The beautiful game

25Mar10

It was probably 2 am in the morning I along with my brother were glued to the TV, It was the conclusion of the biggest sports extravaganza in the world where France (my favorite team in that world cup) was playing Italy and it was that very moment when we saw the most heartbreaking incidence in the football history if not the sports history when French player Zinedine zidane (My all time favorite football player) head butt the Italian Player Materazzi as a result Zidane had to leave the ground and later Italy won the match in the penalty shootout 5-3 after ending the normal playing time and extra time with 1-1 score line.

Now the countdown has begun to face the same tension and to watch the biggest sporting event in the world where 32 teams will be playing for the glory, pride and most importantly FIFA World cup 2010 which is scheduled to be held in South Africa, the country which will make history by hosting the event for the first time in African Continent.

Group A

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
1	11/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JSC		South Africa	-	Mexico
2	11/06 20:30	Cape Town		Uruguay	-	France
17	16/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		South Africa	-	Uruguay
18	17/06 20:30	Polokwane		France	-	Mexico
33	22/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Mexico	-	Uruguay
34	22/06 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		France	-	South Africa

Group B

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
3	12/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Argentina	-	Nigeria
4	12/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Korea Republic	-	Greece
19	17/06 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Greece	-	Nigeria
20	17/06 13:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Argentina	-	Korea Republic
35	22/06 20:30	Durban		Nigeria	-	Korea Republic
36	22/06 20:30	Polokwane		Greece	-	Argentina

Group C

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
5	12/06 20:30	Rustenburg		England	-	USA
6	13/06 13:30	Polokwane		Algeria	-	Slovenia
22	18/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Slovenia	-	USA
23	18/06 20:30	Cape Town		England	-	Algeria
37	23/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Slovenia	-	England
38	23/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		USA	-	Algeria

Group D

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
7	13/06 20:30	Durban		Germany	-	Australia
8	13/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		Serbia	-	Ghana
21	18/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Germany	-	Serbia
24	19/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Ghana	-	Australia
39	23/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Ghana	-	Germany
40	23/06 20:30	Nelspruit		Australia	-	Serbia

Group E

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
9	14/06 13:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Netherlands	-	Denmark
10	14/06 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Japan	-	Cameroon
25	19/06 13:30	Durban		Netherlands	-	Japan
26	19/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Cameroon	-	Denmark
43	24/06 20:30	Rustenburg		Denmark	-	Japan
44	24/06 20:30	Cape Town		Cameroon	-	Netherlands

Group F

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
11	14/06 20:30	Cape Town		Italy	-	Paraguay
12	15/06 13:30	Rustenburg		New Zealand	-	Slovakia
27	20/06 13:30	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Slovakia	-	Paraguay
28	20/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Italy	-	New Zealand
41	24/06 16:00	Johannesburg – JEP		Slovakia	-	Italy
42	24/06 16:00	Polokwane		Paraguay	-	New Zealand

Group G

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
13	15/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Côte d’Ivoire	-	Portugal
14	15/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JEP		Brazil	-	Korea DPR
29	20/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JSC		Brazil	-	Côte d’Ivoire
30	21/06 13:30	Cape Town		Portugal	-	Korea DPR
45	25/06 16:00	Durban		Portugal	-	Brazil
46	25/06 16:00	Nelspruit		Korea DPR	-	Côte d’Ivoire

Group H

Match	Date – Time	Venue			Results
15	16/06 13:30	Nelspruit		Honduras	-	Chile
16	16/06 16:00	Durban		Spain	-	Switzerland
31	21/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Chile	-	Switzerland
32	21/06 20:30	Johannesburg – JEP		Spain	-	Honduras
47	25/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		Chile	-	Spain
48	25/06 20:30	Mangaung / Bloemfontein		Switzerland	-	Honduras

This is the schedule of the first round of the world cup. I will be posting all the world cup related stuff in the days to come, so prepare yourself for the biggest sporing event in the world. FIFA world cup 2010

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