World Cup Diary Day 5: Much ado about nothing


By Jemma Tappenden
June 16 2010

Day five of the tournament in South Africa really did leave a lot to the imagination. Just as football fans far and wide began to fear that nobody at this year's World Cup was going to show any class, out stepped the Ivory Coast and Portugal to confirm everybody's worst fears. At least the final match of the day, featuring top ranked FIFA side Brazil looked a bit more promising....

New Zealand 1-1 Slovakia (HT 0-0)

Venue: Royal Bafokeng Stadium

Referee: Jerome Damon

Attendance: 23,871

New Zealand (FIFA Ranking: 78)

  • 01 Paston
  • 03 Lochhead - Yellow card
  • 04 Reid - Yellow card GOAL 90+3 MINS
  • 06 Nelsen
  • 19 Smith
  • 05 Ivan Vicelich (Christie, 78)
  • 07 Simon Elliott (Captain)
  • 11 Bertos
  • 09 Smeltz
  • 10 Killen (Wood, 72)
  • 14 Fallon

Slovakia (FIFA Ranking: 34)

  • 01 Mucha
  • 03 Skrtel
  • 04 Cech
  • 05 Zabavnik
  • 06 Strba - Yellow card
  • 07 Weiss
  • 16 Durica
  • 17 Hamsik (Captain) (Juraj Kucka, 90+1)
  • 09 Sestak (Holosko, 81)
  • 11 Vittek GOAL 50 MINS (Stoch, 84)
  • 18 Jendrisek

Ivory Coast 0-0 Portugal

Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Referee: J Larrionda

Attendance: 37,034

Ivory Coast (FIFA Ranking: 27)

  • 01 Boubacar Copa
  • 04 Toure (Captain)
  • 17 Tiene
  • 20 Demel - Yellow card
  • 21 Eboue (Romaric, 88)
  • 05 Zokora - Yellow card
  • 09 Tiote
  • 19 Yaya Toure
  • 08 Kalou (Drogba, 65)
  • 10 Gervinho (Keita, 82)
  • 15 Dindane

Portugal (FIFA Ranking: 3)

  • 01 Eduardo
  • 02 Bruno Alves
  • 03 Ferreira
  • 06 Carvalho
  • 23 Fabio Coentrao
  • 08 Mendes
  • 10 Danny (Simao, 55)
  • 16 Raul Meireles (Ruben Amorim, 85)
  • 20 Deco (Tiago, 62)
  • 07 Ronaldo (Captain) - Yellow card
  • 09 Liedson

Brazil 2-1 North Korea (HT 0-0)

Venue: Ellis Park

Referee: V Kassai

Attendance: 54,331

Brazil (FIFA Ranking: 1)

  • 01 Julio Cesar
  • 02 Maicon GOAL 55 MINS
  • 03 Lucio (Captain)
  • 04 Juan
  • 06 Michel Bastos
  • 05 Felipe Melo (Ramires, 84 - Yellow card)
  • 07 Elano GOAL 72 MINS (Daniel, 73)
  • 08 Silva
  • 10 Kaka (Nilmar, 78)
  • 09 Luis Fabiano
  • 11 Robinho

North Korea (FIFA Ranking: 47)

  • 01 Myong-Guk Ri
  • 02 Jong-Hyok Cha
  • 03 Jun-Il Ri
  • 05 Kwang-Chon Ri
  • 13 Chol-Jin Pak
  • 04 Nam-C Pak
  • 08 Yun-Nam Ji GOAL 89 MINS
  • 11 In-Guk Mun (K-I Kim, 80)
  • 17 Yong-Hak Ahn
  • 09 Tae-Se Jong
  • 10 Yong-Jo Hong (Captain)

Group FWDLGDPTS
Italy 01001
New Zealand 01001
Paraguay 01001
Slovakia 01001

Group GWDLGDPTS
Brazil 100 13
Ivory Coast 010 01
Portugal 010 01
North Korea 001-10

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