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Match 39 - Italy vs Uruguay

Italy vs Uruguay

Group D
Match 39 on June 24 at 1:00 PM Brasilia Time

Italy   Uruguay

        (Godin 81')
Man of the Match: Gianluigi Buffon

Match Updates

Lineups

Italy: Buffon, De Sciglio, Chiellini, Darmian, Marchisio, Balotelli, Barzagli, Immobile, Bonucci, Pirlo, Verratti

Uruguay: Muslera, Godin, Pereira, Rodriguez, Suarez, Gimenez, Lodeiro, Arevalo, Gonzalez, Cavani, Caceres

Italy

World Cup Record

82 Matches - W45, D21, L16

Manager

Cesare Prandelli, Italy

Uruguay

World Cup Record

49 Matches - W19, D12, L18

Manager

Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay

Match Facts

Referee: Marco Rodriguez, Mexico
Head to Head: Italy 2-4-3 Uruguay

Match 22 - Japan vs Greece

Japan vs Greece

Group C
Match 22 on June 19 at 7:00 PM Brasilia Time

Japan 0 - 0 Greece

Match Updates

Fulltime - It's a goalless draw at Natal. Colombia advances as a result

01:28: Yellow Card - Torosidis hands the ball and is booked
01:20: Substitution - Salpingidis comes in for Kone
01:17: Okubo aims bottom left corner, Karzenis saves it
01:07: Uchida crosses across the goal but Okubo could just shoot it wide
01:00: Great save by Kawashima. Karagounis sets up Gekas header, defied by the goalkeeper
00:57: Substitution - Kagawa comes in for Osako for Japan
00:55: Yellow Card - Samaras makes a foul on Okubo and is cautioned
00:46: Samaras beats the keeper with an excellent shot, but beats the goal too
00:46: Substitution - Endo comes in for Japan replacing injured Hasebe at halftime

Halftime - Greece, who are man down have an uphill battle to deal with the excellent Japanese

00:45: Karagounis immediately makes an impact, crosses to find Torosidis who heads it wide
00:41: Fetfatzidis is sacrificed to strengthen the defense after that dismissal. Karagounis is in
00:40: Kawashima dives and deflects the ball out from an excellent Torosidis shot. That was close
00:38: Red Card - Katsounaris is booked again for taking down Hasebe and is given marching orders
00:35: Substitution - Mitroglou is injured and is substituted by Gekas
00:29: Keisuke Honds aims for top right corner from a freekick, Karzenis saves and holds it on second attempt
00:27: Yellow Card - Katsounaris tackles Osako and goes into the books
00:21: Its Osako this time, shoots it powerfully, just missed the post
00:19: Uchida sets up Okubo, shoots on goal, smart work by Karzenis
00:16: Yamaguchi sets up Okubo, but the shot is dealt by Katsounaris
00:12: Yellow Card - Japan's Hasebe gets booked for a bad foul on Maniatis
00:11: Kone is free and runs towards Japan box, takes a long shot, Kawashima fumbles but gathers the ball
00:04: Mitroglou this time in the box, shoots on goal, Konno blocks it
00:02: Yamaguchi immediately on target, stopped by Manolas

Its Kickoff time at natal

Lineups

Japan: Kawashima, Uchida, Honda, Nagatomo, Okazaki, Okubo, Konno, Yamaguchi, Hasebe, Osako, Yoshida

Greece: Karnezis, Maniatis, Manolas, Samaras, Kone, Mitroglou, Torosidis, Fetfazidis, Sokratis, Cholevas, Katsouranis

Japan

World Cup Record

15 Matches - W04, D03, L08

Manager

Alberto Zaccheroni, Italy

Greece

World Cup Record

11 Matches - W02, D03, L06

Manager

Fernando Santos, Portugal

Match Facts

Referee: Joel Aguilar, El Salvador
Head to Head: Japan 1-0-0 Greece

Match 14 - Ghana vs USA

Ghana vs USA

Match 14 on June 16 at 7:00 PM Brasilia Time

Ghana 1 - 2 USA

                         (A. Ayew 82')  (Dempsey 1', Brooks 86')
Man of the Match: Clint Dempsey

Match Updates

Fulltime - It's an entertaining game. Each team dominated one half each but USA managed to get back in time

01:30: Yellow Card - Muntari takes Dempsey down. He'll be booked for that
01:26: Goal - Corner and Brooks heads it for USA, what a reply, its a winner
01:22: Goal - Gyan provides and Andre Ayew equalizes in an emphatic fashion. What a time to do so. Brooks is the culprit there
01:17: Substitution - Bedoya leaves the pitch, Zusi come in for Ghana
01:11: Substitution - Essien enters the game, Rabiu is replaced
00:59: Substitution - Boateng replaces J. Ayew for Ghana
00:46: Substitution - Besler is taken off at the halftime, Brooks comes in

