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World Cup 2010 Photo Gallery
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Sun Jian
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May 19, 2010
France's Bacary Sagna makes a sliding tackle
Wrapping up: the French bench try to keep warm in Polokwane
Battling hard: France's Jeremy Toulalan (left) and William Gallas (right) vie with Mexico's defender Carlos Salcido
Mexico's goalkeeper Oscar Perez dives for a ball
France's players stand alert as Mexico's striker Giovani dos Santos strikes a free kick
Seeing double: fans joke around with Thierry Henry masks
France captain Patrice Evra lands on his back
Mexico's Javier Hernandez takes the ball around France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to give his side the lead
Javier Hernandez has plenty of space to open the scoring
Time to celebrate: Hernandez looks delighted after putting Mexico in front
The rest of the Mexico team join in the celebrations
France's Eric Abidal fouls Mexico's Pablo Barrera inside the penalty area
Mexico striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco cooly slots home from the penalty spot
Touching distance: France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sees Blanco's penalty go just past his fingertips
Blanco's spotkick heads into the net
Mexico's Salcido celebrates after Blanco's penalty doubles their lead
Mexico's Giovani Dos Santos celebrates after Blanco doubles their lead
From the spot: Cuauhtemoc Blanco strikes his penalty
Hitting the net: 37 year-old Cuauhtemoc Blanco celebrates after converting his penalty
Feeling blue: France's players look dejected after conceeding a second goal
Mexico's players celebrate at the full time whistle
Disappoinment: Patrice Evra looks gutted after his side crash to a 2-0 defeat
Mexico's players celebrate after maintaining their unbeaten start to the World Cup
France's players look depressed after the 2-0 defeat leaves them bottom of Group A and facing a battle to stay in the World Cup
German and Serbian fans wave their nation's flags prior to kick-off
A German fan blowing a more traditional vuvuzela.
Two German fans are all smiles as they wait for the match to get underway.
German XI: Germany pose for the team photo.
Serbian XI: Serbia line up for the team photo trying to win their first World Cup match.
Aleksandar Kolarov of Serbia is challenged by Germany's Thomas Mueller.
Miroslav Klose, left, and Sam Kedhira, centre, launch a German offensive.
Serbia's Nikola Zigic, left, competes for the ball with Germany's Arne Friedrich.
Yellow number one: Miroslav Klose is less than enamoured that the referee, Alberto Undiano, has shown him a yellow card.
Miroslav Klose, far left, is shown a second yellow card and is duly given his marching orders.
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Milan Jovanovic of Serbia scores the first goal past Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Milan Jovanovic, left, celebrates scoring the first goal past Manuel Neuer who can only look on.
Serbia's goalscorer Milan Jovanovic, right, celebrates with Serbia head coach Radomir Antic .
Support back home: German fans watch the match between Germany and Serbia at a public viewing area at the airport in Munich.
Serbia's Nikola Zigic goes for the ball but camn only conncect with the boot of a Germany player.
Nemandja Vidic flings himself into the air and at full stretch handles the ball to concede a ludicrous penalty.
Poor penalty: Bastian Schweinsteiger, left, cannot believe Lukas Podolski missed the penalty.
Serbia's goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic saves Lukas Podolski's penalty.
Serbia's goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic celebrates after saving Lukas Podolski's penalty.
Stars and stripes: just in case you did not know this fan suports USA.
A Slovenian fan head to toe in green. So what happens when you make him angry?
USA fans in constume are enjoying themselves ahead of the match.
Slovenia pose for the team photo knowing a win would see them qualify for the next round.
USA line up for the team photo just before kick-off.
Knockout blow: Clint Dempsey, right, leaves Slovenia's Zlatan Ljubijankic dazed are he he hits him in the head with his elbow.
Deadlock broken: Valter Birsa of Slovenia celebrates scoring the first goal.
Slovenia do their signature celebration after taking the lead against the USA.
Landon Donovancuts a lonely figure with his hands on hips stance after Slovenia made it 1-0.
Great save: Slovenia goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, right, scoops the ball off the line to deny the USA.
Slovenia's striker Zlatan Ljubijankic places the ball under Tim Howard to make it 2-0 to Slovenia.
Double delight: Zlatan Ljubijankic celebrates scoring the second goal for Slovenia.
Clint Dempsey is stunned after Slovenia take a 2-0 lead.
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USA goalkeeper Tim Howard shouts to his team-mates as he tries to distribute the ball.
Landon Donovan, left, fires the ball into the back of the net to cut Slovenia's lead to 2-1.
USA's Landon Donovan celebrates his goal which makes it 2-1 to Slovenia.
Michael Bradley, second from left, strikes the ball over Marko Suler and into the goal to make it 2-2.
