World Cup 2010 South Africa

blankrasta wrote:

venez wrote:

yaminz wrote:Italy out sudah... Kejutan sang Juara, tsungkur d Afrika...

France lagi malu, x menang 1 game pung...

Nanti ada post mortem bersama Sarkozy, menjawablah Domenech nanti, aku memang dah alma anti dengan Domenech~

Post mortem bsama...

North Korea 0 - 3 Ivory Coast

Africans out despite victory



Yaya Toure, Romaric and Salomon Kalou were on target as Ivory Coast's World Cup campaign ended with a hollow victory over North Korea.

Sven-Goran Eriksson's side struck twice inside 20 minutes as they tore into their limited opponents from the outset, but only frustration followed in their final Group G game.
The Africans had 14 shots, 10 on target, as they dominated the first half and sensed an unlikely chance to reach the last 16.
But North Korea, fearing more humiliation after their 7-0 hammering by Portugal, closed ranks after the break and only substitute Kalou could break through.
Ivory Coast arrived at the Mbombela Stadium knowing they needed to win, hope Brazil could beat Portugal and see a nine-goal swing in the process.
Despite the seemingly impossible nature of their task - rendered irrelevant anyway by Portugal's draw - they were determined to try and initially overran North Korea with embarrassing ease.
Kader Keita broke into the North Korea box in the first minute but Ri Myong-Guk saved at the expense of a corner.
Ri then grabbed a 40-yard Romaric free-kick at the second attempt before Gervinho jinked his way to the byline and pulled back across the face of goal.
No-one was able to turn the ball in on that occasion but Didier Drogba did head in after ten minutes, only to be flagged offside. Gervinho then showed great skill on the edge of the box but Ri was equal to his shot.
The threatened goal duly arrived after 13 minutes as Toure took a neat touch from an Arthur Boka cross and coolly placed a shot into the bottom corner from 18 yards.
Romaric then clipped the post from distance before a fierce Drogba shot rattled the underside of the bar and bounced off the line to allow Romaric to head in the second.
The unlikeliest of dreams was still alive although North Korea at least threatened as Hong Yong-Jo sent two long-range free-kicks narrowly wide.
Normal service was soon resumed however as Keita just missed the target with a thunderous volley and Gervinho skipped into the area and shot across goal. Ivory Coast ended the first half with another chance as Emmanuel Eboue shot over.
They began the second period in similar fashion as Eboue forced North Korea to clear off the line but the Asian side at last managed to find some fortitude.
Deploying five in defence in a damage-limitation exercise, they quashed the threat of the Elephants for a period and even enjoyed some possession.
Yet Ivory Coast still seemed the side most likely to create chances and Drogba headed wide before Gervinho failed to turn in a Keita cross on the hour.
Kalou entered the action but spurned a good chance when he scooped over at the end of a neat move.
He made up for that when he volleyed in a Boka cross nine minutes from time but by then the players were going through the motions.
Aruna Dindane thought he had added a fourth late on but his effort was disallowed for a foul.

Switzerland 0 - 0 Honduras

Swiss fail to find breakthrough



The dream is over for Switzerland in the World Cup after they failed to build on their superb victory against European champions Spain in their opening game.

Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld knew if his side achieved a two-goal win in this Group H match then they would progress to the second round, but they were toothless and had to settle for a point against Honduras, who are also going home after failing to find the target in the tournament.
Hitzfeld chose to put Alex Frei on the bench even though the striker says he is 100% fit after an ankle injury - a surprise given that he has scored 40 goals in 76 games for his country.
He eventually came on in the 69th minute but even though they had the majority of possession before and after his introduction the Swiss were left frustrated.
Their heartache was clear to see at the end with players sprawled on the pitch with disappointment etched on their faces.
Honduras exit with a point after their best performance in three games. They showed a lot of steel - Wigan midfielder Hendry Thomas was booked after only four minutes for a lunge at Gokhan Inler - and played some good football.
Switzerland, however, carved out the first chance of the match in the 10th minute but Inler dragged his shot off target after being set up by Tranquillo Barnetta.
Seven minutes later Barnetta floated in a superb cross to the back post, only for Eren Derdiyok to stray offside and head wide, then Barnetta tried his luck from 20 yards out but goalkeeper Noel Valladares was equal to his effort.
Honduras were again pegged back in the 42nd minute and Derdiyok delivered the ball into the area. Blaise Nkufo found himself in the clear, only to get a poor touch and the chance was lost. Then, minutes later, he glanced a header wide.
Hakan Yakin came for Gelson Fernandes at the start of the second half as Switzerland switched things around.
Honduras should have taken the lead in the 54th minute but somehow David Suazo managed to find the wrong side of the post with a header following a cross from Edgar Alvarez.
Barnetta then raced into the area after 60 minutes but Valladares was able to make a comfortable block before Derdiyok sent a shot into the arms of goalkeeper.
Honduras launched a swift counter attack in the 71st minute when Suazo released Alvarez but goalkpeeper Diego Benaglio reacted superbly to push his effort over the top.
Barnetta then picked Stephan Lichtsteiner but he was wasteful in 80th minute as Honduras put up the shutters to get a draw and restore some of their pride.

