2010 FIFA World Cup Group F

Group F of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 14 June 2010 and ended on 24 June 2010.^[1] The group consisted of 2006 winner Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand and Slovakia. Italy and Paraguay previously met in the first round of the 1950 tournament, with Italy winning 2–0; neither qualified for the next round.

Italy were eliminated from the group with just two points, behind underdogs New Zealand, who drew all three of their matches to finish on three points. New Zealand ended up being the only unbeaten team at this World Cup, thanks in part to eventual champions Spain losing to Switzerland in their Group H game. Italy placed last, making it the first time since 1974 that the Italians did not advance beyond the first round.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Italy	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

• Paraguay advanced to play Japan (runner-up of Group E) in the round of 16.
• Slovakia advanced to play Netherlands (winner of Group E) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times local (UTC+2)

Italy vs Paraguay

Italy	1–1	Paraguay
De Rossi 63'	Report	Alcaraz 39'

14 June 2010

20:30

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 62,869

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)^[2]

Italy[3]

Paraguay[3]

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon  46' RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) CB 4 Giorgio Chiellini LB 3 Domenico Criscito CM 6 Daniele De Rossi CM 22 Riccardo Montolivo AM 15 Claudio Marchisio  59' RW 7 Simone Pepe LW 9 Vincenzo Iaquinta CF 11 Alberto Gilardino  72' Substitutions: GK 12 Federico Marchetti  46' MF 16 Mauro Camoranesi  70'  59' FW 10 Antonio Di Natale  72' Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 1 Justo Villar (c) RB 6 Carlos Bonet CB 21 Antolín Alcaraz CB 14 Paulo da Silva LB 3 Claudio Morel DM 15 Víctor Cáceres  62' RM 13 Enrique Vera CM 16 Cristian Riveros LM 17 Aureliano Torres  60' SS 18 Nelson Valdez  68' CF 19 Lucas Barrios  76' Substitutions: MF 11 Jonathan Santana  60' FW 9 Roque Santa Cruz  68' FW 7 Óscar Cardozo  76' Manager: Gerardo Martino

Italy vs Paraguay

Man of the Match: Antolín Alcaraz (Paraguay) Assistant referees: Héctor Vergara (Canada)[2] Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)[2] Fourth official: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)[2] Fifth official: Juan Zumba (El Salvador)[2]

New Zealand vs Slovakia

New Zealand	1–1	Slovakia
Reid 90+3'	Report	Vittek 50'

15 June 2010

13:30

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 23,871

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)^[2]

New Zealand[4]

Slovakia[4]

GK 1 Mark Paston RB 4 Winston Reid  90+3' CB 6 Ryan Nelsen (c) CB 5 Ivan Vicelich  78' LB 19 Tommy Smith RM 11 Leo Bertos CM 7 Simon Elliott LM 3 Tony Lochhead  42' RW 14 Rory Fallon LW 10 Chris Killen  72' CF 9 Shane Smeltz Substitutions: FW 20 Chris Wood  72' MF 21 Jeremy Christie  78' Manager: Ricki Herbert

GK 1 Ján Mucha RB 5 Radoslav Zabavník CB 16 Ján Ďurica CB 3 Martin Škrtel LB 4 Marek Čech DM 6 Zdeno Štrba  55' RM 7 Vladimír Weiss  90+1' CM 9 Stanislav Šesták  81' LM 17 Marek Hamšík (c) CF 11 Róbert Vittek  84' CF 18 Erik Jendrišek Substitutions: FW 13 Filip Hološko  81' MF 15 Miroslav Stoch  84' MF 19 Juraj Kucka  90+1' Manager: Vladimír Weiss

Man of the Match: Róbert Vittek (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)[2] Enock Molefe (South Africa)[2] Fourth official: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[2] Fifth official: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)[2]

Slovakia vs Paraguay

Slovakia	0–2	Paraguay
	Report	Vera 27' Riveros 86'

20 June 2010

13:30

Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Attendance: 26,643

Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)^[2]

Slovakia[5]

Paraguay[5]

GK 1 Ján Mucha RB 2 Peter Pekarík CB 3 Martin Škrtel CB 21 Kornel Saláta  83' LB 16 Ján Ďurica  42' DM 6 Zdeno Štrba CM 17 Marek Hamšík (c) RW 9 Stanislav Šesták  47'  70' LW 7 Vladimír Weiss  84' SS 8 Ján Kozák CF 11 Róbert Vittek Substitutions: FW 13 Filip Hološko  70' MF 15 Miroslav Stoch  83' Manager: Vladimír Weiss

GK 1 Justo Villar (c) RB 6 Carlos Bonet CB 14 Paulo da Silva CB 21 Antolín Alcaraz LB 3 Claudio Morel DM 15 Víctor Cáceres CM 13 Enrique Vera  45'  88' CM 16 Cristian Riveros AM 18 Nelson Valdez  68' SS 9 Roque Santa Cruz CF 19 Lucas Barrios  82' Substitutions: DF 17 Aureliano Torres  68' FW 7 Óscar Cardozo  82' MF 8 Édgar Barreto  88' Manager: Gerardo Martino

