2010 FIFA World Cup Group G

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Group G of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 15 June and ended on 25 June 2010.[1] The group consisted of reigning South American champions Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire and Portugal. This group, along with Group D, was labeled a group of death.[2][3]

Brazil and Portugal were also drawn in the same group at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, their previous official World Cup match. In 1966, the Portuguese team defeated Brazil 3–1, thus eliminating the defending champions, to advance to the quarter-finals where they encountered and defeated North Korea (another team in Group G) 5–3, after trailing 0–3.

As winners of the group, Brazil advanced to play against Chile – runners-up in Group H – in the Round of 16, while Portugal – the Group G runners-up – met Spain, who won Group H. Côte d'Ivoire finished third in the group, and Korea DPR finished bottom. The North Koreans had a goal difference of −11, the worst of any team in the 2010 tournament, largely due to the 7–0 defeat they suffered against Portugal; that match was Portugal's biggest ever World Cup win, and Korea DPR's heaviest ever defeat. It was also the first time a live football game was broadcast on North Korean television.[4]

Contents
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Portugal 3 1 2 0 7 0 +7 5
 Côte d'Ivoire 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0

All times local (UTC+2)

Côte d'Ivoire vs Portugal

15 June 2010
16:00
 Côte d'Ivoire  0 – 0  Portugal Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 37,034
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)[5]
Report
Côte d'Ivoire[6]
Portugal[6]

CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
GK 1 Boubacar Barry
RB 20 Guy Demel 21'
CB 4 Kolo Touré (c)
CB 5 Didier Zokora 7'
LB 17 Siaka Tiéné
DM 19 Yaya Touré
CM 21 Emmanuel Eboué 89'
CM 9 Cheick Tioté
RW 10 Gervinho 82'
LW 8 Salomon Kalou 66'
CF 15 Aruna Dindane
Substitutions:
FW 11 Didier Drogba 66'
MF 18 Kader Keïta 82'
MF 13 Romaric 89'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson

PORTUGAL:
GK 1 Eduardo
RB 3 Paulo Ferreira
CB 2 Bruno Alves
CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho
LB 23 Fábio Coentrão
DM 8 Pedro Mendes
CM 20 Deco 62'
CM 16 Raul Meireles 85'
RW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) 21'
LW 10 Danny 55'
CF 9 Liédson
Substitutions:
FW 11 Simão 55'
MF 19 Tiago 62'
MF 17 Ruben Amorim 85'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Pablo Fandino (Uruguay)[5]
Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay)[5]
Fourth official:
Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)[5]
Fifth official:
Miguel Nievas (Uruguay)[5]

Brazil vs Korea DPR

15 June 2010
20:30
 Brazil  2 – 1  North Korea Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg
Attendance: 54,331
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)[5]
Maicon  55'
Elano  72'		 Report Ji Yun-Nam  89'
Brazil[7]
Korea DPR[7]

BRAZIL:
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan
LB 6 Michel Bastos
DM 8 Gilberto Silva
CM 7 Elano 73'
CM 5 Felipe Melo 84'
AM 10 Kaká 78'
SS 11 Robinho
CF 9 Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF 13 Daniel Alves 73'
FW 21 Nilmar 78'
MF 18 Ramires 88' 84'
Manager:
Dunga

KOREA DPR:
GK 1 Ri Myong-Guk
RB 2 Cha Jong-Hyok
CB 13 Pak Chol-Jin
CB 4 Pak Nam-Chol
LB 5 Ri Kwang-Chon
DM 3 Ri Jun-Il
RM 11 Mun In-Guk 80'
LM 8 Ji Yun-Nam
AM 10 Hong Yong-Jo (c)
AM 17 Ahn Young-Hak
CF 9 Jong Tae-Se
Substitutions:
FW 6 Kim Kum-Il 80'
Manager:
Kim Jong-Hun

Man of the Match:
Maicon (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Gábor Erős (Hungary)[5]
Tibor Vámos (Hungary)[5]
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)[5]
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)[5]

Brazil vs Côte d'Ivoire

20 June 2010
20:30
 Brazil  3 – 1  Côte d'Ivoire Soccer City, Johannesburg
Attendance: 84,455
Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)
Luís Fabiano  25', 50'
Elano  62'		 Report Drogba  79'
Brazil[8]
Côte d'Ivoire[8]

BRAZIL:
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan
LB 6 Michel Bastos
DM 8 Gilberto Silva
RM 7 Elano 67'
LM 5 Felipe Melo
AM 10 Kaká  85', 88'
SS 11 Robinho 90+3'
CF 9 Luís Fabiano
Substitutions:
DF 13 Daniel Alves 67'
MF 18 Ramires 90+3'
Manager:
Dunga

CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
GK 1 Boubacar Barry
RB 20 Guy Demel
CB 4 Kolo Touré
CB 5 Didier Zokora
LB 17 Siaka Tiéné 31'
DM 19 Yaya Touré
CM 21 Emmanuel Eboué 72'
CM 9 Cheick Tioté 86'
RW 15 Aruna Dindane 54'
LW 8 Salomon Kalou 68'
CF 11 Didier Drogba (c)
Substitutions:
FW 10 Gervinho 54'
MF 18 Kader Keïta 75' 68'
MF 13 Romaric 72'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Luís Fabiano (Brazil)

Assistant referees:
Eric Dansault (France)
Laurent Ugo (France)
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)

Portugal vs Korea DPR

21 June 2010
13:30
 Portugal  7 – 0  North Korea Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 63,644
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Meireles  29'
Simão  53'
Almeida  56'
Tiago  60', 89'
Liédson  81'
Ronaldo  87'		 Report
Portugal[9]
Korea DPR[9]

