The situation in Group E is clear, the Netherlands team won both games and qualified early, Cameroon lost both games and went out early, Japan and Denmark won one and lost one, and the two teams will directly face each other to decide another knockout ticket.

Therefore, the focus of the final round of Group E is the match between Japan and Denmark, with Japan holding an unbeaten goal difference to advance to the round of 16, while Denmark, who have three points, must win to qualify......

At half past eight o'clock in the evening of the 24th South African time, at the Royal Bamferken Stadium in Rustenburg, the match between Japan and Denmark started on time.

Denmark, who had to win to qualify, were more proactive from the start of the game, attacking Japan onslaught, and in the third minute, Tomasson knocked back, Simon? Paulsen fired a powerful left-footed shot from the edge of the box on the left!

The soccer ball is over the crossbar!

Seventh minute, Simon? Paulsen's cross from the left deflected and Tomasson missed the spot with a hook from the edge of the six-yard box!

Fourteenth minute, Simon? Paulsen passes the ball and Tomasson shoots a low shot from 12 meters from goal on the left side of the penalty area!

The football flies over the ten fingers of Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima!

Just as the Danish fans were about to cheer, the football grazed the right post and went wide!

Denmark missed a great chance to open the scoring and it was a shot that woke up the Japanese that it was dangerous to simply defend and they stepped up their attack.

In the 17th minute, C-Paulsen fouled Makoto Hasebe in the middle of the half, and Japan won a well-placed direct free kick opportunity.

Keisuke Honda, who plays for CSKA Moscow, stands behind the football and he is about to take the penalty.

"Tick! ……”

As the referee's whistle blew, Keisuke Honda slowly ran towards the football, "Smack!" ...... "The soccer ball flew off the turf and went around the wall and straight to the left side of the gate!"

1 to 0!

It was not the attacking Denmark team that scored the first goal, but the Japanese team!

The Danes poured out, they had no way to retreat, and the Japanese fought back defensively. In the thirtieth minute, Japan quickly counterattacked, and Claudroup had no choice but to pull down Yoshito Okubo in front of the penalty area.

Japan once again won a well-placed direct free-kick opportunity. This time it was not Keisuke Honda who stood in front of the football, but Yasuhito Endo from Gamba Osaka.

The ball kicked by Hohito Endo went around the wall and went straight to the right side of the goal!

Danish goalkeeper Sorensen couldn't stop the ball from going into the net despite his best efforts!

Two to zero!

Japan's victory is in sight!

Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. The Dutch team is in the thick of the game against Cameroon.

In the 36th minute of the first half, the Dutchman played a wonderful combination, Kuyt broke through the ball on the right, and Van Persie took the ball and cut inside and knocked it back.

Van der Vaart's through left-footed pass was missed by Kuyt, and Van Persie fired a right-footed shot from a tight angle eight yards out on the right. The soccer ball gets under Amido's crotch and into the goal!

1 to 0!

The Dutchman ended the first half 1-0 with this goal. In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and Cameroon, who was fighting for honor, did not give up the game.

In the nineteenth minute of the second half, Blaruz fouled Macon, and Geremi's free kick from 25 meters in front of the goal hit Van der Vaart's raised left elbow, and referee Poso blew for a penalty!

Eto'o did it overnight

One-to-one!

In the 38th minute of the second half, the Dutch launched a sharp attack, Sneijder counterattacked with a precise direct pass with the outside of his right foot, Robben took the ball on the right side and turned inward to dodge Rigobert-Song, and volleyed with his left foot 23 meters in front of the goal!

"Pong! ……”

The ball bounced off the inside of the left post, and Huntelaar took two smart steps forward and fired a shot. Soccer balls fly into the empty goal!

Two to one!

The Dutchman took the lead again and kept the score until the end of the game. The Netherlands became the third team to win all of their group after Argentina and England.

At the Royal Bamferken Stadium in Rustenburg, the Danes, who were two goals behind, did not give up, while Japan played a more determined defensive counterattack.

The Danes were on the attack, but under Japan's tight defense, coupled with their anxious mentality, they missed the goal again and again. The Danes' efforts were finally rewarded in the 36th minute of the second half, when Makoto Hasebe brought down Ager in the box and the referee awarded Denmark a penalty.

Tomasson's penalty was saved by Eiji Kawashima. But his clever follow-up shot sent the ball flying into the net!

One to two!

