Should be interesting. Another rematch from 2006. I don't see mexico going through

Should be a cracker, really looking forward to this.

Mexico's decision to play with Marquez slightly in-front of the defence and with two wing-backs may let Argentina get behind them a bit too often.

Unless the Mexican defence put in some great performances, I don't see Mexico getting through

The Messi show is about to kick off haha. I love the World Cup so much

Whoopsies, didn't anticipate a Mexican change, it seems they have changed to 4-at-the-back

Clearly offside. Think I will be talking more about the refs in today's matches instead of the football

2 nil to the Argies

Mexico running out of ideas.... 3-0 down and still can't get a shot on goal

Well Mexico's mistakes led to 2 of the three goals well referee's mistake on the first one, But Argentina played well anyways though.

Still, Yet to see a goal from messi

This is going to be one Epic game, can't wait for it to start. Who are you guys counting on to go trough?

C'mon ENGLAND!

I wanna see this game end in penalty shoot-out!

Prag don't even say that, that means you want England to loose

Ahem, that is only half true.  I don't know but I like games ending in penalties, they chill my spine!

The Germans aren't looking that Lethal with penalties this time around

The English men, either. Lampard is on a bizarre penalty missing spree

We always go out on penalties usually in the quarter finals.  Facts show this game is going to be 50/50 but I really don't think it will be

England needs to latch on to an early goal and make use of its chances properly. Do you guys know if Schweinsteiger is fit to play today?

No idea, I don't think he is that much of a threat anyway their biggest threats are Klose and Podolski and Ozil has looked good so far

@Shuds: I am almost sure he is fit to play

England official line-up:  James, G. Johnson, A. Cole, Terry, Upson, Milner, Gerrard, Barry, Lampard, Rooney, Defoe

This lineup is actually good, Defoe found himself in great positions last time, he makes a lot of good runs. I wonder why Carragher is not starting

Schweinsteiger is fit, full German line-up : Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Friedrich, Mertesacker, Boateng, Mueller, Khedira, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Lukas Podolski, Mesut Ozil, Miroslav Klose

I just want to watch a good match! I don't really care who wins! Penalties would be nice but I would steer more towards Germany winning just because it will help my dreamfooty team

Double post again uuuggghhh!

All eyes, or atleast mine will be on Ozil today. He plays like a classic trequartista already.
Would love to see him wear the Rossoneri.... Duh

Half an hour played, 2-0. Germany look sharper, stronger, better on the ball. England hardly using the flanks at the moment, need something very special from someone!

Germany totally owning England on every aspect. England are playing like.... Well.... Italy as of 2010!
But I am sure things will improve in the second half

History repeating itself

This'll be the most exciting controversial game of the WC yet. England have just come to life and Germany have been brilliant going forward. Lampard unlucky as ever in the WC, guy just can't catch a break. Should be 2-2

What a game! Feel sorry for the English fans though Germany deserve to be in front imo

This is turning out to be a heck of a match, I am a happy man!

This is just cruel....    Come ON, england!

If England loses this match, the world will never hear the end of it. One up for the goal-line technology lobbyists. That Lampard goal was more obvious than the Zidane penalty in the 06' WC final. The replays make it all the more astonishing, the ball was well in

Chris Toy on Twitter:

"Four years ago you can question if tech is ready, but these days the ref could bloody check Twitter and get the right decision"

So true!

If I was english I would be mad as hell right now.  What a terrific game!

All fans of the game should be mad as hell that such mistakes still happen in the game in this day and age. The whole world is watching the match between two behemoths of the beautiful game and all it takes is FIFA's indecisions to muck up a perfectly well taken goal that could have serious repercussions

Drogba on Lampard's goal.  

Maybe time to get Lennon back on for England, and if Rooney doesn't get into the game in the next 20 min put on Crouch!

Haha, gotta' check the odds on Beckham doing a Drogba if things stood as they are till the end of the game. He's in the right spot for a repeat

Wow!So Lampard can shoot a free-kick without hitting the wall!

Its all over, I guess.  4-1

Heskey for Defoe? The Milner sub for Cole seemed peculiar but 4-1 down, I'd throw in Crouch. Germany devastating on counters, they'd outrun England on crutches

Crouch played really well during the friendlies. I don't know what makes Capello to choose Heskey over Crouch

Wow! This is atrocious! England are horrible there lucky they had such a easy group!

