<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>DAY-2 RESULTS: Korea Rep 2-0 Greece, Argentina 1-0 Nigeria, England 1-1 USA </strong></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><strong> </strong></div> <div style="text-align: left;">After the opening day when the players had to struggle a lot to get "Jabulani" past the keeper, Day 2 was all about early goals. All three matches saw goals in the first 10 minutes and in fact all the goals scored on Day 2 were scored in the first hour of the matches. The games bought the freshness of football's greatest spectacle back alive after the relatively dull games played on the opening day.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <div><strong> </strong></div> </div> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Korea Republic 2-0 Greece</h2> <div><strong> </strong>South Koreans started the campaign with signs of determination to prove the critics wrong - who called their 2002 WC run into the semis a fluke. Greece, on the other hand, continued their consistent record of never scoring in the World Cup finals from 1994. Back then, the Greeks let Argentina score just two minutes into the opening game. The Greeks improved this time around -- by five minutes. The gritty play of the South Koreans proved too much for the Greek players who seemed dazed and confused probably after looking at this banner from their fans' stand.</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/sports-news-june-2010/image/9093404?term=greece+korea" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Sports News - June 12, 2010" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9093404/sports-news-june-2010/sports-news-june-2010.jpg?size=500&imageId=9093404" border="0" alt="June 12, 2010 - 06024064 date 12 06 2010 Copyright imago Ane Edition Greece Football national team Season 2009 2010 World Cup in South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay Stage 12 06 2010 Republic Korea Greece supporters from Greece recommended the Greek National coach Otto Rehhagel to God to carry Republic Korea Greece PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxGRE men Football World Cup National team international match Port Elizabeth supporters Vdig 2010 horizontal premiumd." width="500" height="340" /></a></div> <address style="text-align: center;">Well, The Oldest Coach in the World Cup certainly deserves a place at <strong>Mount Olympus!</strong></address><address style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong></address>The Greeks were completely outperformed by the Tigers of Asia and it was in the sixth minute when they were awarded a free kick near the corner kick spot. A curling <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/122608">Ki Sung-Yueng</a> delivery got deflected inside the box, which allowed defender <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/117877/lee-jung-soo">Lee Jung-Soo</a> to send it straight into the back of the net. Korea Republic's Captain <a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/21544/park-ji-sung">Park Ji-Sung</a> doubled the scoreline with an awesome solo goal in the 52nd minute. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/sports-news-june-2010/image/9095118?term=greece+korea" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Sports News - June 12, 2010" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9095118/sports-news-june-2010/sports-news-june-2010.jpg?size=500&imageId=9095118" border="0" alt="June 12, 2010 - 06024898 date 12 06 2010 Copyright imago Sven Simon Park Ji Recovery KOR cheering After goal to 2 0 FIFA World Cup 2010 South Korea KOR Greece GRE Group B Game 04 Match 04 12 06 2010 Nelson Mandela Bay Football World Cup 2010 in of 11 06 11 07 2010 men Football World Cup National team international match Port Elizabeth Action shot Single Vdig xsk 2010 horizontal Highlight premiumd." width="500" height="333" /></a></div> <address style="text-align: center;">Ji Sung Park: Glory Glory Korea Republic!</address><script src="http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Argentina 1-0 Nigeria</h2> <div style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/argentina-coach-maradona/image/9094704?term=maradona+messi" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Argentina's coach Maradona ccelebrates his team's win over Nigeria with Messi after the 2010 World Cup Group B soccer match in Johannesburg" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9094704/argentina-coach-maradona/argentina-coach-maradona.jpg?size=234&imageId=9094704" border="0" alt="Argentina's coach Diego Maradona ccelebrates his team's win over Nigeria with Lionel Messi after the 2010 World Cup Group B soccer match at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg June 12, 2010. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP)" width="164" height="214" /></a></div> <script src="http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js" type="text/javascript"></script>The second game of the day featured arguably the greatest players from past and present, both in the same team - Diego Maradona on the sidelines as a coach and Lionel Messi on the field with an aim to prove his might on the international scene. Everyone in the stadium expected fireworks from the strong Argentinian team who were clearly favorites against a relatively inexperienced and weak Nigerian team. Gabriel Heinze's early goal did provide Argentina the dream start they were looking for and the Argentines attacked and attacked and attacked but there stood a man between <em>La Albiceleste </em>and further glory to Heinze's 6th minute bullet like header, and that man was <a href="http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1242154/index.html#enyeama+proves+worth" target="_blank">Vincent Enyeama</a>, the Nigerian goalkeeper who left Maradona's free flowing attackers shocked with the stops he made. He denied Messi alone in each of his 5 lethal drives that he made towards the Nigerian custody. However, the Super Eagles did manage some attacking runs amidst the brilliance of Argentine midfield but couldn't really capitalize in any of their moves. