2010 FIFA World Cup Match Schedule ~ June 11 to July 11

• zocoss

  12 May 10, 21:00

  

   

   

  The 32 qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa

   

   

   

  • World Cup 2010 ·
  • Argentina ·
  • Brazil ·
  • England ·
  • France ·
  • Germany ·
  • Italy ·
  • Spain ·
  • South Africa ·
  • Denmark ·
  • Greece ·
  • Holland ·
  • Portugal ·
  • Serbia ·
  • Slovakia ·
  • Slovenia ·
  • Switzerland ·
  • Australia ·
  • Honduras ·
  • Japan ·
  • Mexico ·
  • New Zealand ·
  • North Korea ·
  • South Korea ·
  • United States ·
  • Algeria ·
  • Cameroon ·
  • Chile ·
  • Ghana ·
  • Ivory Coast ·
  • Nigeria football team ·
  • Paraguay ·
  • Uruguay

   

   

   

  THE draw for the World Cup was held in Cape Town and here is how the tournament will shape up.

   

   

  GROUP A

  SOUTH AFRICA

  MEXICO

  URUGUAY

  FRANCE

  GROUP B

  ARGENTINA

  NIGERIA

  SOUTH KOREA

  GREECE

  GROUP C

  ENGLAND

  USA

  ALGERIA

  SLOVENIA

  GROUP D

  GERMANY

  AUSTRALIA

  SERBIA

  GHANA

  GROUP E
  

  HOLLAND

  DENMARK

  JAPAN

  CAMEROON

  GROUP F

  ITALY

  PARAGUAY

  NEW ZEALAND

  SLOVAKIA

  GROUP G

  BRAZIL

  NORTH KOREA

  IVORY COAST

  PORTUGAL

  GROUP H

  SPAIN

  SWITZERLAND

  HONDURAS

  CHILE

   

   

   

• zocoss

  12 May 10, 21:02

  

   

   

  World Cup Schedule presents the complete FIFA 2010 World Cup schedule with dates and venues for all 64 games. The tournament spans a month from June 11, 2010 to the final on July 11, 2010 in Johannesburg.

   

   

   

  GROUP STAGE

   

   

  11th June 2010   (Fri)

  South Africa vs Mexico (Soccer City, Johannesburg) - 10:00pm
  Uruguay vs France (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town) - 2:30am

  12th June 2010    (Sat)

  South Korea vs Greece (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 7:30pm
  Argentina vs Nigeria (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg) - 10:00pm

  England vs USA (Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg) - 2:30am

  13th June 2010   (Sun)

  Algeria vs Slovenia (Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane) - 7:30pm

  Serbia vs Ghana (Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria) - 10:00pm
  Germany vs Australia (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban)  - 2:30am

  14th June 2010   (Mon)

  Holland vs Denmark (Soccer City, Johannesburg) - 7:30pm
  Japan vs Cameroon (Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein) - 10:00pm

  Italy vs Paraguay (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town) - 2:30am

  15th June 2010   (Tue)

  New Zealand vs Slovakia (Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg) - 7:30pm

  Cote d’Ivoire vs Portugal (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 10:00pm
  Brazil vs North Korea (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg) - 2:30am

  16th June 2010   (Wed)

  Honduras vs Chile (Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit) - 7:30pm
  Spain vs Switzerland (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban) - 10:00pm

  South Africa vs Uruguay (Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria) - 2:30am

  17th June 2010   (Thur)

  Argentina vs South Korea (Soccer City, Johannesburg) - 7:30pm
  Greece vs Nigeria (Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein) - 10:00pm

  France vs Mexico (Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane) - 2:30am

  18th June 2010    (Fri)

  Germany vs Serbia (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 7:30pm　

  Slovenia vs USA (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg) - 10:00pm
  England vs Algeria (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town) - 2:30am

  19th June 2010   (Sat)

  Holland vs Japan (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban) - 7:30pm

