At 13:30 p.m. on the 14th local time in South Africa, the e-group game started, and the first to appear was the Dutch team, who faced the Danes' challenge at the Football City Stadium in Johannesburg.

The first half was calm, and after both sides missed several opportunities, they ended at zero to zero. No one expected that the second half had just begun, and the shocking change occurred, and the dull situation was broken.

The second half started in the 34th second, Van Persie made a cross from the left, Danish midfielder S Paulson headed the ball away, but the ball hit his teammate Agel and then deflected into his own goal.

This is the first self-owned in this World Cup. The Dutch led with this lucky goal, and the Denmark strengthened its offense while the score was behind.

However, under the transformation of Van Marvik, this Dutch team has long been the Dutch team that pursues gorgeous offenses, and they pay great attention to defense.

The Danes' offense returned in vain again and again. Five minutes after the game ended, the Dutch made a simple and fast counterattack. The main hero of Inter Milan's Champions League this season. Sneider made a straight pass in front of the penalty area, and Elia flew into a single shot.

Elia, who came on the bench, shot low twelve meters away from the goal. The football crossed the Danish goalkeeper Sorensen's fingers. Just as the Dutch fans were about to cheer and celebrate, the football hit the post and bounced back to the penalty area with a pong.

Kuyt did not disappoint Dutch fans, he made a short shot and entered the net

Two to zero

The Dutch won the first victory without any bloodshed, laying a solid foundation for the group qualifying.

At 4 pm, another match between Group E started, and the Asian powerhouse Japanese team made their debut. Their opponent was the African lion Cameroon.

The golden age of Cameroon has long ended. The two teams had previously met in the 2001 Federation Cup. Japan defeated Cameroon 2-0. In the following two warm-up matches, Japan remained unbeaten with 1 win and 1 draw.

Both sides seemed cautious after the opening. Cameroon did not get his first shot until the fifteenth minute of the game. Weber passed the ball, but Matip's long shot was blocked.

The two teams have a clear style of play. The Japanese team began to use passes and receives to control the game, but the offensive threat was limited, while Cameroon simply used long passes to launch an attack.

The 39th minute of the first half, the game changed suddenly, Matsui Daisuke made a cross from the right, Russian Premier League CSKA midfielder Keiyuki Honda scored from the left side of the penalty area

One to zero

Japan team leads

Behind the score, Cameroon continued to threaten Japan with long passes. In the 39th minute of the second half, Cameroon ushered in the best chance to score. Mbia shot with a long shot from 30 meters away, and the football roared like a cannonball and headed straight to the dead corner.

In the horrified eyes of Japanese fans, there was a loud bang, and the football hit the crossbar.

After a while, Japanese fans cheered in cold sweat, and their team escaped the most dangerous arrow.

The Japanese defeated Cameroon 1-0 and were lucky enough to win this victory.

The game in Group F began at 8:30 that night, and the defending champion Italians made their debut, their opponent was the South American powerhouse Paraguay.

The Italian warm-up match was not good, except for losing to England, and lost to Mexico with a score of one to two. The game was played in the rain, and the outdoor temperature was only octave.

This is hard to imagine.

The Italians once again saw their slow heat. In the 39th minute of the first half, Chiellini fouled Valdes behind his back. Torres passed the free kick with his left foot from the right side to the penalty area. Cannavaro was suppressed by the opponent and did not jump enough. Alcaras was seven meters away from the goal in front of De Rossi. He shook his head and rushed into the lower right corner.

One to zero

The score was behind, and the Italians seemed to wake up from the cold rain. They launched a tide attack on Uruguay. In the 18th minute of the second half, Yaqunta passed to Pepe from the left, and the football was blocked by the Paraguay defender and went out of the baseline.

Pepe took a corner kick from the left, goalkeeper Villar attacked but failed to hit the ball. De Rossi made a volley with his left foot four meters away from the goal, and the football rolled into the empty goal

The score becomes one to one

Both sides returned to the same starting line. For the remaining time, neither side was able to change the score and had to shake hands and make peace with one-to-one scores.

At 13:00 on the 15th, another match in Group F started, with New Zealand facing Slovakia. This was the first time the two teams had met in history, and Slovakia made its World Cup debut.

The only new Zealand reached the finals before was in 1982, with a crushing defeat in all three groups. Last year's Federation Cup group stage, he won only three games with European teams in 28 matches.

The first half of this game was also dull, and both sides made no achievements. After the second half, both sides gradually got better. In the fifth minute, Slovakia launched a quick counterattack. Shestark and Weiss Jr. cooperated continuously and made a cross from the right. The football passed over Reed's head. Wittke pushed the earth seven meters in front of the goal. The football flew into the lower left corner of the goal.

One to zero

New Zealand, which was behind in the score, came out in full swing, which provided Slovakia with a chance to counterattack quickly. In the 24th minute of the second half, Wittke almost secured the victory, and his push shot was saved by New Zealand goalkeeper Paston.

After that, New Zealand goalkeeper Paston resisted the counterattack, dismantling Slovakia again and again. When everyone thought New Zealand would lose again, a miracle happened.

In the third minute of stoppage time, Smeltz turned around on the left and took the ball with his right foot. Reed headed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal seven meters in front of the goal.

One to one

New Zealander tied the score at the last minute

With this goal, the New Zealander scored the first point in the World Cup, which was a historical breakthrough, and Slovakia missed the opportunity to become the top spot in the group at the last moment.

Half an hour after the game ended, the G-G game, which people call the Death Group, started. The first ones were the African elephants Côte d'Ivoire and Portugal led by Ronaldo, and their game started at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth.

Ronaldo was very active at the beginning of the game. In the seventh minute, he used the breakthrough to win the team a direct free kick opportunity 30 meters away from the goal.

Real Madrid's top card took the action himself, but the free kick he sent was blocked by a wall. Four minutes later, Ronaldo made a comeback.

Merreles made a straight pass from the right, Ronaldo took the ball from the middle and turned around and dunked Yaya Toure. He shot his right foot thirty meters in front of the goal. The football hit the right side of the goal like a shell

In an instant, the football flew over the goalkeeper Bari's ten fingers. Portuguese fans stood up excitedly, ready to celebrate.

Pong

With a loud bang, the football hit the post and popped up the bottom line

The loud noise shattered the hope of Portuguese fans.

At this time, light rain began to float in the sky, and the players on both sides fought in the rain. The rain became heavier and heavier, the temperature became lower and lower, and both sides also paid more and more attention to defense.
Chapter completed!