Portugal 0 - 0 Brazil

Both sides through after stalemate



Portugal failed in their attempt to beat Brazil and climb above the World Cup heavyweights in a toothless Group G match in Durban.

Brazil clinched top spot while the Portuguese got the point they needed to finish second in the standings to also progress to the second round ahead of Ivory Coast, who defeated North Korea.
The Brazilians will play the runners-up of Group H in their next game while Portugal will take on the winners from that pool.
Much was expected from the match at a packed Moses Mabhida stadium with both sides possessing plenty of flair and despite an electric atmosphere with the Brazilian fans far outnumbering the Portuguese supporters, there was little action on the pitch.
Brazil had the best chance to claim their third win in as many games on the half-hour mark but Portugal goalkeeper Eduardo made an outstanding save to deny Nilmar from close range.
Portugal should have gone in front before the hour mark, but Raul Meireles struck just wide from five yards after a great run from Cristiano Ronaldo.
A game expected to be full of attacking football instead had seven yellow cards handed out in a first half controlled by Brazil. Portugal came to life after the re-start but failed to test Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar.
Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz made four changes to the side that thrashed North Korea 7-0, while the Brazilians were without suspended Kaka and injured Elano in midfield.
As expected, Julio Baptista replaced Kaka while coach Dunga surprisingly left Robinho out of the starting XI and opted to play Nilmar alongside Luis Fabiano up front.
Brazil earned two corners in the opening minutes and had the first chance in the fifth minute. Dani Alves' right-footed strike from 25 yards went wide of the near post.
Brazil tried to loosen up the Portuguese defence but they did not seem to have any sense of urgency to test Eduardo.
In the 14th minute, Julio Cesar did well to punch away Fabio Coentrao's dangerous cross towards the box. Shortly after, Alves tried his luck from the distance and his central effort was saved by the Portugal goalkeeper. At the other end, Tiago's volley from the edge of the area went over the bar.
Midway through the first half, Juan was shown a yellow card after a hand ball to stop a Portuguese counter-attack.
Brazil almost went in front soon after. Luis Fabiano fed Nilmar at the far post and his five-yard shot was deflected by Eduardo's palm to the near post. At the other end, Tiago was booked for diving.
In the 38th minute, Luis Fabiano latched on to Maicon's cross from the right and his header went just wide of the near post. Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar had one save to make in the opening half with Ronaldo's 40th-minute strike not causing the Inter Milan man any problems.
Portugal came to life in the second half and Lucio was forced to make a crucial clearance from Ronaldo's cross with Danny waiting inside the area. Before the hour mark, Meireles struck just wide from five yards after a great run from Ronaldo.
In the 73rd minute, Alves' 30-yard strike went wide while three minutes from time Lucio's header was saved by Eduardo.
Substitute Ramires almost earned Brazil victory but his right-footed strike was denied by an acrobatic save from Eduardo in stoppage time.

Chile 1 - 2 Spain
Rodrigo Millar (47') - David Villa (24')
- Andrés Iniesta (37')

Iniesta claims top spot for Spain



European champions Spain set up a mouthwatering last-16 showdown with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal after seeing off ten-man Chile in a hard-fought encounter in Pretoria.