  Ghana vs Australia (Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg) - 10:00pm
  Cameroon vs Denmark (Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria) - 2:30am

  20th June 2010   (Sun)

  Slovakia vs Paraguay (Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein) - 7:30pm
  Italy vs New Zealand (Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit) - 10:00pm

  Brazil vs Cote d’Ivoire (Soccer City, Johannesburg) - 2:30am

  21st June 2010   (Mon)

  Portugal vs North Korea (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town) - 7:30pm

  Chile vs Switzerland (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 10:00pm
  Spain vs Honduras (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg) - 2:30am

  22nd June 2010   (Tue)

  Mexico vs Uruguay (Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg) - 10:00pm
  France vs South Africa (Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein) - 10:00pm

  Nigeria vs South Korea (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban) - 2:30am
  Greece vs Argentina (Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane) - 2:30am

  23rd June 2010   (Wed)

  Slovenia vs England (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 10:00pm
  USA vs Algeria (Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria) - 10:00pm

  Ghana vs Germany (Soccer City, Johannesburg) - 2:30am
  Australia vs Serbia (Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit) - 2:30am

  24th June 2010   (Thur)

  Denmark vs Japan (Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg) - 2:30am
  Cameroon vs Holland (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town) - 2:30am

  Slovakia vs Italy (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg) - 10:00pm
  Paraguay vs New Zealand (Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane) - 10:00pm

  25th June 2010   (Fri)

  North Korea vs Cote d’Ivoire (Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit) - 10:00pm
  Portugal vs Brazil (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban) - 10:00pm

  Chile vs Spain (Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria) - 2:30am
  Switzerland vs Honduras (Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein) - 2:30am

   

   

  LAST 16
  26th June 2010   (Sat)

  1 – Winners Group A vs Runners-Up Group B (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth) - 10:00pm
  2 – Winners Group C vs Runners-Up Group D (Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg) - 2:30am

  27th June 2010   (Sun)

  3 – Winners Group D vs Runners-Up Group C (Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein) - 10:00pm
  4 – Winners Group B vs Runners-Up Group A (Soccer City, Johannesburg) - 2:30am

  28th June 2010   (Mon)

  5 – Winners Group E vs Runners-Up Group F (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban) - 10:00pm
  6 – Winners Group G vs Runners-Up Group H (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg) - 2:30am

  29th June 2010   (Tue)

  7 – Winners Group F vs Runners-Up Group E (Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria) - 10:00pm
  8 – Winners Group H vs Runners-Up Group G (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town) - 2:30am

  30TH Jun & 1st Jul 2010

  REST DAY

   

   ã€€

  QUARTER-FINALS
  

  2nd July 2010A – Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 6 (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth)   - 10:00pm
  B – Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 2 (Soccer City, Johannesburg) - 2:30am

  3rd July 2010C – Winner Game 4 vs Winner Game 3 (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town)   - 10:00pm
  D – Winner Game 7 vs Winner Game 8 (Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg)  - 2:30am

  SEMI-FINALS

  
  6th July 2010Winner Game B vs Winner Game A (Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town)  - 2:30am

  7th July 2010Winner Game C vs Winner Game D (Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban) - 2:30am

  10th July 20103rd Place Playoff (Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth)  - 2:30am

  WORLD CUP FINAL
  11th July 2010Winner Semi-Final 1 vs Winner Semi-Final 2 (Soccer City, Johannesburg)  - 2:30am

   

   

• zocoss

  12 May 10, 21:09

  World Cup 2010:

  Portugal Boss Names Provisional 24-Man Squad

  
  
  Goalkeepers 

  Eduardo Sporting de Braga
  Daniel Fernandes
  Iraklis Beto FC Porto

  
  Defenders

  Miguel Valencia, Ricardo Costa Lille, Paulo Ferreira Chelsea, Ricardo Carvalho
  Chelsea, Bruno Alves FC Porto, Rolando FC Porto, Ze Castro Deportivo, Pepe Real Madrid.