Man of the Match: Enrique Vera (Paraguay) Assistant referees: Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)[2] Bechir Hassani (Tunisia)[2] Fourth official: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)[2] Fifth official: Juan Zumba (El Salvador)[2]

Italy vs New Zealand

Italy	1–1	New Zealand
Iaquinta 29' (pen.)	Report	Smeltz 7'

20 June 2010

16:00

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Attendance: 38,229

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)^[2]

Italy[6]

New Zealand[6]

GK 12 Federico Marchetti RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) CB 4 Giorgio Chiellini LB 3 Domenico Criscito RM 7 Simone Pepe  46' CM 6 Daniele De Rossi CM 22 Riccardo Montolivo LM 15 Claudio Marchisio  61' SS 9 Vincenzo Iaquinta CF 11 Alberto Gilardino  46' Substitutions: MF 16 Mauro Camoranesi  46' FW 10 Antonio Di Natale  46' FW 20 Giampaolo Pazzini  61' Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 1 Mark Paston RB 4 Winston Reid CB 6 Ryan Nelsen (c)  87' CB 5 Ivan Vicelich  81' LB 19 Tommy Smith  28' RM 11 Leo Bertos CM 7 Simon Elliott LM 3 Tony Lochhead RW 14 Rory Fallon  14'  63' LW 10 Chris Killen  90+3' CF 9 Shane Smeltz Substitutions: FW 20 Chris Wood  63' MF 21 Jeremy Christie  81' MF 13 Andrew Barron  90+3' Manager: Ricki Herbert

Man of the Match: Daniele De Rossi (Italy) Assistant referees: Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)[2] Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)[2] Fourth official: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)[2] Fifth official: Redouane Achik (Morocco)[2]

Slovakia vs Italy

Slovakia	3–2	Italy
Vittek 25', 73' Kopúnek 89'	Report	Di Natale 81' Quagliarella 90+2'

24 June 2010

16:00

Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg

Attendance: 53,412

Referee: Howard Webb (England)^[2]

Slovakia[7]

Italy[7]

GK 1 Ján Mucha  82' RB 2 Peter Pekarík  50' CB 3 Martin Škrtel CB 16 Ján Ďurica LB 5 Radoslav Zabavník RM 17 Marek Hamšík (c) CM 6 Zdeno Štrba  16'  87' CM 19 Juraj Kucka LM 15 Miroslav Stoch SS 11 Róbert Vittek  40'  90+2' CF 18 Erik Jendrišek  90+4' Substitutions: MF 20 Kamil Kopúnek  87' MF 9 Stanislav Šesták  90+2' DF 22 Martin Petráš  90+4' Manager: Vladimír Weiss

GK 12 Federico Marchetti RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c)  31' CB 4 Giorgio Chiellini  67' LB 3 Domenico Criscito  46' DM 6 Daniele De Rossi CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso  46' CM 22 Riccardo Montolivo  56' RW 7 Simone Pepe  76' LW 10 Antonio Di Natale CF 9 Vincenzo Iaquinta Substitutions: DF 2 Christian Maggio  46' FW 18 Fabio Quagliarella  83'  46' MF 21 Andrea Pirlo  56' Manager: Marcello Lippi

Man of the Match: Róbert Vittek (Slovakia) Assistant referees: Darren Cann (England)[2] Michael Mullarkey (England)[2] Fourth official: Stéphane Lannoy (France)[2] Fifth official: Eric Dansault (France)[2]

Paraguay vs New Zealand

Paraguay	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

24 June 2010

16:00

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 34,850

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)^[2]

Paraguay[8]

New Zealand[8]

GK 1 Justo Villar RB 4 Denis Caniza (c) CB 5 Julio Cáceres CB 14 Paulo da Silva LB 3 Claudio Morel DM 15 Víctor Cáceres  10' RM 16 Cristian Riveros LM 13 Enrique Vera AM 9 Roque Santa Cruz  41' AM 18 Nelson Valdez  67' CF 7 Óscar Cardozo  66' Substitutions: FW 19 Lucas Barrios  66' FW 10 Édgar Benítez  67' Manager: Gerardo Martino

GK 1 Mark Paston RB 4 Winston Reid CB 6 Ryan Nelsen (c)  56' LB 19 Tommy Smith CM 7 Simon Elliott CM 5 Ivan Vicelich RM 11 Leo Bertos LM 3 Tony Lochhead AM 10 Chris Killen  79' AM 9 Shane Smeltz CF 14 Rory Fallon  69' Substitutions: FW 20 Chris Wood  69' MF 22 Jeremy Brockie  79' Manager: Ricki Herbert

Man of the Match: Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay) Assistant referees: Toru Sagara (Japan)[2] Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea)[2] Fourth official: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)[2] Fifth official: Inácio Cândido (Angola)[2]

See also

• Italy at the FIFA World Cup
• New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup
• Paraguay at the FIFA World Cup
• Slovakia at the FIFA World Cup

References

1. "Match Schedule 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa" (PDF). FIFA.com (Press release). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
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3. "Tactical Line-up – Group F – Italy-Paraguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
4. "Tactical Line-up – Group F – New Zealand-Slovakia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
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6. "Tactical Line-up – Group F – Italy-New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
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