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The Netherlands clinically ended Slovakia's giantkilling run at the World Cup on Monday while Brazil finally turned on the style to crush Chile and set up an enticing clash with the Dutch in the quarter-finals.
The Netherlands clinically ended Slovakia's giantkilling run at the World Cup on Monday while Brazil finally turned on the style to crush Chile and set up an enticing clash with the Dutch in the quarter-finals.
Give Argentina a two-goal head start and the result will not be in much doubt, as Mexico discovered when a dreadful decision and a defensive mistake smoothed a World Cup quarter-final path for the twice winners.
It was a goal that didn't count, and it was a decision that may have changed the outcome of one of the World Cup's most exciting games so far.
World Cup 2010 is no longer merely a sporting event. It has become a festival, a carnival for people in nine South African cities and fans worldwide.
Carlos Tevez scored two goals and Gonzalo Higuain added another Sunday to give Argentina a 3-1 win over Mexico and a spot in the World Cup quarterfinals.
Germany, fuelled by a second half double from Thomas Mueller, crushed long-standing rivals England 4-1 in a controversy-filled World Cup encounter on Sunday to book a spot in the last eight.
A small plane with World Cup fans aboard made an emergency landing Sunday on a highway leading to the city of Bloemfontein, where Germany will take on England in the knock-out match, media reports said.
The 2010 World Cup has become the fourth consecutive tournament to be free of doping so far, FIFA said Sunday.
The fierce rivalry between Germany and England resumes at the World Cup when both fight for a place in the quarterfinals Sunday, while Mexico seeks revenge on Argentina for knocking it out of the 2006 tournament.
Semifinals Fixtures
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Top Scorers
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Player |
Team |
Goals |
David Villa | ESP | 5 |
| Sneijder | NED | 5 | |||
| Diego Forlan |
URU |
5 | |||
| Mueller |
GER |
5 | |||
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Vittek |
SVK | 4 | |||
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Klose |
GER |
4 |
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Higuain |
ARG |
4 |
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Asamoah Gyan |
GHA |
3 | |||
| Donovan | USA | 3 | |||
| Luis Suarez | URU | 3 | Fabiano | BRA | 3 |
URU 2 - 3 NED 
GER 0 - 1 ESP 