  
  Midfielders 

  Fabio Coentrao SL Benfica, Duda Malaga, Pedro Mendes Sporting CP,
  Tiago Juventus, Deco Chelsea, Raul Meireles FC Porto, Miguel Veloso Sporting CP
  Simao Sabrosa Atletico Madrid, Danny Zenit, Ruben Amorim Benfica

  Forwards
  Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid, Liedson Sporting CP, Hugo Almeida Werder Bremen

   

   

• zocoss

  12 May 10, 21:12

  World Cup 2010:

  Dunga announced Brazil's 23-Man Squad
  
  

  
  
  

  Goalkeepers  

  Julio Cesar Inter (ITA)
  Heurelho Gomes Tottenham (ENG)

  Alexander Doni Roma (ITA)

  
  Defenders  

  Maicon Inter (ITA)
  Daniel Alves Barcelona (ESP)
  Gilberto Cruzeiro

  Michel Bastos Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
  Lucio Inter (ITA)
  Juan Roma (ITA)

  Luisao Benfica (POR)
  Thiago Silva AC Milan (ITA)

  
  Midfielders  

  Gilberto Silva Panathinaikos (GRE)
  Felipe Melo Juventus (ITA)

  Kaka Real Madrid (ESP)
  Julio Baptista Roma (ITA)

  Josue Wolfsburg (GER)
  Kleberson Flamengo

  Elano Galatasaray (TUR)

  Ramires Benfica (POR)

  
  Forwards  

  Robinho Santos

  Luis Fabiano Sevilla (ESP)

  Nilmar Villarreal (ESP)

  Grafite Wolfsburg (GER)
• zocoss

  12 May 10, 21:15

  World Cup 2010:

  Spain 30-Man Provisional Squad

   

  Spain squad

  Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Diego López (Villarreal), Victor Valdés (Barcelona), David de Gea (Atlético Madrid).

  Defenders: Raúl Albiol (Real Madrid), Álvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), César Azpilicueta (Osasuna), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).

  Midfielders: Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Cesc Fábregas (Arsenal), Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona), Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao), Marcos Senna (Villarreal), David Silva (Valencia), Xavi (Barcelona).

  Forwards: Santi Cazorla (Villarreal), Jesús Navas (Sevilla), Juan Mata (Valencia), Pedro (Barcelona), Daniel Güiza (Fenerbahce), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), Álvaro Negredo (Sevilla), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), David Villa (Valencia).

  - EDIT -

  Liverpool’s Reina joins Torres and Arsenal’s Fabregas in Spain squad

   

  Spain coach Vincente del Bosque has named his final 23 for next month’s World Cup in South Africa.

  The reigning European champions and current World Cup favourites go in with a strong list which includes Liverpool duo Pepe Reina and Fernando Torres and Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas.

  23-man Spain squad for World Cup

  Goalkeepers

  Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
  Jose Reina (Liverpool)
  Victor Valdes (Barcelona)

  Defenders

  Raul Albiol (Real Madrid)
  Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid)
  Joan Capdevila (Villarreal)
  Carlos Marchena (Valencia)
  Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
  Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
  Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

  Midfielders

  Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
  Sergi Busquets (Barcelona)
  Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
  Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
  Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao)
  David Silva (Valencia)
  Xavi (Barcelona)

  Forwards

  Jesus Navas (Sevilla)
  Juan Manuel Mata (Valencia)
  Pedro Rodriguez (Barcelona)
  Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)
  Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
  David Villa (Valencia)

   

   

• zocoss

  12 May 10, 21:22

   

   

   

  World Cup 2010:

  Argentina Squad – Maradona’s Final 23-Man Roster. Inter Duo Zanetti And Cambiasso Miss Out

   

   

   

   

  According to the Argentinian news agency Telam, Diego Maradona has settled on his final 23-man squad for this summer's FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the biggest surprise came with the inclusion of Inter forward Diego Milito.
  