OVER  4-1

Wow that was bad

Overall, Germany deserved their win, but they had luck on their side

Luck? It was complete ownage. But yeah should have been 2-4

Nike's write the future's ad's footballers went out of World cup faster than you can say 'huh? '...

I swear being in that add is a WC curse

Heskey and Gomez should swap shirts

@Juno:So Ronaldo is next? ;p

Maybe they should have a 'Don't write my future' ads in future.... LOL

Possibly. Don't see Portugal winning this Spain side, even though their defence are good enough, they are not Greece nor Swiss

They made a new robinho one after Dinho didn't get in the 23 LOL

Wow ironic. 1966, germany says no goal, but linesman says goal. 2010 england says goal, linesman says no goal. Overall, germany deserved it

I know but this one was clearly over

Awful defence. Simply awful. Germany deserved it. Rooney looked completely out of it this entire WC

Had that goal counted, england wouldn't had felt the need to press as many people forward and wouldn't have had that huge break against them for those last goals. Not to say germany wouldn't have scored other ways, but that miscalled goal realy had an effect on the outcome of this game

So Fifa resistance goal line technology and England have a perfectly good goal disallowed. Why do I not think this is a coincidence? I hate Blatter so much. But tbf, Germany were the better side anyway

Rugby has had the video refereeing for years, high time we get it in football as well

Well if the goal was aloud like it should have been we would have gone into halftime 2-2, and the game could have been way different. So the ref may have cost us the world cup, even so though we should have done better.

Oh and I thought the write the future ad was cool at first, now I'm not so sure though Brasil, Netherlands and Portugal are still there

I think USA are slight underdogs but it could go either way

Nah the US are favourites, the African teams are too inconsistant and the Yanks will know how to play against them

Anyone got the lineups yet?

Team Lineup

United States: Tim Howard, Carlos Bocanegra, Jay DeMerit, Jonathan Bornstein, Steve Cherundolo, Ricardo Clark, Michael Bradley, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Robbie Findley, Jozy Altidore

Formation: 4-4-2

Ghana: Richard Kingson, John Mensah, Jonathan Mensah, Hans Sarpei, John Pantsil, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Anthony Annan, Asamoah Gyan, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew, Samuel Inkoom

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Ghana's only 2 goals by Gyan were both on penalties. The Americans have a much better midfield attack. Ghana can only hope to take them to penalties. I hope I'm proved wrong. It wold be good for Africa if they advance

A little confused over clark selection

Haha chelsea61, same could be said for usa if they advance, football is getting unprecedented attention this world cup

What's up guys? Beer cold. Snacks ready. Phone off. Tv on 50 (lol) I'm good to go!

NO! NO!NO!.... No.... No.... No.... No.... No. EDU now please!

That's exactly why I questioned ricardo freaking clark bigshel. Defence has to step up! Let's make it hard again USA...

Go GO ghana !

A little bit of encouragement: after all the sloppy play, we are only down 1-0, and the second half is where we can start to open the game up. I don't like findley at the moment. Maybe put dempsey or donovan up top and bring in feilhaber? Glad clark was taken off...

Ok now I can breath again. Better so far in the second half but the defence is not looking good. We have to keep Ghana on their heels and not let up. Edu is doing well and Fielhaber thank God for his energy. Altidore keeps showing his age and inexperience in the first half how many time did he try to force the issue he missed many obvious passing opportunities to open teammates. Honestly even if we get through this round without 90 minutees of quality football we will still get eliminated in the next match. Where is the confidence and calmness necessary to suceed at this level?

Free kick set piece take advantage of this guys.  

US stop launching balls from the back and build stop wasting opportunities. Ghana continues to press and keep the US from playing organized

Fingers crossed for penalties! They're great to watch as a neutral

This is nerve-wracking! Another 30 min of torture!

Extra time. I need another beer. I hope this game ends in extra time I hate penalty shootouts!

Good things happen when you pull out clark and findley, I liked that second half much better

Yes end it now US do not go to penalties :/ ahhhhhh

Hercules Gomez for Altidore I like that change Jozy was looking ragged

Damm.come on guys you have 27 minutes to get that back. Howard should have done better for sure

I take it back, I want penalties!

LMAO I hear you I think we will tie it so it's looking likely

Edu is playing stronger than any other US player right now. Ghana is really wasting alot of time where is the card?

WOW. What a match. Exciting to the end.... So long fair well to USA but looking towards the best finish in years for the African Continent!

