ENGLAND 1 - SLOVENIA 0
USA 1 - ALGERIA 0GROUP C:
England eventually come out of their slovenly start to down Slovenia by a single Jermain Defoe goal. The Slovs were just willing to go along with that scoreline, knowing that their 4 points would be just enough to exit the group stage. Valter Birsa's finishing was hopeless, aiming all his shots to David James but hoping for a Robert Green. Cue Landon Donovan for an injury time winner, which lifted USA to the top of the group, and dump Slovenia out. England's reward is to meet... (gulp) Germany in the Second Round, and possibly Argentina in the quarter finals. Better start practising taking those penalties soon... Rating: 3/5
GERMANY 1 - GHANA 0
AUSTRALIA 2 - SERBIA 1GROUP D:
A very keenly contested group with any of the 4 teams capable of emerging from the First Round. Germany's excellent Mesut Ozil was justly rewarded with a scorcher of a goal. Germany top the group with 6 points. At this stage, Tim Cahill (above) and Brett Holman gave faint hopes for an unlikely Ozzie revival. A Serbian equaliser would have ruled Ghana out but that never came. Ghana is the first African team (and likely to be the last) to qualify for the Second Round, and the Americans await. Rating: 4/5
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