Slovakia knocks out Italy
Slovakia knocked out the defending champions Italy from the 2010 FIFA World Cup after winning 3-2.
Italy only needed a draw to qualify for the round of 16, but the defending champions and four time winners found themselves trailing by 1 goal at half time before Slovakia lead 2-nil.
The result meant that Slovakia got second place behind the group winners Paraguay who played a goalless draw against New Zealand.
New Zealand therefore finished the tournament undefeated and conceded just two goals.
In Group F, the Netherlands won the group after beating Cameroon 2-1 to score a perfect score.
Japan were the runners up after beating Denmark 3-1.
Denmark could have qualified if they had won but Japan were quick off the blocks scoring two goals in the first half.
So far no team leading at half-time has gone on to lose the match and the table below shows the winning trends so far:
Trend | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
---|---|---|
Home team leading at half time, home team winning at full time | 9 | 28.1 |
Away team leading at half time, away team winning at full time | 9 | 28.1 |
Home team trailing at half time, home team winning at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
Away team trailing at half time, away team winning at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
Draw at half time, home team winning at full time | 7 | 21.9 |
Draw at half time, away team winning at full time | 7 | 21.9 |
Matches ending in result | 32 | 72.7 |
There are four matches to go now to complete the group phases as Groups G and H play their matches.
It will interesting to see which team will become the first team to win having trailed at half time.