Well done by Ghana for sure congratulations to them and good luck! Again defensive mistakes and lack of imagination have been our downfall

Well done Ghana great for Africa hope they get to the semis'

Seriously bummed. But congrats to Ghana. They finished the chances they were given

Thank you Ghana!

Ghana Ghana Ghana.... They did it.... What a goal by Gyan to finish things off. They really deserved the win

WELL played Ghana, but lets think about things for a min, USA's defence sucks that's the reason Ghana went through

Really poor in the first half, great in the second, hat's off to Ghana though. Great game for them, I am cheering for them now that the US is out. Superb run though American even if it was anticlimactic, I think we can be proud.

Joeymac and BigShel, hilarious, too bad we didn't go through

1:36 AM Diary, I'm heartbroken. My new favourite team can't make our fifth date and I don't know when we'll see each other again.

2:20 AM I can't stop watching the replays. The sound of the full time whistle is all I hear

2:29 AM I'm suicidal and blaming myself. Punching in a number, I need objection

2:40 AM Mother says I should do it. That I deserve it for the years of disappointment. Father isn't home. She called my brother and he thinks I should do it too. He wants his tricycle back. He doesn't forget

2:51 AM.... Goodbye World. Goodbye Grandma's cooking. Goodbye to the people who I haven't yet met. United States Men's National Football Team, Goodbye. You made me laugh, you made me cry and you made me late for an exam, but your spirit was beautiful all of the time. Goodbye

2:52 AM Will do it at a late night screening of Sex and the City 2, an American import. I read the reviews, 146 minutes will kill a man

3:53 AM Couldn't go through with it. Didn't have the right change. Remembered about Mexico and it's close proximity to US on the way back, they're yet to draw their last breath. I think I'll love again. Diary, Good night

Amazing diary entry, I never thought of suicide by Sex and the City 2

Nice jimmybreeze

Good goal by Uruguay! I don't know why the keeper changed his mind in mid-air though

Is it just me or does Uruguay's Suarez look like a low-budget Jean-Claude Van-Damme? Lol

Good goal by South Korea!

If the South Koreans were better finishers, the scoreline easily would have been 3-1

What an awesome game! Well done to the Koreans for getting the equaliser, the game can only get better from here on

I'm calling a South Korea win guys If I lose, I'll do pushups...

Ooops...

Suarez!What a goal!Sweetly curled!

I'm kind of sad that South Korea has been knocked out, the finishing wasn't great today but the conditions probably didn't help. Great goal from Suarez, but I haven't forgotten what he did against Khune

Well played Uruguay, I hoped the Koreans would get through, but it wasn't their day

Two different but equally great finishes from Suarez!

Until the quarter-finals. After that, it's wiped out

Cheers, I wasnt 100% sure

Forlan's stock has sure gone up this summer. Athletico won the UEFA Cup because of his boot and Uruguay are looking to go far

I was wondering the same thing

This could be the game of the tournament. South America is unbeaten so far. What a test for Spain. I hope it lives up to its billing

Are Spain playing a 4-4-2 with Alonso on the left of midfield, or a 4-3-3 with someone on the right of the attack? Can't work them out

Wow Torres is playing bad. But I really can't believe Villa scored that goal. Maybe it will give them a chance to play better because they were playing horrible at the start but they really don't look god. Chile looks much better than they do and I know they will score at some point

Yaaayyy! Iniesta! But I really want Chile to go through too! I will be so upset it they don't go through. They are playing some of the best ball in this world cup!

I said before. Chile will be playing into Spain's hand if they attack. Sigh. Hope Swiss doesn't scores against Hondura...

A very harsh red card for Estrada

A harsh red indeed.... Ponce should have got the red instead. That tackle on Alonso really deserved another yellow. So far so good.... Hoping for more and yeah What a goal by Villa.... Just Brilliant! The second goal was good too, happy to see Iniesta actually getting on the scoreboard

Fantastic ! We had a game on our hand now!

The 2 ladies supporting both Chile and Spain are smooching HOT!

I am so happy they both got through! Woohoo!

Glad I picked Villa as my super striker in dreamfooty. Two completely different halfs. Spain are lucky they had the man advantage because Chile would have done better. The two best teams advance, the way it should be

Dang Torres is absolutely rubbish out there, I shouldn't have picked him for my dreamfootysquad

The silence here speaks volumes...