  Despite Milito’s breathtaking form for Inter this season, leaving the club on the verge of a historic treble, the 30-year-old looked unlikely to make the cut. With Maradona thought to have already decided to take five forwards to South Africa, it was widely thought amongst the Argentinian media that Milto would miss out in favour of Boca Juniors veteran Martin Palermo. However, in typically erratic fashion, Maradona has pulled a U-turn and elected to take the Inter man to South Africa after all.
  
  Elsewhere, there will be relieved looks on the faces of Colon defender Ariel Garce and especially Palermo midfielder Javier Pastore. The 20-year-old has enjoyed an impressive season in Serie A for the Rosanero but is yet to earn a single cap for his country (his one appearance in an Argentina shirt came in the friendly with Catalonia and was not recognised by FIFA).
  
  On-loan Liverpool midfielder Maxi Rodriguez will also breathe a sigh of relief. For much of the year, the Atletico Madrid man looked certain to miss and will feel vindicated in his decision to find more first-team action at Anfield.
  
  The players cut from Maradona’s original list of 30 are Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli) Fabricio Coloccini (Newcastle) Jesus Datolo (Olympiacos), Jose Sosa (Estudiantes), Juan Mercier (Argentinos), Sebastian Blanco (Lanus) and Juan Insaurralde (Newell’s).
  
  Of those unlucky seven, Olympiacos winger Jesus Datolo will probably feel most unfortunate to lose his seat on the plane. The former Boca star, on-loan from Napoli, consistently impressed when called upon by Maradona, scoring a marvellous goal against Brazil in qualification and grabbing one against Russia in a friendly match in Moscow.

  
  
  Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad in full
  

   

  Goalkeepers

  Mariano Andujar Catania (ITA), Sergio Romero AZ Alkmaar (NED), Diego Pozo Colon

  Defenders

  Nicolas Burdisso Roma (ITA), Marin Demichelis Bayern Munich (GER),  Gabriel Heinze Marseille (FRA), Nicolas Otamendi Velez Sarsfield, Clemente Rodriguez Estudiantes, Walter Samuel Inter (ITA), Ariel Garce Colon,

  Midfielders

  Mario Bolatti Fiorentina (ITA), Angel Di Maria Benfica (POR), Jonas Gutierrez Newcastle United (ENG), Javier Mascherano Liverpool (ENG), Javier Pastore Palermo (ITA), Juan Sebastian Veron Estudiantes, Maxi Rodriguez Liverpool (ENG),

  
  Forwards
  Lionel Messi Barcelona (ESP), Martin Palermo Boca Juniors, Gonzalo Higuain Real Madrid (ESP), Sergio Aguero Atletico Madrid (ESP), Carlos Tevez Manchester City (ENG), Diego Milito Inter (ITA)

   

   

  Dropped

  Juan Manuel Insuarralde Newell's Old Boys, Fabricio Coloccini Newcastle United (ENG), Jesus Datolo Olympicacos(GRE), Juan Mercier Argentinos Juniors, Jose Ernesto Sosa Estudiantes, Ezequiel Lavezzi
  Napoli (ITA), Sebastian Blanco Lanus,

   

• zocoss

  12 May 10, 21:26

  World Cup 2010:

  Provisional Italy Squad - Giuseppe Rossi In, Nicola Legrottaglie And Luca Toni Out

   

  Goalkeepers - Gianluigi Buffon Juventus, Morgan de Sanctis Napoli Federico Marchetti Cagliari Salvatore Sirigu Palermo

  Defenders - Fabio Cannavaro Juventus Fabio Grosso Juventus Giorgio Chiellini Juventus Gianluca Zambrotta AC Milan Domenico Criscito Genoa Christian Maggio Napoli Salvatore Bocchetti Genoa Mattia Cassani Palermo Leonardi Bonucci Bari

