World Cup 2010 | Match Result | Show Group Result | Tournament | User Predictions The Chile side coached by Marcelo ‘El Loco’ Bielsa were one of the genuine revelations of the qualifying stage for the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ„¢, the Argentine strategist’s hard-running outfit finishing second in the South American section behind Brazil. Up against them in their opening encounter in Group H are CONCACAF s1

World Cup 2010 | Match Result | Show Group Result | Tournament | User Predictions With games against England and USA to come for these two teams in Group C, Algeria and Slovenia know that points dropped against each other on Sunday in Polokwane will be severely damaging to their chances of advancing to the second round. Yet with both teams short of recent FIFA World Cup™ experience, their match-up at the 1

World Cup 2010 | Match Result | Show Group Result | Tournament | User Predictions In a curious twist of fate typical of the FIFA World Cupâ„¢, Australia’s opening opponents in a fierce-looking Group D here on South African soil are none other than Germany, host nation for the Socceroos’ previous two finals trips in 1974 and 2006. Having reached the Round of 16 four years ago, the Aussies will be keen 1

World Cup 2010 | Match Result | Show Group Result | Tournament | User Predictions After 16 years, Diego Armando Maradona makes his return to the FIFA World Cupâ„¢ in South Africa. The Argentinian bowed out of world football’s showpiece in 1994 after Argentina’s match against Nigeria, a team he now faces as head coach tomorrow in the opening match in Group B. The Africans, meanwhile, will be looking to avenge the d1

“The next game is always the most important.” Coaches and footballers alike have been using this old adage to emphasise their focus on an upcoming match for decades. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africaâ„¢, the phrase “the first game is the most important” is arguably more appropriate for the likes of Korea Republic and Greece, who go head to head on Saturday. 1

Ranked 10th in the FIFA world rankings, England boasts many star players. They are placed in a relatively easy group C, along with USA, Algeria and Slovenia. Though England are expected to be group leaders, they have consistently underperformed, whether at Euro 2004 and 2008, or World Cup 2006. Like some of the other big teams, England have also appointed a new coach, Fabio Capello, in the hope of a better showing, this1

The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but generally referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men’s national teams of the members of Federation International de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years because the first tournament in 1930. The World Cup is the prem1