I hope Honduras doesn't make Switzerland score cause I want Chile and Spain to go through!

Yeah its a real sleeper. Both these teams are going home barring a late run

Not much to talk about with this match, could have put us all to sleep

Pregame talk -

Hey I'm joining the live comment for the first time here! Anyways, this is probably the most anticipated game of the group stages. It is 'the death match' of the group of death.... World # 1 clash against #3.... Each team famed for their individual personalities and playing style.... Brazil will be coming into the game having already qualified for the next round, while Portugal will be on very high spirits following their 7-0 thrashing of a North Korean side who actually played quite well in my honest opinion.

Kaka is suspended for this match-up but does anyone know if Brazil has appealed and undone the decision because it was an outrageous one, both yellow cards! Anyways, my predictions - a 2-2 draw with Fabiano "chesting down" another ball before scoring another magnificent goal that we can forget any doubts we may have had on how he actually "chested" the ball...

Canonsofarsene Brazil havent appealed because they have already made the last 16 so it doesn't matter if they win or not today. Even though they will beat portugal in my opinion, it will at least rest kaka for the knockout stage

Yeah it really doesn't matter much for both teams if I am correct. Because If Ivory Coast do win they still have to figure in the goal difference which I don't think they are going to get. So both teams are practically through already more than anything it will probably be boring. You always expect these matches to be good but they are not and its the ones with the smaller teams are more interesting

I would love this to be a great game but I can't see it happening. It would take a miricle from the Ivory Coast to knock Potugal out so I think both sides will be happy with whatever happpens in this game

Its an ugly scrappy game with 7 yellow cards, not more than two or three solid chances. Every time Ronaldo gets the ball he shoots, I mean from 40 yards, or over near the corner flag, terrible.

What should have been the best game of the group stages was in fact the worst. Awful from minute 1 to the very end. The crowd loudly booed at the end.

0-0, maybe three shots on target, 7 bookings. Ugly

Thank you, Dunga. For crapping on the Samba and making it play a hell of a boring football.  I need the good ol' Samba back!  

What an absolute pile of garbage. The agony was compounded, here in the UK by Mick McCarthy's awful, monotonous commentary

Wasn't a good match but it got the job done for Portugal. No one could really do anything because of all the defending going on. Honestly Portugal need more people up Ronaldo isn't superman and can't do it all on his own

Is it just me or are we going to see a bunch of games go to penalties in the last 16? I think only Argentina play an open attacking style with the 3-4-3

Argentina is going with a back 4. A loose 4-3-3 / 4-3-1-2 basically

@Prag, Brazil can actually ditch Dunga and go for Bielsa if they want the Samba to comes back. Attack, attack attack!

Bring in Leonardo as coach, I say!2014, come soon!  

Pregame talk-

Ivory Coast had their hopes of further progressing into the world cup severely dented with that loss to Brazil and even if they win this match, they will have to overcome a 9-goal goal difference between them and Portugal to qualify.... This is an enormous asking and could either inspire them to a miracle or seriously discourage their spirit. We know DPR Korea will be coming into the game with the same resolute mentality because that's just what they do. They will make the elephants play for those points. I have to say that in this world cup, the North Korean football team has earnt my respect for their fair, committed and passionate approach in playing the beautiful game! I am actually going to go against the bookmakers here and say that NK will pull off a shock win against a struggling CIV team who will eventually feel that reforging Portugal's inspired form is just too much an ask.... Remember that to qualify, they need 9 goals to overcome the deficit.... I mean what would your response be if someone asked for 9 goals from you.... But they will need to keep in mind that the first goal is the key to breaking down NK, and then anything can happen! Portugal needed the first half to get that all-important goal and the other 6 were just pick-ups from there on...

Also, this game will be a question of whether CIV can harness their energy and skill into a disciplined performance to overcome the highly-disciplined and military-like drilled unit that is the DPR Korean side...