PORTUGAL:
GK 1 Eduardo
RB 13 Miguel
CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho
CB 2 Bruno Alves
LB 23 Fábio Coentrão
DM 8 Pedro Mendes 38'
CM 19 Tiago
CM 16 Raul Meireles 70'
RW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
LW 11 Simão 74'
CF 18 Hugo Almeida 70' 77'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Miguel Veloso 70'
DF 5 Duda 74'
FW 9 Liédson 77'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

KOREA DPR:
GK 1 Ri Myong-Guk
RB 2 Cha Jong-Hyok 75'
CB 13 Pak Chol-Jin 32'
CB 3 Ri Jun-Il
CB 8 Ji Yun-Nam
LB 5 Ri Kwang-Chon
DM 17 An Yong-Hak
RM 11 Mun In-Guk 58'
CM 4 Pak Nam-Chol 58'
LM 10 Hong Yong-Jo (c) 47'
CF 9 Jong Tae-Se
Substitutions:
FW 6 Kim Kum-Il 58'
MF 15 Kim Yong-Jun 58'
DF 16 Nam Song-Chol 75'
Manager:
Kim Jong-Hun

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Patricio Basualto (Chile)
Francisco Mondria (Chile)
Fourth official:
Jerome Damon (South Africa)
Fifth official:
Enock Molefe (South Africa)

Portugal vs Brazil

25 June 2010
16:00
 Portugal  0 – 0  Brazil Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 62,712
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Report
Portugal[10]
Brazil[10]

PORTUGAL:
GK 1 Eduardo
RB 21 Ricardo Costa
CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho
CB 2 Bruno Alves
LB 5 Duda 25' 54'
DM 15 Pepe 40' 64'
CM 19 Tiago 31'
CM 16 Raul Meireles 84'
RW 10 Danny
LW 23 Fábio Coentrão 45'
CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutions:
MF 11 Simão 54'
MF 8 Pedro Mendes 64'
MF 14 Miguel Veloso 84'
Manager:
Carlos Queiroz

BRAZIL:
GK 1 Júlio César
RB 2 Maicon
CB 3 Lúcio (c)
CB 4 Juan 25'
LB 6 Michel Bastos
DM 8 Gilberto Silva
CM 13 Daniel Alves
CM 5 Felipe Melo 43' 44'
RF 21 Nilmar
CF 19 Júlio Baptista 82'
LF 9 Luís Fabiano 15' 85'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Josué 44'
MF 18 Ramires 82'
FW 23 Grafite 85'
Manager:
Dunga

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Assistant referees:
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Fifth official:
Brent Best (New Zealand)

Korea DPR vs Côte d'Ivoire

25 June 2010
16:00
 North Korea  0 – 3  Côte d'Ivoire Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Attendance: 34,763
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)
Report Y. Touré  14'
Romaric  20'
Kalou  82'
Korea DPR[11]
Côte d'Ivoire[11]

KOREA DPR:
GK 1 Ri Myong-Guk
SW 3 Ri Jun-Il
RB 2 Cha Jong-Hyok
CB 13 Pak Chol-Jin
CB 8 Ji Yun-Nam
LB 5 Ri Kwang-Chon
RM 10 Hong Yong-Jo (c)
CM 17 An Yong-Hak
CM 4 Pak Nam-Chol
LM 11 Mun In-Guk 67'
CF 9 Jong Tae-Se
Substitutions:
FW 12 Choe Kum-Chol 67'
Manager:
Kim Jong-Hun

CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
GK 1 Boubacar Barry
RB 21 Emmanuel Eboué
CB 4 Kolo Touré
CB 5 Didier Zokora
LB 3 Arthur Boka
DM 19 Yaya Touré
CM 13 Romaric 79'
CM 9 Cheick Tioté
RW 18 Kader Keïta 64'
LW 10 Gervinho 64'
CF 11 Didier Drogba (c)
Substitutions:
FW 8 Salomon Kalou 64'
FW 15 Aruna Dindane 64'
FW 7 Seydou Doumbia 79'
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson

Man of the Match:
Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire)

Assistant referees:
Fermín Martínez Ibánez (Spain)
Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain)
Fourth official:
Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Fifth official:
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)

References

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  2. ^ Germany face early test of mettle. . FIFA.com (FIFA). http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/standings/group=249726/analysis.html. Retrieved 20 April 2010. 
  3. ^ Latham, Brent (4 May 2010). "Group D is the toughest group". ESPN.com (ESPN). http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5161451/ce/us/group-d-real-group-death&cc=5739?ver=global. Retrieved 14 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "North Korea broadcasts live match on TV for first time (pity they lost 7-0)". The Guardian. 21 June 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/21/north-korea-live-match-tv-7-0-beating. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/93/96/referee_designations.pdf. Retrieved 5 June 2010. 
  6. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Cote d´Ivoire-Portugal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/24/57/49/13%5f0615%5fciv-por%5ftacticalstartlist.pdf. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
  7. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Korea DPR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/24/60/90/14%5f0615%5fbra-prk%5ftacticalstartlist.pdf. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
  8. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Brazil-Cote d´Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/25/23/11/29%5f0620%5fbra-civ%5ftacticalstartlist.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 
  9. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Portugal-Korea DPR" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/25/31/23/30%5f0621%5fpor-prk%5ftacticalstartlist.pdf. Retrieved 21 June 2010. 
  10. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Portugal-Brazil" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/25/81/67/45%5f0625%5fpor-bra%5ftacticalstartlist.pdf. Retrieved 25 June 2010. 
  11. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Korea DPR-Cote d´Ivoire" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/25/81/65/46%5f0625%5fprk-civ%5ftacticalstartlist.pdf. Retrieved 25 June 2010. 
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