World+Cup+2010

__//**Australia vs Ghana**//__
What....... another red card. For what? On Saturday 19th June at 12:00 Australia played against Ghana and drew 1 all. Harry Kewell apparently was the last man behind the goalkeeper, Mark Schwarzer and got a red card. The red card was pretty soft, as it hit Harry's hand while his eyes were closed and he denied Ghana a goal. This match was taken to a new level and the spot kick was converted. At half time, the scores were level at 1-1. The rest of the game went Ghana's way, while Mark Bresciano headed the ball over the bar. All supporters for Australia turned up to Birramung Marr to watch the game on the giant screens. There were three Melbourne Victory players and a Borussia Dortmund player from Germany who came and watched the game too.

__**//Portugal vs Korea DPR//**__
On Monday 21st June Portugal caused one of the biggest upsets this World Cup. They took on Korea DPR in the stadium in Cape Town. Portugal's first half wasn't bad and they scored in the 29th minute. The score stood at 1-0 and Korea was losing. When the 2nd half started the commentators thought that the score wouldn't change much, but they were very wrong. Another 3 goals went through within the first 15 minutes of the second half. Once Portugal hit 5-0 Ronaldo seized his chance. After a bit of a mistake and a bit of luck, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first international goal in 2 years. The end result was 7-0 much to the delight of the Portugal supporters and the disappointment of the Korean supporters who at this point were wondering what went wrong.

**__//Greece vs Argentina//__**
In the city of Polokwane on the 22nd of June Argentina took on Greece. Both teams played a very different game. From the start Greece played a very defensive game with only one main striker (forward) while Argentina had basically the normal set up. It was fairly obvious that Greece just wanted to make sure they didn't lose. Argentina had many opportunities to score but they were stopped countless tomes by the Greek goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas. Apart from that the first half was pretty evenly matched and Greece accomplished their wishes. The score was 0-0 all, but the real question in everyone's mind was whether they could continue it or not. When the 2nd half started either Argentina were trying harder or Greece started slacking off. Greece suffered a few injuries and were forced to use their substitutions on that. On came Christos Patsatzoglou, Nikos Spiropoulos, Sotiris Ninis. However Argentina managed to use them more effectively bringing on Angel Di Maria, Martin Palermo and Javier Pastore. The half unfortunately became a nightmare for Greece. In the 77th and 89th minute Argentina scored leaving Greek fans upset.

__//**Australia vs Serbia**//__
On the 24th of June, Socceroos fans had their hopes up that their team could get through the group stage of the World Cup. They took on Serbia in their last match of this World Cup. The first half was very close and the score stayed at 0 all. The second half was sparked alive when our very own Timmy Cahill scored the first goal of the match. Another goal came from a long distance shot from Brett Holman, but Serbia striked back after a mistake by Mark Schwarzer. The final score was 2-1 but even with Australia's effort they didn't make it due to the match between Germany and Ghana.

**//__Germany vs Ghana__//**
While the Australia vs Serbia match was being played the other Group D match was between Ghana vs Germany. Australia needed Ghana to win in order to get through. The first half was pretty boring with each team missing countless opportunities. However Australia's hopes were shattered when Oezil scored a goal for Germany going into the top-left corner of the net. The final score being 1-0 Germany's way and to all the German's delight they finally made it through the Group stage leaving Australia's dreams shattered.