The Netherlands top the group after their 1-0 win over Japan in a fairly slow-paced, but decent enough game of football that saw pressure from both sides being applied. In the end though, the better team of the day won and will progress through to the next round.

The game started with both The Netherlands and Japan looking for their second win of the tournament and qualification through to the 2nd round of this years World Cup. After a pretty dismal opening period of the match, the second half really took off and it only took until the 52nd minute of the match before the Dutch broke down the Japanese defence to allow them to take the lead. Sneijder scored the goal, the only one of the match and put the Dutch into the lead.

After a draw in their first game, everyone expected England to come out and beat the Algerian team and get their first points on the board. The match started with the commentators posing the question “Can Algeria do to England what Switzerland did to Spain?”

Algeria may not have won the game but they managed to hold England to a goalless draw. In their last match, all the criticism was directed at goalkeeper Robert Green who was replaced by David James for this match. Now, it appears that the entire squad will come under scrutiny after a poor showing in both games.