  Midfielders   Gennaro Gattuso AC Milan Andrea Pirlo AC Milan Mauro Camoranesi Juventus Daniele De Rossi Roma Angelo Palombo Sampdoria Simone Pepe Udinese Riccardo Montolivo Fiorentina Claudio Marchisio Juventus Antonio Candreva Juventus Andrea Cossu Cagliari

  Forwards   Alberto Gilardino Fiorentina Vincenzo Iaquinta Juventus Antonio Di Natale Udinese Fabio Quagliarella Napoli Giuseppe Rossi Villarreal (ESP) Marco Borriello AC Milan Giampaolo Pazzini
  Sampdoria

• zocoss

  13 May 10, 00:23

  World Cup 2010:

  Mexico 26-Man Provisional Squad

   

   

  MEXICO have included Manchester United's new signing Javier Hernandez in their World Cup squad. 

  The striker, 21, sealed a £6million move to Old Trafford last month and has scored four goals in six games for his country. 

   

   

  Mexico 26-man squad:

  Keepers: Oscar Perez (Chiapas), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Luis Ernesto Michel (Guadalajara) 

  Defenders: Rafael Marquez (Barcelona), Ricardo Osorio (Stuttgart), Francisco Rodriguez, Carlos Salcido (both PSV Eindhoven), Hector Moreno (AZ Alkmaar), Paul Aguilar (Pachuca), Efrain Juarez (Pumas UNAM), Jonny Magallon (Guadalajara), Juan Carlos Valenzuela (America), Jorge Torres Nilo (Atlas), Adrian Aldrete (Morelia) 

  Midfielders: Andres Guardado (Deportivo La Coruna), Jonathan dos Santos (Barcelona), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Israel Castro (Pumas UNAM), Giovani dos Santos (Galatasaray, on loan from Tottenham) 

  Strikers: Pablo Barrera (Pumas UNAM), Adolfo Bautista, Alberto Medina (both Guadalajara), Cuauhtemoc Blanco (Veracruz), Carlos Vela (Arsenal), Javier Hernandez (Manchester United), Guillermo Franco (West Ham).

   

• zocoss

  23 May 10, 13:07

  France's 30-man preliminary squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

   

   

  Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux), Mickael Landreau (Lille), Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille); Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Gael Clichy (Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Rod Fanni (Rennes), William Gallas (Arsenal), Marc Planus (Bordeaux), Adil Rami (Lille), Anthony Reveillere (Lyon), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla); Abou Diaby (Arsenal), Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Yann M'Vila (Rennes), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon); Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille), Jimmy Briand (Rennes), Djibril Cisse (Panathinaikos), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille).

   

   

• ALN

  31 May 10, 21:22

  so who will win har?
• zocoss

  1 Jun 10, 23:55

   

  IVORY COAST

   

  Squad: Boubacar Barry (Lokeren), Aristides Zogbo (Maccabi Netanya), Daniel Yeboah (ASEC Abidjan); Souleymane Bamba (Hibernian), Arthur Boka (VfB Stuttgart), Guy Demel (Hamburg SV), Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal), Steve Gohouri (Wigan Athletic), Siaka Tiene (Valenciennes), Kolo Toure (Manchester City), Benjamin Brou Angoua (Valenciennes); Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso (Monaco), Abdelkader Keita (Galatasaray), Emmanuel Kone (International Curtea Arges), Gervais Yao Kouassi (Lille), Christian Koffi Ndri (Sevilla), Cheik Ismael Tiote (Twente Enschede), Yaya Toure (Barcelona), Didier Zokora (Sevilla); Aruna Dindane (Lekhwiya), Seydou Doumbia (Young Boys Berne), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Salomon Kalou (Chelsea).

  Abdoulaye Meite was the high-profile casualty as Sven-Goran Eriksson named his final 23-man Ivory Coast squad for the World Cup.

  Meite was included in the initial 30-man gathering by the former England boss, but the West Brom defender will remain at home.

• Just_do_it_lah

  1 Jun 10, 23:57

  Many thanks to TS for your updates... definitely will assist me in "wealth-management for WC"...