Chile, who had started the day with a three-point lead in Group H, surrendered top spot to the Spanish but still qualified for the knockout stages, where they will now face Brazil.
David Villa put Spain ahead with a long-range shot into an empty net after Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had raced out of his area, and Andres Iniesta doubled his side's lead towards the end of the first half.
An incident in the build-up to that Iniesta goal also resulted in Chile having a player sent off with midfielder Marco Estrada earning a second yellow card after clipping Fernando Torres' heels. There looked little intent on Estrada's part, but the second booking left Chile with a mountain to climb.
Marcelo Bielsa's side pulled a goal back at the start of the second period through substitute Rodrigo Millar's deflected effort, but it was not enough to remain on top of the group and they will now need to overcome the Brazilians if they are to continue their World Cup adventure.
Spain, looking to avoid joining fellow big guns Italy and France in suffering a shock early exit, started well and Torres had two good chances in the opening five minutes, although the Liverpool striker could not make the most of either.
The game then swung Chile's way as the in-form South Americans lived up to Bielsa's pre-match assurance that they would not go out looking for the draw. Mark Gonzalez skied a promising opportunity over, while Alexis Sanchez earned a corner out of Iker Casillas with a delicate chip.
However, it was Spain who took the lead in the 24th minute when Villa took advantage of some reckless goalkeeping from Bravo to put his side ahead with a brilliant finish.
There appeared little need for Bravo to race out of the area and although he beat Torres to a through-ball, the Real Sociedad goalkeeper's clearance went straight to Villa, who lofted the ball into an empty net from 40 yards out and near the left touchline.
Barcelona's new £40 million striker, who scored a brace in the 2-0 win over Honduras and also missed a penalty, now has 41 goals for his country and is just three behind the national record held by Raul.
Chile briefly threatened an equaliser through Beausejour, Gerard Pique getting back to make a superb block, but then came the incident that put Spain completely in the ascendency, taking a 2-0 lead and also seeing Chile reduced to ten men.
A good sweeping move resulted in Villa laying the ball back to his new club-mate Iniesta on the edge of the box, and the Barca midfielder coolly slotted into the far corner of the net.
And as the Spain players raced away to celebrate, Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez sent off Estrada for his innocuous-looking tangle with Torres, who was left lying on the ground on the edge of the area.
Spain could hardly have been in a better position at the interval, but they saw their two-goal advantage halved just two minutes into the second half. Chile, having made two changes at the break, needed a good start and they got just that when one of the newcomers scored.
Millar found space on the edge of the area and fired in a shot that took a huge deflection off Pique before looping past Casillas and into the net. That was a huge boost for Chile, but they could make no further inroads and created little to worry Casillas in the remainder of the half.
Vicente Del Bosque's Spain also created few goalscoring chances of their own, but they did not need to and looked content just to keep hold of their lead as they secured a showdown with Iberian rivals Portugal on Tuesday.

Korea kalah gak ngan Uruguay...

wa pun sedih jugak

huhu aku baru balik,
ni tgh baca report kat sokernet!

Uruguay 2 - 1 South Korea

Suarez stars with double strike



Luis Suarez's double booked Uruguay's place in the World Cup quarter-finals as South Korea's adventure came to a heartbreaking end.

The Asian side looked to have turned the game around when Bolton midfielder Lee Chung-Yong cancelled out Suarez's early strike with 68 minutes gone. But amid a wintry downpour at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, the Ajax striker curled home a brilliant winner 10 minutes from time to confirm Oscar Tabarez's side as the first team to reach the last eight.

Uruguay were the better side before the break and deserved their half-time lead, but they had to survive a major fightback as Korea refused to give up on their dream, and Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera had to make a vital late save from substitute Lee Dong-Gook to ensure the tie did not go to extra-time.

Tight games are often decided by fine margins, and that point will not have been lost on either coach within eight minutes of kick-off.

Had Park Cho-Young's fifth-minute free-kick come off the inside, rather than the outside, of the post with Muslera helpless, the ball might have ended up in the back of the net and Korea would have been in front.

But it did not, and three minutes later with South Korea keeper Jung Sung-Ryong fatally reconsidering his decision to come for Diego Forlan's teasing low cross when it was too late to do so, Suarez expertly steered the ball into the gaping net from a tight angle to double the dose for the Asian side.

In a half of few clear-cut chances, neither Muslera nor Jung had another save of any real note to make, although the Uruguay man was grateful to see two speculative late efforts from full-back Cha du-ri sail just over his crossbar.

