FIFA 2010 World Cup Round of 16 Scores, Quarter Finals Scores, Semi Finals Preview

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2010 FIFA’s Scores for Round of 16 Matches

Round of 16′s eight matches:

  • Uruguay 2-1 South Korea: Luis Suarez scored twice to help Uruguary defeating Korea Republic.
  • Ghana 2-1 USA: Asamoah Gyan scored within 120 minutes of play to take Ghana through to the quarter final.
  • Germany 4-1 England: The match between two traditional European football powers in which a young German football national team trashed Fabio Capello’s England. Germany’s Thomas Mueller scored twice, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski each scored one goal.
  • Argentina 3-1 Mexico: Lionel Messi still hasn’t registered a goal of his own, but helped his country and Maradona’s Argentina to beat Mexico. Carlos Tevez scored twice, Gonzalo Higuain scored his fourth goal of the tournament.
  • Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia: Arjen Robben scored Holland’s first goal and Wesley Sneijder added a second.
  • Brazil 3-0 Chile: A battle between the two South American national teams, but Chile found Brazil too strong for them in which Brazil’s Juan, Luis Fabiano and Robinho each scored a goal.
  • Paraguay 5-3 Japan (Penalty shoot-out, Full-time 0-0): A goal-less draw in which Paraguay advanced by winning in the penalty shoot-out.
  • Spain 1-0 Portugal: Spain’s David Villa scored his fourth goal of the tournament and sent Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal back home.

2010 FIFA’s Scores for Quarter Final Matches

Quarter-final’s four matches:

  • Netherlands 2-1 Brazil: Wesley Sneijder scored twice and took the dutch to the last 4. Five-time World Cup champions Brazil were eliminated.
  • Uruguay 5-3 Ghana (Penalty shoot-out, Full-time 1-1): Sulley Muntari opened the score for Ghana, Diego Forlan equalized for Uruguay. Asamoah Gyan missed an extra-time penalty. The last African team in the tournament were eliminated.
  • Germany 4-0 Argentina: The battle between the European power and the South American power in which one goal each from Thomas Mueller and Arne Friedrich and two goals from Miroslav Klose helped Germany to trash Argentina.
  • Spain 1-0 Paraguay: David Villa put Spain through to the semi-final with his goal.

2010 FIFA’s Semi Final Football Matches

The goal and match statistics of South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup’s teams of semi-finalists:

Netherlands:

  • Scored 9 goals, Conceded 3 goals
  • Group Stage: Netherlands 2-0 Denmark, Netherlands 1-0 Japan, Netherlands 2-1 Cameroon
  • Round of 16: Netherlands 2-1 Slovakia
  • Quarter Final: Netherlands 2-1 Brazil

Uruguay:

  • Scored 7 goals, Conceded 2 goals
  • Group Stage: Uruguay 0-0 France, Uruguay 3-0 South Africa, Uruguay 1-0 Mexico
  • Round of 16: Uruguay 2-1 South Korea
  • Quarter Final: Uruguay 5-3 Ghana (Full Time: 1-1, Penalty Shoot-out: 4-2)

Germany:

  • Scored 13 goals, Conceded 2 goals
  • Group Stage: Germany 4-0 Australia, Germany 0-1 Serbia, Germany 1-0 Ghana
  • Round of 16: Germany 4-1 England
  • Quarter Final: Germany 4-0 Argentina

Spain:

  • Scored 6 goals, Conceded 2 goals
  • Group Stage: Spain 0-1 Switzerland, Spain 2-0 Honduras, Spain 2-1 Chile
  • Round of 16: Spain 1-0 Portugal
  • Quarter Final: Spain 1-0 Paraguay

Schedules of the semi-finals:

  • Netherlands vs Uruguay – 6 June
  • Germany vs Spain – 7 June

Schedules of South Africa World Cup final and third-place play-off:

  • Third-place Play-off – 10 June
  • Final – 11 June

2010 FIFA World Cup’s Leading Scorers

The leading scorer chart of 2010 FIFA World Cup:

5 goals:

  • Spain’s David Villa
    Spain's David Villa

4 goals:

  • Germany’s Thomas Mueller and Miroslav Klose
  • Netherland’s Wesley Sneijder
  • Slovakia’s Robert Vittek
  • Argentina’s Gonzalo Higuain

3 goals:

  • Uruguay’s Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez
  • Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan
  • USA’s Landon Donavan
  • Brazil’s Luis Fabiano

David Villa, Thomas Mueller, Miroslav Klose, Wesley Sneijder, Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez are the football players who are still in the race of 2010 FIFA’s Golden Boat, as the others’ national football teams have been eliminated from the tournament.

2010 FIFA World Cup Players’ Photos

Brazil’s Luis Fabiano scored 3 times and Robinho scored twice, but unfortunately Brazil were eliminated by Netherlands.

    Brazil's Luis Fabiano and Robinho

Holland’s Arjen Robben started in only two matches but added significant impact for Netherlands’ attacking force.

    Holland's Arjen Robben

Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan scored 3 goals in the tournament and helped Ghana to advance into the quarter finals, which is one of the best achievement of African teams. The other FIFA quarter finalists from Africa were Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002.

    Ghana's Asamoah Gyan

Germany’s Thomas Mueller is only 20 years old but as a midfielder he scored 4 goals.

    Germany's Thomas Mueller

Argentina’s Carlos Tevez scored 2 goals, but unfortunately Argentina were eliminated by Germany.

    Argentina's Carlos Tevez

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