I think by this point, you can safely say Ivory Coast is done. No way they can score another 6 goal in 7 minutes or Portugal losing 6 goals to Brazil

Pity, isn't it Incuteration? They finally start playing really well and it's game over

Team Lineup

Cameroon: Souleymanou Hamidou, Gaetan Bong, Nicolas N'Koulou, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Stéphane M'Bia, Alex Song, Jean Makoun, Geremi, Maxim Choupo-Moting, Samuel Eto'o, Landry N`Guemo

Formation: 4-3-3

Netherlands: Maarten Stekelenburg, Joris Mathijsen, John Heitinga, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, Khalid Boulahrouz, Mark Van Bommel, Nigel De Jong, Robin Van Persie, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael Van der Vaart, Dirk Kuyt

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Pretty straight forward match not much happening, just the one goal from RVP which will bring some much needed points to my DF Cameroon playing for pride, feel sad that they won't progress

Finally RVP scores

Well, RVp did already give 2 assists. He's doing well (not great though) after such a long spell of injuries

Team Lineup

Denmark: Thomas Sorensen, Daniel Agger, Per Kroldrup, Simon Poulsen, Lars Jacobsen, Martin Jorgensen, Christian Poulsen, Thomas Kahlenberg, Dennis Rommedahl, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Nicklas Bendtner

Formation: 4-4-2

Japan: Eiji Kawashima, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yuji Nakazawa, Yuto Nagatomo, Yuichi Komano, Yuki Abe, Yasuhito Endo, Makoto Hasebe, Yoshito Okubo, Keisuke Honda, Daisuke Matsui

Formation: 4-3-3

Winner takes all in this game so we could be in for a treat here. If Denmark attack like they did against Cameroon and defend better than they did against Cameroon, I think they’ll edge it and go through

Two free kicks, two different takers, two goals. Samurai accuracy, Honda and Endo. Japan are playing some really slick football even besides that, great to watch. Silly of them picking up two yellows for wasting time in the 1st half though

A world cup which has been starved with goals from free kicks has just got its dose of some divine free kicks. WOAH how the hell did Honda get it in from way over there and Endo with his answer with a sweet sweet curler

Agree with you shuds I didn't think we would see ANY goals from free kicks but two in one match and both Unbelievable strikes
Endo best curl on the ball I have seen so far

This must be the best Japanese performance on World stage. Hell, they played more through balls, more shots and more tricks than the Danes who only know how to hoff the ball into the air

Yep, masterful by the Japanese. They even covered a lot of ground and fought for the loose ball and pressed hard when they didn't have it. They'll have a good chance of going far if they repeat a performance like that, even against the best teams around

Looks like we already have the surprise underdog team of this WC. Indeed a great game from the Japs. Maybe they can face the USA later in an epic rerun of WWII as England beats the Germans in a WWI repeat

OMG will people stop the WW2 thing from now on.... The English are already overdoing the German thing (see- ).... Do we really want the Americans and the Japanese to get all started with Hiroshima-Pearl Harbour? And people seem surprised that the Japanese made it? Not for me - The Japanese philosophy of Kaizen has always ensured the constant development of highly efficient manufacturing with precisely and powerfully struck goal-bound hits - see some of Honda's concepts for confirmation...

Yeeeeaaaahhhhh! Get stuck in! Nippon! Amazing goals by Keisuke and Endo!

Team Lineup

Slovakia: Dan Mucha, Radoslav Zabavnik, Martin Skrtel, Jan Durica, Peter Pekarik, Zdeno Strba, Jan Kozak, Robert Vittek, Marek Hamsik, Erik Jendrisek, Miroslav Stoch

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Italy: Federico Marchetti, Giorgio Chiellini, Fabio Cannavaro, Domenico Criscito, Gianluca Zambrotta, Daniele De Rossi, Riccardo Montolivo, Gennaro Gattuso, Antonio Di Natale, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Simone Pepe

Formation: 4-3-3

Omg what hamsik just missed

Oh man where is cannavaro? I think he's been on vacations since may...

Italy can't maintain possession against Slovaks...

Or will this be the undoing of the Italians!

Slovaks! OMG! Italy gone behind once again!

Good goal by slovakia, c'mon italy!

Oh Yea! Happy days

Forza Azzurri!  Do it for the fans!

Oh yea that's right, you love everything italy

Pirlo.... We need you!We miss you!  Nobody to create in the mid...

De Rossi can conjure a penalty out of a sneeze, that might save Italy

Half time, , hope Pirlo could come off the bench. That'd do the trick for the Azzurri.
And Canna should've opted some other sport.... Like.... Fishing.

So who advances if points, Goals for and against remains the same for Italy and NZ after these games (looks unlikely at the moment but I'm curious.)

@Ant - he would be a world class player if he actually played like one.