South Korea, as their coach Huh Jung-Moo had promised, played their usual attacking game, and Park Chu-Young, as he has been throughout the competition to date, and skipper Park Ji-Sung caused problems.

However, Uruguay, with Forlan prompting from just behind the front two, had just that little bit more guile going forward and were streetwise enough at the back - they went in at the break still to concede a goal in South Africa - to ensure they largely held sway.

South Korea returned knowing their World Cup was drawing to a close unless they could find a way back into the game, and they resumed with some intent.

Kim Jae-Sung only just failed to connect with full-back Lee Young-Pyo's cross after it had been dummied by Park Chu-Young, and the striker himself blasted over with 51 minutes gone when he might have done better.

The equaliser came with 68 minutes gone after substitute Mauricio Victorino could only half-clear a free-kick and Lee Chung-Yong headed home the loose ball with Muslera and defender Diego Lugano flat-footed.

Uruguay's response was swift and Jung had to turn away Suarez's 73rd-minute shot, and it was he who won the game with 10 minutes remaining when, after a Forlan corner had been headed out, he picked up possession on the left and curled home a superb shot off the inside of the upright.

United States 1 - 2 Ghana

Gyan seals progress in extra-time



Asamoah Gyan kept the African flag flying at the World Cup with a spectacular left-foot strike in extra-time to take Ghana through to their first quarter-final

It was the second time in successive World Cups that Ghana had defeated the United States, having effectively dumped them out of the tournament four years ago by beating them in the final group game.
Gyan's goal, after 93 minutes, was worthy of winning any game after he outmuscled USA captain Carlos Bocanegra to blast his shot past goalkeeper Tim Howard.
It settled a contest that was level at full time after Landon Donovan's second-half penalty cancelled out a fifth-minute strike from Kevin-Prince Boateng.
It was just reward for Ghana's talent and power in a dramatic encounter at the Royal Bafokeng stadium and the sole surviving African nation must now fancy their chances of creating an even bigger ripple at this tournament, with Uruguay awaiting them in the last-eight.
Former president Bill Clinton had turned up to support the USA and was sitting for a time next to Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, who might well have made his plans expecting England to have topped Group C and been playing down the road from their training headquarters.
The USA had stymied those plans by finishing first but it was clear they were going to be stretched by Ghana's pace.
The Black Stars could hardly have made a more stunning start. Portsmouth's Boateng picked up the ball just inside his own half, slalomed past three defenders and unleashed a left-foot shot which flew past Howard.
It was Ghana's first goal at this World Cup from open play, having beaten Serbia and drawn with Australia in the group phase courtesy of two penalties. But Boateng's strike demonstrated their firepower and they might have added to their lead with Gyan, who plays for French club Rennes, a constant threat.
So superior were Ghana in that first period that after 31 minutes a concerned USA coach Bob Bradley substituted midfielder Ricardo Clark, who had received an early booking, and brought on Maurice Edu.
The Americans picked up the tempo immediately and could have equalised after 35 minutes when Robbie Findley raced clear only to see his right-foot shot smartly saved by goalkeeper Richard Kingson.
The USA came out after half-time, however, with a more determined, more attacking attitude and the excellent Kingson was straight into the action, forced to pull off a splendid save from Benny Feilhaber.
With Fulham's Clint Dempsey at the heart of their good work the Americans surged forward and they received their reward after 62 minutes. Dempsey was the architect, weaving his way through the Ghana defence into the penalty area where he drew the challenge and was brought down by defender Jonathan Mensah.
Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai pointed to the spot and Los Angeles Galaxy's Donovan stepped up to slide home his third goal in four matches.
The USA dream appeared back on, especially as they are a team who make a habit of stirring comebacks. They had their chances. Jozy Altidore might have done better when clear after 80 minutes but he spooned his effort wide under pressure from a defender.
So to a frantic extra-time and Gyan's stunning strike which sent the USA home and Ghana into ecstasy.

German rulezzzzz Danke

nampaknya TV Malaysia kena siarkan Liga German juga bagi adik2
kita tahu mutu sebenar Bolasepak German tinggi tarafnya dari English League..

good game germany! puas aku menjerit kat mamak ni.hahahah

huhu suke aku Engelend kalah!
too overrated la team tu!

