It's the last chance saloon for a number of underachievers at this World Cup. The European teams, in particular, are the ones who have found the tournament rather more difficult than the on-paper predictions suggested.
France's involvement hangs by a thread after a draw and a loss, their destiny reliant on them beating South Africa by multiple goals and a Uruguayan win over the Mexicans in the final games. England and Germany still control their destinies but both were shaken by poor results and will have to lift themselves with wins over Slovenia and Ghana respectively to continue.
Greece improved their chances by beating Nigeria but face group favourites Argentina in their final match. Italy play their second game today against New Zealand and will hope for better than the 0-0 draw they registered in their first match against Paraguay.
Monday is crunch day for both Portugal and Spain, the former must best North Korea to have any chance of qualifying for the latter stages in their "group of death" while Spain's shock loss to Switzerland must be quickly forgotten as they take on Honduras.
Sunday 20 June 2010
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