• SGporkz

  2 Jun 10, 00:30

  gotta say.. spain got the sexiest 23 member...  at least 18 are very good or world class player..

  hope they dont scew themself up..all the way~

• Poignant

  3 Jun 10, 13:44

  

  Glory hunters: the England squad board the plane before jetting off to South Africa on Wednesday night

  Capello names England squad

   

  FULL SQUAD:

  FABIO'S CHOSEN 23

  
   

  Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham)

  Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Ledley King (Tottenham), Dawson (Spurs), Glen Johnson (LIverpool), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa)

  Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City)

  Strikers: Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

   

   

• blackm

  5 Jun 10, 23:48

  Robben injury rocks Dutch
  Winger will not fly out with team-mates to South Africa
    
   
  Robben: Hamstring injury

  SKY BET ODDS

  Holland are 10/1 to win the World Cup and you get your cash back if England win. Click here to bet.Holland coach Bert van Marwijk fears Arjen Robben may miss the World Cup after the winger suffered a hamstring injury against Hungary.

  Robben appeared as a second-half substitute in Saturday's friendly against Hungary and scored twice in the 6-1 romp before hurting his hamstring in the closing five minutes.

  The Bayern Munich ace will undergo a scan on the problem on Sunday, meaning he will not travel with the rest of the Dutch squad to South Africa on Saturday evening.

  Van Marwijk is hoping that Robben's injury will not prove serious enough to rule him out of the World Cup, but he is braced for the worst.

  Does not bode well
  "I would rather have lost this match and Arjen stays fit," said Van Marwijk after the Hungary game.

  "He felt a sharp sting and that does not bode well. But I do not lose hope.

  "I thought to myself, 'This can't be true'. He made an unnatural movement and injured his hamstring.

  "You sometimes see that people with injuries like this are fit again in a few weeks. I'm hoping for that."

  Robben had not featured in Holland's previous warm-up games after complaining of a hip problem and team-mate Robin van Persie admits the former Chelsea wide-man's latest setback has rocked the national squad.

  Van Persie said: "I hope he's OK, because he's a very important player for us. Everyone is down now."

• SGporkz

  6 Jun 10, 19:21

  pretty good timings...

  7:30pm... can watch already..

   

• zocoss

  11 Jun 10, 01:54

  Wonder why is Alexandre Pato and Karim Benzema at home and missing the WC? lol...

• The man who was death

  11 Jun 10, 02:05

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  Wonder why is Alexandre Pato and Karim Benzema at home and missing the WC? lol...

  ivory coast has the most surprising drop outs....meite and bakary kone...

• zocoss

  12 Jun 10, 00:45

  Match 1 : South Africa 1 Mexico 1: match report

  Soweto denied the biggest party it had ever seen after Rafael Marquez cancels out Sisphiwe Tshabalala's superb opener

  

  Line dance: South Africa players celebrate after Sisphiwe Tshabalala opened the scoring against Mexico for World Cup 2010's first goal Photo: GETTY IMAGES

   

   

  We were only 11 minutes away from the biggest party Soweto has ever seen. Sisphiwe Tshabalala had scored a superb goal 10 minutes into the second half to bring pandemonium to Soccer City but South Africa could not hang on to the lead, as Rafael Marquez, the Mexico captain, equalised with 11 minutes to go.

• hasene

  14 Jun 10, 11:53

  Will Figo be playing for Portugal?  Hope the news of him retiring is not true.

• sh90

  14 Jun 10, 13:44

  figo retire last year

• SGporkz

  14 Jun 10, 18:27

  if im not wrong.. hes not even in the squad..

• hasene

  14 Jun 10, 23:57

  Thanks guys for your reply.   How old is Figo now that he retired?  The last I know of him he was in early 30s

• hasene

  14 Jun 10, 23:58

  Japan vs Cameroon  1:0

• hasene

  14 Jun 10, 23:58

  duplicate