Three Lions battered after goal gaffe

Germany 4 - 1 England
Miroslav Klose (20') - Matthew Upson (37')
Lukas Podolski (32')
Thomas Müller (67')
Thomas Müller (70')


England were hammered 4-1 by Germany in the second round of the World Cup, but the spotlight fell on the officials after they missed an obvious equaliser for Fabio Capello's men just before half-time.

After Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski had put Germany 2-0 up early on, Matthew Upson got one back but then Frank Lampard's goal was ruled out after the ball bounced down off the bar, despite it landing a yard over the line.
When Lampard's effort went in, only for assistant Mauricio Espinosa to miss it, grainy images of England's controversial third at Wembley in 1966 immediately sprang to mind. To his total disbelief, Capello's celebrations of what would have been an equaliser were cut short. Everyone in the ground, except the men who mattered, knew what had happened.
Germany made the most of their good fortune to book a quarter-final place with what turned out to be their biggest win over a rival they have not lost to in a major tournament since that fateful day and the Three Lions biggest defeat in Finals combat.
Klose and Podolski's first half-goals were doubled by a pair from the excellent Thomas Muller after the break. But no-one will be talking about them on the streets of England. Nor will they discuss a Matthew Upson header that brought the Three Lions back into it.
Eventually they might get round to the clear defensive deficiencies in a team Capello claimed was good enough to reach the final.
But, from Berwick to Land's End, Carlisle to Dover, all they will snarl and rage at his how on earth Lampard's shot was missed. The stench will tinge the remainder of a tournament England will play no part of.
In a stormy few weeks, Franz Beckenbauer's first attempt to stoke Anglo-German relations came when he branded England a long-ball team. Yet a true exponent of the art would surely be pretty good at defending it.
England had already been warned. One long punt down field from David James required a single bounce to rocket over the goal-line. So there was no excuse for John Terry being so far up field when Manuel Neuer launched the ball from his six-yard line that he was taken completely out of the play by its flight.
Upson was left one-on-one with Klose and had neither agility, nor the strength to prevent the striker advancing on James and poking the ball into the England goal. It was the start of an exceptionally uncomfortable period for Capello's side as Germany rampaged right through the heart of their midfield almost at will.
Mesut Ozil was an obvious problem, but Muller - the 20-year-old who helped destroy Manchester United with Bayern Munich this term - was emerging as the real danger man. When he skipped off the right flank onto Klose's short pass, the English defence was again ripped to shreds.
Despite his tender years, Muller retained a cool enough head to flick the ball square to Podolski, whose finish, from a tight angle, went straight through James' legs and in off the post.
As James had already made two feet-first saves as German eyes lit up at a clear sight of goal, it seemed there was no way back for a team being completely outmanoeuvred. Yet in a confrontation dripping with history, nothing is really new.
For two goal comebacks, think Leon 1970, when Sir Alf Ramsey made the fateful mistake of whisking off Bobby Charlton with a semi-final place supposedly assured. Upson's reaction header from Steven Gerrard's cross brought that dream a bit closer to being realised.
As they celebrated, little did England know that within 60 seconds their opponents were about to enjoy the ultimate act of revenge. It was not even close, which is what David Beckham was presumably telling the South American officials as they made their way off at half-time.
Within seven minutes of the restart England were suffering again as Lampard let fly from fully 35 yards with a free-kick that again shook Neuer's crossbar. At least this time there was no claim for a goal.
It sparked a frenzied second half though, by far the most compelling period of play in the entire tournament, Germany defending manically, then trying to break on the counter.
Bastian Schweinsteiger had already come close to killing the game when another Lampard free-kick cannoned off the wall. Gareth Barry was neatly robbed, Muller set Schweinsteiger free and began a run that ended with him burying England's World Cup dream.
Germany were not finished. With their opponents committed to desperate attack, Ozil raced past Barry with alarming ease and presented a gleeful Muller with a tap-in.

innocentti wrote:good game germany! puas aku menjerit kat mamak ni.hahahah

malam ni aku mintak pulak Argentina kne ngan Mexico!

dah makin beso kepala Marakdonak tu!

kalau argentine menang 2 pasukan favorite aku berjumpa di suku akhir..

Bravo Germany ..... next game Argentina vs Germany 3rd July .... pasti menarik

alamak..argentine it is..huhuhu

Puas hati tgk German menang... viva Germany...

bagus la "counter-attack" Germany .....

zulupapa wrote:bagus la "counter-attack" Germany .....

