Watch highlights of this afternoon’s games between reiging World Champions Italy taking on bottom club Slovakia whilst Group F leaders Paraguay took on New Zealand who were not out of the race to progress themselves.
Slovakia 3 – 2 Italy
Highlights will appear here later of a thrilling game at Ellis Park in which arguably the shock of the tournament was produced.
Bottom team in Group F, Slovakia looked to be leaving South Africa against the reigning World Cup holders however they stormed to a 2-0 lead against the Italians before being pegged back to 2-1. Despite pressure, Slovakia extended their lead once more to 3-1 before a late Di Natale goal set up a thrilling finish. The Italians had two goals disallowed and could not break down a resilient Slovakia side who hung on for a famous win and progression to the second round of the World Cup to play the winners of Group E who play tonight.
Paraguay 0 – 0 New Zealand
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