@Pragthish - blame Lippi for picking him, don't blame Cannavaro

As it stands, NZ have to win

The Italian defence looks really shaky and this squad isn't working at all, Lippi needs to make his changes if he wants to progress

If there are no more goals    Paraguay 5  Slovakia 4  New Zealand 3  Italy 2

This isn't Italy!This isn't the same old scary defence!  Lippi sucks big time

Pirlo on!W00t w00t!

2-0.  All over for Italy. Thank you Lippi

Italy have been dreadful so far, barely any shots on goal. Had one saved off the line from Skertel. Vittek scores again ! Slovakia 2-0 ! Italy are going out!

Just shows age and experience ain't everything eh Lippi?

Sounds like another shock result but I'm watching the important game in this group

No, it shows finished players should retire

Forza azzurri!  2-1!  Still some hope!

Omg, he droped to the ground with a small slap to the face, well I guess it's to get him booked

I've never cheered an offside like that before!

Officially all over.  3-1.  Nothing can be done.

Italy are certainly out now, Slovakia 3-1. First touch of the game for the sub, goal ! Woah, some upset this

3-2 !

I can keep my head high!  What a goal!

Insanity! Nice one Slovakia!

What a sweetly taken goal 3-2, one of the best in the WC so far. Great game at the end of it all

Final goal from Quella was awesome.... Hmm but of no use.  Lippi should put his head into a paper bag.

The Write the Future Curse is taking effect nicely Portugal next...

Most exciting game yet.  Did you expect that from Italy?

OMG, I can't believe this, we sent the defending champions home and we move on. They have done everything I expected for them, we can gracefully bow out when we lose to the Netherlands.

Woah! What a game, it was pure drama trough and trough. The Slovakians really deserved the win today, they started slacking again after their 3rd goal but were back up again. Skrtel and Vittek saved the day. Poor poor performance from Italy, Lippi just got everything wrong and most of them on the team should really retire. What a goal from Quagliarella, truly one of the best in this tournament but it was too little too late. Pepe still had a chance to equalize but blew it wide. This is turning out to be one of the most unpredictable world cups ever

Ffffuuuuuuuu.... I used up all my 3 transfers for my Dreamfooty already and I still got an Italian player. Darn my impatience

This was really quite a game! The last 7 minutes was like watching an action/thriller movie! It was definitely the most exciting and thrilling game for the world cup. The current champions are out. I bet they never saw that coming. It was a remarkable game

Brilliant game and what a result! This tournament is now wide open, anyone can beat anyone

Laquinta was utter rubbish for the most part. The Italians only started playing - going forward with conviction when the clock hit 70 minutes and even then some of the defending was unbelievable. Great win for the Slovaks, some result this and they're through to the final 16. Were more adventerous than both of their previous games put together and deserved it at the end. Was a great game to watch

Haha well done Slovakia

That 2nd Italian goal has to be the best one yet. Amazing skill. I can't believe this Italian team defended so poorly this WC. The Italians bad at defending? Next thing we're gonna' see the Germans losing out on penalties

Team Lineup

Paraguay: Justo Villar, Julio César Cáceres, Paulo Da Silva, Claudio Morel Rodríguez, Denis Caniza, Victor Cáceres, Cristian Riveros, Nelson Haedo Valdez, Enrique Vera, Roque Santa Cruz, Óscar Cardozo

Formation: 4-4-2

New Zealand: Mark Paston, Ryan Nelsen, Tommy Smith, Winston Reid, Ivan Vicelich, Simon Elliott, Tony Lochhead, Leo Bertos, Rory Fallon, Shane Smeltz, Chris Killen

Formation: 3-4-3

Can NZ do it? Will this game prove to be the undoing of the Italians? I certainly hope Paraguay get through, they've been playing well and deserves their spot

Come on New Zealand! An early goal will do us wonders.  Come ON!

15 mins, no solid chances for either side. First goal might win this

Likewise at the other match...

Not sure what just happened but a Paraguay player was on the ground and a NZ player shoved his face in the ground? Ref didn't see it

Half time 0-0, the score suits both teams. Paraguay just need a draw but NZ will be hoping to snatch a goal on the break

The game has really opened up now with NZ looking for the win and leaving gaps behind

20 mins of Nzs world cup left

This is an incredible finish!

2 minutes for New Zealand to find a goal from somewhere !

C'mon New Zealand!

All over. Stink! Unbeaten in the world cup, finished above the world champions

Full time, both games. Damn it

Heads high New Zealand !