Mmg cantik counter-attack...

malam tadi..the best game

yaminz wrote:

zulupapa wrote:bagus la "counter-attack" Germany .....

Mmg cantik counter-attack...

defense england kantoi tak fit..tak larat nak kejar ozil..

innocentti wrote:

yaminz wrote:

zulupapa wrote:bagus la "counter-attack" Germany .....

Mmg cantik counter-attack...

defense england kantoi tak fit..tak larat nak kejar ozil..

walaupun dan keluarkan player penting (simpan untuk next game) tetapi masih dapat score .....

innocentti wrote:

yaminz wrote:

zulupapa wrote:bagus la "counter-attack" Germany .....

Mmg cantik counter-attack...

defense england kantoi tak fit..tak larat nak kejar ozil..

Yup, byk mistake defend la...

Argentina 3 - 1 Mexico

Tevez inspires win amid controversy



Controversy reigned again at Soccer City as Carlos Tevez's opener for Argentina against Mexico was yards offside. However, after Gonzalo Higuain's second, no-one could argue with his rocket shot that put Argentina three up before Javier Hernandez hit back with his own stunner.

On a day to forget for match officials, the Manchester City striker benefited from an offside decision blunder that was so blatant it ranked alongside the one that denied Frank Lampard in the England game four hours previously.
The offside rule states there should be two players between the striker and the goal - there was not even one when Lionel Messi's ball found Tevez's head, and then the net to put Diego Maradona's side in front.
After the replay flashed up on the big screen angry Mexico players surrounded the Italian referee Roberto Rosetti and linesman Stefano Ayroldi but the goal stood. Mexico went into meltdown and a defensive howler by Ricardo Osorio allowed Gonzalo Higuain to make it 2-0.
It was Tevez who sewed the match up in brilliant fashion - and legitimately this time - early in the second half with Mexico left only to savour a stunning reply by Manchester United's new signing Javier Hernandez.
Until Tevez's opener Mexico had looked the better side in this clash between the Latin Americans who had fought out a terrific contest at the same stage of the 2006 finals.
That went to extra time but once again Javier Aguirre's men showed themselves to be a classy but unfortunate outfit.
Two incidents within the opening 10 minutes had Argentinian hearts in mouths. First Carlos Salcido crashed in a thunderous drive from 30 yards that Sergio Romero just touched onto the crossbar, then an equally terrific strike by Andres Guardado whisked agonisingly past the post.
For Argentina, Messi, still looking for his first goal of the tournament, had two efforts from similar positions on the left of the area, but one was blocked and the other easily held by Oscar Perez. Messi should perhaps have passed to an unmarked team-mate - maybe that elusive goal was haunting him.
Hernandez, who increasingly looks an astute signing by Sir Alex Ferguson, turned away from his marker and slammed a shot wide but then came Tevez's offside goal and Mexico lost their heads.
First, skipper Rafael Marquez earned himself a needless booking for showing his frustration, then there was real calamity when Osorio scuffed a pass across the edge of his own box, Higuain seized onto the ball and kept his cool to round Perez neatly and slide home.
Salcido raised Mexican hopes with another long-range strike, this time parried by Romero, before Angel di Maria and Tevez nearly scored but were kept at bay by desperate blocks.
Higuain really should have made it 3-0 but somehow the Real Madrid striker put a free header wide from only six yards out.
There was an unseemly melee around the officials as the teams left the pitch at half-time, with Maradona finding himself in the unusual position of peacemaker.
Any hopes Mexico had ended soon after the restart thanks to Tevez's 52nd-minute blistering strike into the top corner from 25 yards out, with the striker running to the bench for a wild embrace with Maradona.
It was left to Hernandez to rescue some pride for Mexico. The 22-year-old had just sent a header over despite being unmarked, but then he left Martin Demichelis standing with a superb turn and lashed the ball high past Romero to give Mexico a slim lifeline.
It probably shaded Tevez's strike and will go down as one of the goals of the tournament. Argentina shut up shop after that and Mexico barely had another sniff.
Messi's increasingly desperate search for a goal continued as Perez denied him in injury time, but he will get another chance to end his drought against Germany in Cape Town next Saturday.