Most World Cup 2010 teams are already in South Africa or flying in this week, but there are still quite a few last minute international friendly matches going on between contestants. We take a closer look on Saturday’s World Cup 2010 friendlies, complete with video highlights and detailed reports.
World Cup 2010 friendly matches: Serbia against Cameroon 4-3
A spectacular game between Serbia and Cameroon, full of goals and with both teams putting up a great performance before their World Cup 2010 official games start. Cameroon took the lead twice with Pierre Webó, but Serbia came back to tie the friendly game first with Miloš Krasić and later on with Marko Pantelić. Nenad Milijaš scored a penalty shot for Serbia on the 44th minute, and again Pantelić a minute later to lead 4-2. Ghana came back in the 67th minute to score the last goal of the international friendly match with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting. Video highlights from Serbia against Cameroon world cup friendly below:
World Cup 2010 friendly matches: Romania against Honduras 3-0
Honduras took a huge step back yesterday after getting defeated by Romania by 3-0 in their last pre World Cup 2010 friendly match. Daniel George Niculae open the score for Romania in the 20th minute, and Gheorghe Mihai put one more in before half time. Mirel Matei Radoi added a third goal from the penalty spot for Romania, and Honduras is definitely going back to the drawing board after the friendly game. Watch all goals and video highlights of the international friendly between Romania and Honduras below:
World Cup 2010 friendly matches: Switzerland against Italy 1-1
Another disappointing afternoon for Italy, with the World Cup Champions struggling to get in shape before their opening game next week. The friendly game against Switzerland was only exciting for the first few minutes, and later on it turned into boring long possessions from both opponents. Gokhan Inler scored the first goal of the international friendly for Switzerland in the 10th minute, and Quagliarella tied the game four minutes later. Switzerland against Italy World Cup 2010 friendly goals and highlights:
World Cup 2010 friendly matches: Slovakia against Costa Rica 3-0
Slovakia had a comfortable 3-0 victory against Coast Rica in yesterday’s pre World Cup 2010 friendly match, but could lose star player Martin Skrtel. The 25 year old Liverpool defender suffered an ankle injury and could miss the entire World Cup 2010 tournament. Watch all 3 goals and video highlights of the friendly match between Slovakia and Costa Rica below:
World Cup 2010 friendly matches: Algeria against UAE 1-0
Algeria went on against the United Arab Emirates on a friendly game yesterday, and the results came back successful. Karim Ziani scored the only goal of the international friendly for Algeria with a penalty shot in the 50th minute of the game. The Algerians managed to secure a convincing win, as well as some positive momentum just a few days before their World Cup 2010 opening game. Algeria against the United Arab Emirates video highlights are right below:
World Cup 2010 friendly matches: Ghana against Latvia 1-0
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie scored a fantastic goal for Ghana at the very last minute of their pre World Cup 2010 friendly match against Latvia. The friendly game was going for a scoreless draw but the young player thought otherwise. Ghana had dominated possession for the most part of the international friendly game but was unable to convert chances into goals. Ghana against Latvia video highlights are below:
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Cameroon players got no potential in the defence