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/sports-news-june-2010/image/9095812?term=Enyeama" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Sports News - June 12, 2010" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9095812/sports-news-june-2010/sports-news-june-2010.jpg?size=500&imageId=9095812" border="0" alt="June 12, 2010 - 06025195 date 12 06 2010 Copyright imago BPI Vincent Enyeama Goalkeeper of Nigeria r makes A Save From Gonzalo Higuain l of Argentina PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxUKxFRAxNEDxESPxSWExPOLxCHNxJPN men Football World Cup National team international match Johannesburg Action shot Vdig xsk 2010 horizontal Highlight premiumd Football." width="500" height="333" /></a></div> <blockquote> <div style="text-align: justify;"><em>It would be my best personal performance playing against the best player in the world. For now you cannot take that away from me.</em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">-Vincent Enyeama</div></blockquote> <h2 style="text-align: center;">England 1-1 USA</h2> 60 years ago, the two nations met for the first time and the only time before this game in the World Cup finals. That game is immortalized as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_v_United_States_(1950)" target="_blank">"Miracle on Grass"</a> as a team of semi-professional Americans won it 1-0 to the then "Kings of Football". <p style="text-align: center;">[embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8y03T94Trs[/embed]</p> 60 years later, England were stunned again and that too in one of the most bizarre way when the English keeper Robert Green brought the worst nightmare of any keeper true by letting one of the most gentle shots by Clint Dempsey of USA through his butterfingers into the goal. England took the lead in the fourth minute, courtesy Steven Gerrard, who latched on to a brilliant through ball by Emile Heskey. The drama involved after the goal by USA had almost every emotion of empathy and can only be described by these images... <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/fifa-world-cup-2010-soccer/image/9098121?term=robert+green" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" title="FIFA World Cup 2010 Soccer: England v USA JUN 12" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9098121/fifa-world-cup-2010-soccer/fifa-world-cup-2010-soccer.jpg?size=500&imageId=9098121" border="0" alt="England's Robert Green in action..FIFA World Cup 2010 Group C..England v USA..12th June, 2010." width="500" height="368" /></a></div> <script src="http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <address style="text-align: center;">Robert Green: I'm forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air.</address> <div style="text-align: center;"><address style="text-align: center;">They fly so high, Nearly reach the sky, Then like my dreams, They fade and die. </address><dd></dd><dd></dd></div> <script src="http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/news/clint-dempsey-usa-world/image/9099351?term=dempsey" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Clint Dempsey USA World Cup 2010" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view3.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9099351/clint-dempsey-usa-world/clint-dempsey-usa-world.jpg?size=500&imageId=9099351" border="0" alt="Clint Dempsey Celebrates Scoring Equalising Goal USA World Cup 2010 England V USA (1-1) Group C 12/06/10 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium FIFA World Cup 2010 Photo Robin Parker Fotosports International Photo via Newscom" width="500" height="411" /></a></div> <address style="text-align: center;">Clint Dempsey and USA: In God and Green we trust! </address> <p style="text-align: center;"><script src="http://view.picapp.com//JavaScripts/OTIjs.js" type="text/javascript"></script></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://view.picapp.com/pictures.photo/entertainment/football-england-united/image/9098153?term=fabio+capello" target="_blank"><img style="margin: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" title="Football - England v United States of America FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010" onmousedown="return false;" src="http://view3.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9098153/football-england-united/football-england-united.jpg?size=500&imageId=9098153" border="0" alt="June 12, 2010 - South Africa - Football - England v United States of America FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 - Group C - Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa - 12/6/10..England manager Fabio Capello." width="500" height="370" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><em>Fabio Capello: Where did it all go wrong?</em></div> <address style="text-align: center;"></address>Day 2 was surely an action packed day in the World Cup 2010 and here's hoping that it would only get more interesting from here on. <p style="text-align: center;">-----------------------</p>