World Cup Day 5 Roundup: Brazil Controls Match Against North Korea

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Jun 15, 2010

World Cup Day 5 Roundup: Brazil Controls Match Against North Korea The fifth day of the World Cup marks the end of Group G play, with a couple of surprises.

New Zealand earned its first World Cup point by tying 1-1 with Slovakia, Ivory Coast held heavily-favored Portugal to a scoreless draw, and Brazil dominated North Korea en route to a 2-1 victory.

New Zealand 1, Slovakia 1
Slovakia played with poise and seemingly had New Zealand beat, until Winston Reid tied it up 1-all with an injury-time header.

Ivory Coast 0, Portugal 0
Neither team able to get an offensive rhythm going, Ivory Coast held heavily-favored Portugal to a scoreless draw. Cristiano Ronaldo had a chance to score, but rattled one off the left post. Gervinho gave a strong offensive performance for Ivory Coast but couldn’t find the back of the net.

Brazil 2, North Korea 1
North Korea was only able to manage two shots on goal, as Brazil dominated play for most of the match in their 2-1 victory. Maicon and Elano each tallied goals in the second half for Brazil.

Standings

Group A
South Africa (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)
Mexico (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)
France (0-0-1, 1 point, 0 goals, 0 goals against)
Uruguay (0-0-1, 1 point, 0 goals, 0 goals against)

Group B
South Korea (1-0-0, 3 points, 2 goals, 0 goals against)
Argentina (1-0-0, 3 points, 1 goal, 0 goals against)
Nigeria (0-1-0, 0 points, 0 goals, 1 goal against)
Greece (0-1-0, 0 points, 0 goals, 2 goals against)

Group C
Slovenia (1-0-0, 3 points, 1 goal, 0 goals against)
England (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)
USA (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)
Algeria (0-1-0, 0 points, 0 goals, 1 goal against)

Group D

Germany (1-0-0, 3 points, 4 goals, 0 goals against)
Ghana (1-0-0, 3 points, 1 goal, 0 goals against)
Australia (0-1-0, 0 points, 0 goals, 4 goals against)
Serbia (0-1-0, 0 points, 0 goals, 1 goal against)

Group E
Netherlands (1-0-0, 3 points, 2 goals, 0 goals against)
Japan (1-0-0, 3 points, 1 goal, 0 goals against)
Denmark (0-1-0, 0 points, 0 goals, 2 goals against)
Cameroon (0-1-0, 0 points, 0 goals, 1 goal against)

Group F
Italy (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)
Paraguay (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)
New Zealand (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)
Slovakia (0-0-1, 1 point, 1 goal, 1 goal against)

Group G
Brazil (1-0-0, 3 points, 2 goals, 1 goal against)
Ivory Coast (0-0-1, 1 point, 0 goal, 0 goal against)
Portugal (0-0-1, 1 point, 0 goal, 0 goal against)
North Korea (0-1-0, 0 points, 1 goal, 2 goals against)

Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

Coming up: Honduras faces Chile at 7:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Spain takes on Switzerland at 10 a.m. and Group A resumes play with South Africa vs. Uruguay at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Here is the complete World Cup schedule.

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