The Danes have narrowed the difference!

The Dane was ferocious in the ensuing outings, but his back-up was too big. In the 43rd minute of the second half, Japan launched a quick counterattack, Keisuke Honda crossed from the left rib of the penalty area after deducting Romerdal, and Shinji Okazaki easily shot into the empty goal!

Three to one!

The Japanese seal the win!

The Danes are gone. Having to accept the fate of defeat, Japan qualified for the round of 16 as the second in the group with this victory.

The situation in Group F is similar to that of Group D, with all four teams likely to emerge and qualification in a difficult situation. Italy, the defending champions with two games and two draws, faced Slovakia, who drew one and lost one, and Paraguay, who had the most favorable situation to qualify, played against New Zealand, who drew two games and two draws.

Four o'clock in the afternoon of the 24th. At Ellis Park in Johannesburg, the match between Italy and Slovakia officially began. Once the game began, the defending champions launched a ferocious attack on the opposition, but it was Slovakia who scored first.

In the 25th minute, De Rossi passed the ball when no one was pressing at the back, Kuzka grabbed the ball in front of Montolivo and passed straight, and Vitek fell to the ground on the penalty line and swept with his right foot!

Italian goalkeeper Marchetti failed to make an effective save and the ball drilled into the bottom left corner!

1 to 0!

After that, the two sides were locked in a tussle, and until the end of the first half, neither could change the score.

Paul Guarney's Peter? At the Mokaba Stadium, Paraguay can qualify from the group with a draw, and New Zealand can only qualify if they win, so after the start of the game, New Zealand is more active.

Over time, Paraguay gained the upper hand thanks to their strength, but they were scoreless and both teams failed to find the back of the net in the first half.

At Ellis Park in Johannesburg, after the start of the second half, under the command of the silver fox Lippi, the Italians launched a powerful counterattack, and Slovenia responded calmly.

In the eighteenth minute of the second half, Slovenia won a corner kick opportunity.

Hamsik takes a corner from the right and Chiellini heads it clear, but Hamsik then returns to goal with the arch of his foot, and Vitek grabs in front of Chiellini and smashes a right-footed shot from five yards out!

Football hits the net!

Two to zero!

Italian fans are going to despair!

The tenacious Italian did not give up, in the 38th minute of the second half, Quagliarella cut inside on the right side and cooperated with Yaquinta to kick the wall, Iaquinta made the ball with his back, and Quagliarella fired a low shot with his right foot ten meters in front of the goal!

Slovakian goalkeeper Muha reacted quickly and sealed the ball!

Di Natale is alert and takes two steps forward to make up for it!

Muha didn't have time to react again and could only watch the ball roll into the empty goal!

One to two!

The Italians close the gap!

At this time, the match between Paraguay and New Zealand was still deadlocked, and neither was able to break the deadlock. In the current situation, Italy only needs to equalize to beat New Zealand by virtue of the number of goals scored.

So Italy poured out, their defense was very large, in the 44th minute of the second half, Slovakia front throw-in, Pecarrick threw the football into the Italian penalty area, Koenek, who had just come out, inserted into the penalty area at high speed, grabbed before Marchetti, and volleyed with his right foot nine meters from the goal!

The ball arcs in the air and flies into the net from the far corner!

Three to one!

Slovakia once again led by two goals and the Italian fans shed tears of pain......

But the Italians didn't give up, they were hoping for a miracle, and in the second minute of stoppage time, De Rossi's shot from the left rib was blocked and shoveled to Quagliarella, who cleverly rubbed his right foot from 24 meters in front of the goal, and the ball hung in the top left corner of the net!

Two to three!

Unfortunately, the goal came too late, and two minutes later the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, and Italy lost 2-3. Two draws and one loss, the defending champion is eliminated!

Almost at the same time, the match between Paraguay and New Zealand ended with a 0-0 draw, and the New Zealand team drew all three games without losing a single game, but still could not escape the fate of elimination.

Paraguay won one and drew two to reach the round of 16 as group winners, while dark horse Slovakia secured another ticket to the knockout stage with a win in the last game.

Italy's exit from the tournament exceeded many people's expectations, and despite the ageing of the defending champions, they are still strong. Despite the elimination of the Coppa Italia, their spirit of fighting until the last minute of the game still waited for the recognition of the media.

The headline in the Daily Mirror reads: Another World Champion says goodbye to South Africa! (To be continued.) )