Michael Bradley celebrates having scored for the USA to make it 2-2 against Slovenia.
USA's Jozy Altidore celebrates USA drawing level with Slovenia.
Michael Bradley's USA team-mates pile on top of him after he scored USA's equaliser.
Phantom goal: USA's Maurice Edu, second from right, thinks he has scored the winner but the referee had already blown his whistle for a foul.
USA's Maurice Edu, bottom, and Clint Dempsey react after the referee disallowed a goal by Edu, which would have been the winner.
England fans enjoy the pre-match atmosphere at the Green Point stadium
Vibrant vuvuzelas: two young England supporters generate some atmosphere ahead of kick off in Cape Town
Football royalty: fans wear masks of the Queen, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles ahead of England's Group C match against Algeria
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An Algerian supporter gets excited ahead of the Group C against England
Changing room: the England team's kits are lined up at the Green Point Stadium ahead of the match against Algeria
An England supporter gets behind his team during their match against Algeria
Algeria's midfielder Fouad Kadir eyes the ball during the Group C match against England
Gareth Barry of England jumps over the tackle by Ryad Boudebouz of Algeria
England's Jamie Carragher struggles to clear the danger against Algeria in the World Cup 2010 Group C match
England's Emile Heskey and Algeria's Rafik Halliche jump for the ball
Frustration: England manager Fabio Capello issues instructions to his team from the sidelines during the World Cup match against Algeria
Birds eye view: a pigeon walks across the pitch during Englands match with Algeria in Cape Town
England's Rooney tugs on the jersey of Algeria's Bougherra
Algeria's midfielder Karim Matmour chases England defender Jamie Carragher
Wayne Rooney gestures during England's Group C match with Algeria
Struggling: England's Wayne Rooney looks dejected
England's bench look distressed during Englands dour draw with Algeria
John Terry doesn't look happy during England's draw with Algeria
Rooney's rant: England striker Wayne Rooney lets viewers at home know his anger at the full time whistle
England's Ashley Cole looks at the ground after the full time whistle in Cape Town
England manager Fabio Capello looks glum after the 0-0 draw with Algeria
England's Ashley Cole looks dissapointed after the stalemate at the Green Point stadium
Lonely place: two England fans cut a lonely figure at the Green Point stadium
An England supporter looks dejected after watching the 0-0 draw in Cape Town
Holland fans get ready for the kick-off against Japan.
A bit of comic relief: Japan fans donning the red noses. Everyone is in need of a bit of comedy today.
An away day: Japan, playing in the second kit, line up for the team photo.
Nether surrender: Holland pose for the team photo ready to give it their all against japan knowing a win would see them qualify.
Japan's Keisuke Honda, right, fights for the ball with Hollands' Nigel de Jong, centre, and Mark van Bommel.
Flying Dutchman: Dirk Kuyt, right, has an audacious effort on the Japanese goal.
Down but not out: Japan's Yuichi Komano is carried off the pitch after clashing with Holland's Robin van Persie,
Left to right, Japan's defender Yuji Nakazawa, midfielder Yuki Abe and midfielder Yasuhito Endo all need a drink of water after only twenty minutes.
Head to head: Robin van Persie, foreground, and Japan's Yuji Nakazawa vie for the ball.
Slap in the face: Japan's Yuichi Komano is hit on the face during a challenge with Robin van Persie, right.
Leaving little to the imagination: one Japan fan gets right into the spirit of things.
Holland's goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg makes a rare save.
Holland's Joris Mathijsen chases after the ball.
Slipped through his fingers: Eiji Kawashima of Japan mishandles a Wesley Sneijder shot to present Holland with the lead
Wesley Sneijder, right, celebrates his goal with team-mate John Heitinga.
Wesley Sneijder, second from left, celebrates after scoring Holland's opening goal.
Japan fans watching the game at the Tojyo dome are not happy after Holland take the lead.
Changing the guard: Japan's Yuki Abe puts the captain's arm band on Japan's Yuji Nakazawa.
Japan's defender Yuji Nakazawa, left, vies with Holland's midfielder Wesley Sneijder.
Japan's goalkeeper EijiKawashima dives to save a shot by Holland's Ibrahim Afellay to atone for his earlier mistake.
An African affair: the Ghana and South Africa flags fly together as the whole continent gets behind Ghana.
It will be all white on the night: Ghana in their white kit pose for the team photo.
Golden boys: Australia pose for the customary pre-match team photo.
Ghana's goalkeeper Richard Kingson mishandles the ball, which leads to Australia's goal
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Richard Kingson spilling the ball results in Brett Holman scoring for Australia.
Tim Cahill's replacement, Brett Holman, celebrates after putting Australia in the lead.
Harry Kewell, left, is sent off for handling the ball on the goalline and denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
