Japan and Paraguay aiming to reach their first quarterfinals Paraguay and Japan will be attempting to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time in their histories when they meet at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria on June 29. Paraguay topped Group F with five points after they drew Italy 1-1 in [...]

Denmark must beat Japan to advance While most fans view the Japan vs Denmark game at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg on June 24 to be for second place, one of these teams could actually win group E with a little luck. Both teams come into the match tied for second place with three [...]

The 2010 World Cup match between Netherlands and Japan is now less than an hour away and the starting lineups have been presented. Below you will find the starting 11 for both Netherlands and Japan.

Netherlands are without doubt the clear group favourites and are almost a certainty to go onto the last 16. They qualified for the World Cup easily and possess a wealth of attacking options in Robben, Van Persie and Sneijder.

Time: 19th June, 13.30 local time. Venue: Durban, South Africa On the 19th of June in Durban at 13:30 local time Group E gets back into action with the match between group favourites the Netherlands and Japan. With the Netherlands among the favourites to win the World Cup, and Japan, along with all of the [...]

England rode their luck against Japan in Graz, Austria, on May 30 and came out 2-1 winners thanks to two own goals by their opposition. While they created several good chances of their own and had most of the possession, it took own goals in the 72nd and 83rd minutes to seal the win in [...]

Time: 14th June, 16.00 local time. Venue: Mangaung / Bloemfontein, South Africa On the 14th of June in Bloemfontein, Group E’s second match will be played out between Japan and Cameroon. The game kicks off at 16:00 local time. With Cameroon at 100/1 to win the cup, similar to other group rivals Denmark, and Japan [...]