Halftime - good game so far, USA kept attacking and Ghana kept coming back

00:45: Bedoya finds the target and Kwasarey's glove
00:35: Gyan shoots, Howard saves. Dempsey is bleeding through his nose - struck by Boye's boot
00:30: Yellow Card - Beckerman is down, Rabiu is booked for the foul
00:23: Substitution - Aron Johannsson comes in for injured Altidore
00:20: Altidore looks injured, it's his hamstring. He's being stretchered out
00:16: End to end stuff. Gyan misses Opare's cross, Altidore shoots but is blocked
00:01: Goal - Dempsey puts it in, off the post. Fastest goal this World Cup, 29 seconds is all it took. What  a start

Kick-off

Lineups

Ghana: Kwarasey, Gyan, Opare, Atsu, A. Ayew, Muntari, J. Ayew, Rabiu, Mensah, Asamoah, Boye

USA: Howard, Bradley, Besler, Beasley, Dempsey, Bedoya, Jones, Beckerman, Altidore, Cameron, Johnson

Ghana

World Cup Record

09 Matches - W04, D02, L03

Manager

Kwesi Appiah, Ghana

USA

World Cup Record

29 Matches - W07, D05, L17

Manager

Jurgen Klinsmann, Germany

Match Facts

Referee: Jonas Eriksson, Sweden
Head to Head: Ghana 1-0-0 USA

Match 2 - Mexico vs Cameroon

Mexico vs Cameroon

Match 2 on June 13 at 1:00 PM Brasilia Time

Mexico 1 - 0 Cameroon

(Peralta 61')                            
Man of the Match: Dos Santos

Match Updates

Fulltime - Its all over, Mexico does it on a very wet day


01:30: Substitution - Carlos Salcido is sent in for Hector Herrera as Mexico makes their last change
01:20: Substitution - Alex Song leaves the pitch to make way to an additional forward Pierre Webo
01:17: Yellow Card - Dany Nounkeu fells Marco Fabian and goes into the book
01:15: Substitution - Fan favorite Chicharito comes in for Mexico, goal scorer Peralta leaves the pitch to applause
01:09: Substitution - Marco Fabian comes in for Andres Guardado for Mexico
01:01: Goal - Dos Santos is denied again by the keeper but the rebound is put in by lurking Peralta
00:57: Yellow Card - Stephane Mbia brought down by Hector Moreno and is issued a warning
00:45: Substitution - Cedric Djeugoue is replaced by Dany Nounkeu for Cameroon during halftime

Halftime - The scores are still level

00:43: Dos Santos is the only player looking like scoring in this match and he's being denied so far. Another chance, but he stumbled

Its raining heavily in Natal, puddles are visible at the sides of the pitch

00:30: Another Goal Disallowed - its dos Santos again, another tight offside call, this is going bad for Mexico
00:11: Goal Disallowed - Dos Santos ruled offside after netting Herrera's cross, that's very tight

The game is on... Hernandez on bench
Mexico never defeated an African team in a World Cup but Cameroon never defeated the El Tri in all competitions. Who'll break the deadlock then

Lineups

Mexico: Ochoa, Layun, Moreno, Marquez, Rodriguez, Aguilar, Guardado, Vazquez, Herrera, Giovani, Peralta

Subs: Corona, Salcido, Reyes, Fabian, Jimenez, Pulido, Hernandez, Ponce, Brizuela, Aquino, Pena, Talavera

Cameroon: Itandje, Djeugoue, N'Koulou, Chedjou, Assou-Ekotto, Song, Mbia, Enoh, Moukandjo, Eto'o, Choupo-Moting

Subs: Feudjou, Nounkeu, Aboubakar, Makoun, Bedimo, Webo, Fabrice, Salli, Matip, Nyom, N'Djock

Mexico

World Cup Record

49 Matches - W12, D12, L24

Manager

Miguel Herrera, Mexico

Cameroon

World Cup Record

20 Matches - W04, D07, L09

Manager

Volker Finke, Germany

Match Facts

Referee: Wilmar Roldan, Colombia
Head to Head: Mexico 1-0-0 Cameroon

Natal

Arena das Dunas replaced the now demolished Machadao stadium in the city of Natal. The construction has been finished in December and the stadium will host four group matches in the 2014 FIFA World Cup