World Cup 2010: Argentina lose Basile

In the two rounds of World Cup 2010 qualifying match again there was a mixed performance. In South American group Paraguay has opened up 6 points gap with others. They won both their matches against Columbia and Peru by the narrowest margin 1-0. Brazil played beautifully against Venezuela to win 4-0 but played very ugly against Columbia to draw 0-0 at home. Basile resigns as Argentina lost against Chile 0-1. Argentina defeated Uruguay 2-1 in the earlier match. Venezuela bounced back after going down to Brazil defeating Ecuador 3-1. Bolivia defeated Peru 3-0 and drew with Uruguay 2-2 to move up the ladder. Still eight rounds to go lot of action is left.

England continued their superb form and won both their matches. They defeated Kazakhstan 5-1 and Belarus 3-1 to top the Group 6 standing. In Group 5 Spain like England is maintaining their 100% record. They defeated Estonia 3-0 and Belgium 2-1 to lead the table with 12 points.
In Group 1 Portugal is struggling. They drew 0-0 with 10 men Albania and with Sweden. Hungary defeated Albania 2-0 and Malta 1-0 to move to the 2nd place. Denmark is leading the group with 7 points. In Group 2 Greece lost their 100% record when they went down to Switzerland 1-2 at home. Israel drew with Latvia 1-1 to be in second behind Greece. Switzerland is lying in the third position with 7 points. In Group 3 Slovakia defeated Poland 2-1 to lead the group with 9 points. Czech Republic defeated Slovenia 1-0 to register an important win after losing to Poland 2-1. Czech surprisingly lying in the 5th position with one match on hand. In Group 4 Germany registered two important wins against Russia (2-1) and Wales (1-0). They are on the top of the group with 10 points. Russia defeated Finland 3-0 to move to the 2nd place with one match on hand behind Germany.

Lithuania continues to surprise me with their performance despite losing to Serbia 3-0. They defeated Faroe Islands 1-0. They are jointly on top of the group along with Serbia. Serbia registered two big wins against Lithuania (3-0) and Austria (3-1). France continues their dismal run and drew with Romania 2-2. Faroe Islands drew with Austria 1-1. Italy and Netherlands is leading Group 8 and Group 9 respectively. Italy drew with Bulgaria 0-0 and defeated Montenegro 2-1. Republic of Ireland defeated Cyprus 1-0. Netherlands defeated Iceland 2-0 and Norway 1-0.

USA, Costa Rica and El Salvador qualified for the next round but Mexico is struggling in Group 2. Mexico lost to Jamaica 1-0 and then drew with Canada 2-2. Honduras defeated Canada 3-1 but lost to Jamaica 1-0 to open up the group. El Salvador drew with Haiti 0-0 and defeated Surinam 3-0. Costa Rica defeated Haiti 2-0 and Surinam 4-1 to qualify for the next round. Trinidad and Tobago defeated USA 2-1 and drew with Guatemala 0-0 to keep their qualifying hope alive.

In Asia Japan is struggling with their form. Japan drew with Uzbekistan 1-1. Australia defeated Qatar 4-0. Iran defeated North Korea 2-1 and South Korea defeated UAE 4-1.