the defending champion launched a fierce attack on the opponent, but Slovakia was the first to score the goal.

In the 25th minute, De Rossi passed the ball without anyone pressing in the backcourt. Kuzka intercepted the ball in front of Montolivo and made a straight pass. Wittke fell to the ground and shot with his right foot on the penalty area line.

Italian goalkeeper Marchetti failed to make an effective save, so the football drilled into the lower left corner

One to zero

After that, the two sides fell into a battle, and until the end of the first half, no one could change the score.

Paul Guarney's Peter Mokaba Stadium, Paraguay can get the group qualifying with a draw. New Zealand can only qualify if it wins, so after the game begins, New Zealand is more active.

As time went by, Paraguay gradually gained the upper hand with its strength, but they were in a position to score, and neither team could break through the opponent's goal in the first half.

After the second half of the stadium in Ellis Park in Johannesburg, under the command of the Silver Fox Lippi, the Italians launched a powerful counterattack, and Slovenia responded calmly.

In the 18th minute of the second half, Slovenia got a corner kick opportunity.

Hamsik took a corner kick from the right, Chiellini headed the ball to clear the ball, but Hamsik immediately returned to the goal, Wittke rushed in front of Chiellini, and pushed his right foot five meters away from the goal.

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Two to zero

Italian fans are going to despair

The tenacious Italian did not give up. In the 38th minute of the second half, Quariarela cut inside from the right and cooperated with Yaqunta to play the wall. Yaqunta made the ball with her back. Quariarela shot with his right foot ten meters in front of the goal.

Slovak goalkeeper Muha reacted quickly and blocked the football

Dinatale alertly stepped forward and shot with two steps

Muha had no time to react in the second place, so he could only watch the football roll into the empty door

One to two

Italians narrowed the gap

At this time, the match between Paraguay and New Zealand was still stalemate, and no one could break the deadlock. According to the current situation, as long as Italy equalizes the score, it can beat New Zealand with the number of goals.

So Italy came out in full swing, their defense had a very large gap. In the 44th minute of the second half, Slovak's front-field goal, Pekarik threw the ball into the Italian penalty area. Kopnek, who had just appeared, inserted into the penalty area at a high speed, and before Marchetti, he volleyed with his right toe nine meters away from the goal.

The football drew a wonderful arc in the air and flew from a far corner to score the goal net

Three to one

Slovakia leads two goals again, Italian fans shed tears of pain

But the Italian players did not give up. They hoped to create a miracle. The second minute of stoppage time entered. De Rossi's left-left shot was blocked and the scorched it to Quariarera. Quariarera cleverly rubbed his right foot from 24 meters in front of the goal. The football was hung in the upper left corner and entered the net.

Two to three

It’s a pity that the ball came too late. Two minutes later, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, and Italy lost two to three. Two draws and one loss, and the defending champion was eliminated.

Almost at the same time, Paraguay and New Zealand ended, and the two sides shook hands with a zero-to-zero score. The New Zealand team tied in all three games and did not lose a single game, but they still could not escape the fate of being eliminated.

Paraguay won one and two draws, entering the semi-finals as the top 16. Dark Maslovakia won another ticket to advance to the knockout round with the victory in the last game.

Italy's elimination exceeded many people's expectations. Although the defending champions were aging, their strength was still strong. Despite the elimination of the Italian Cup, they continued to fight until the last minute of the game and waited for the media to affirm it.
Chapter completed!