Heads down I'd say. Yeah they did well to get to this position in the first place, but then when they have a chance, they don't even try to attack the goal to go for a win. What a let down

That Mark Paston is really really good. More than a few fantastic saves all tournament to keep the Kiwis in contention. Onto bigger and better things

Can't really fault them for that, its been an achievement in itself, all their results in this tournament. They had a defensive strategy and stuck with it and it delivered for the most part, keeping them in contention for the final 16 till the last round of matches in the group stages. Kept them above the World Champions, that's saying something.

I think the problem is that because New Zealand don't get to play good teams like Paraguay or Italy, during international tournaments other than the WC, they have very little to plan on or to expect, going into games like those. So they picked up a strategy that they figured would work, which for the large part did. If they need to progress as a footballing nation though its entirely necessary that they take on teams from outside Oceania. Nobody's going to be complaining back home though, I'm sure hah

Spoken to a few kiwis and they are not happy that they didn't even have a go today. Not one shot at goal. Would have been just as well going out there, having a go and losing 5-0, than sitting back and not even trying. Very disappointing

New Zealand were such a credit to the tournament, exactly what you want from a small nation. Hopefully their succsess will promote the sport there

The first two performances were, yes

True that, not possible to get a result if you don't go for it. I was summing up the tournament and their strategy rather than just this game. Guess it was disappointing over the 90 minutes but can't beat hoping that there was a chance to go through to the final 16 till the last day of the group games when everybody expected the team to be the whipping boys of the group from the outset hah. Kiwis rejoice I say !

Come on Ghana, gotta' knock the Germans out

Won't happen mate Hope Lahm proves he's worthy of being the German captain

I highly doubt it will too to be honest, but I'm hoping for a slightly nicer passage for England

Really open game, not the walk in the park we thought Germany would have. Ozil should've scored with a clear 1-1 though, both team with some good chances.

Watching this and the Wimbledon match, 5th set, 50 games each. 50 - 50 . Somebody steal their rackets

The first half was quite boring, good second half, really unpredictable!  Wouldn't english fans love for germany to lose? LMAO

Fantastic strike, what a goal by Ozil. WHAM ! Kingston had no chance

What a goal by ozil.... Absolutely amazing strike...

Germany take the lead, what a goal, doesn't sound too good for england

The game has opened up now.... Germany doesn't look too comfortable though. Here come Muntari.... There seems to be a last twist which awaits us

Lahm saves the day for the Germans, great block from a shot off Ayew. Ghana really are pressing, this game could go either way, still

What a block by Lahm.... That should have been a goal

Annan looks like a good little player.... Any takers?

Come on Ghana.... Apparently KP Boatang looks like he is asked to do a couple of step overs everytime he gets the ball...

Plenty of all action central midfielders in Ghana.... Wouldn't be surprising for any of the big clubs to come sniffing.

In other news, the Mahut Isner tennis match has broken all kinds of records including the longest game EVER, over 10 hours and counting and the most aces by any player, which BOTH players recorded. The match has gone longer than the Lord of the Rings trilogy !-The Extended Edition even !. Its not even over yet, bad lighting, the players will come out again tomorrow to continue at 59-59 in the 5th set !

Happy to see Germany end as the winners after all. Good for Africa that Ghana is through too.

@ Raj: Jesus Christ! I'd drop dead after 5h of intensive tennis, but that is just ridiculous!

Really happy that Ghana got through the group stages, there is atleast one African country in the round of 16 now. Oh and what a strike by Ozil, just Brilliant !

Yeeeaaaaaaaaa! Ghanaaaaaaaaa!

Yeeeaaaaaaaaa! Ghanaaaaaaaaa!

Horraayy for Ghana! As for Germany.... Next Sunday, classic rivalry coming. England vs Germany. Ghana will face the Americans

Come on Ivanovic, Vidic, Jovanovic & co!

Cahill puts australia in lead

Australlia 2 serbia 0

2-1

Serbia pulls one back, Australia and the Serbs look to be going out as things stand, few minutes plus extra-time to go

It's all over: Ghana are though, even though it was close. That Pantelic is one dumb striker: he runs offside in the last minute and wastes an easy chance too. The man needs to review that a hundred times and never make such a costly mistake again. Serbia would've gone through if he had scored

Yeah Serbia were wasteful in front of goal, Pantelic would've been clean through had he times his runs

Oops! Sorry about the double post