Day 5

The South Koreans came into this world cup hoping to have a similar impact as in 2002. But they stuttered right from the start and went behind by a goal to Togo, who are making their debut. The team showed no indications of the squad that made it to the semi's in the last worldcup, but personally, I was not bothered! In the second half they brought on Ahn Jung Hwan, who made me to stop liking them in 2002 by scoring the golden goal against Italy, and he caused flutter in the defence of 10 men Togo and finally got the winner as well. The Koreans start with a win, But was is it a deserved victory?Maybe...Some say, and some argue.
South Korea 2-1 Togo
31-Mohammed(TOG), 54-Chun-Soo Lee(KOR), 72-Ahn(KOR)

France against Switzerland promised to be a good encounter, with the Swiss aiming to make their mark in the World cup and the French hoping to bury their disastrous campaign in 2002. The game did not have the brightest of starts as both teams had a cautious approach to the game. The Swiss had one glorious chance to put them ahead but somehow Frei missed a sitter after the ball had bounced off the post. Earlier, Henry missed a header as well, with the ball being floated out to him, but he just couldn't finish it off. The game continued in it's own pace and eventually both teams settled for a 0-0 draw and will now be looking forward to get more points in the other two games.
France 0-0 Switzerland

The much awaited encounter between the defending champions Brazil and Croatia kicked off as expected with both teams attacking. Much was expected of the star studded Brazilian line up which boasted with the likes of Ronaldo, Adriano, Ronaldinho and Kaka. Sadly though, Ronaldo was a pale shadow of himself and the fastest he ran on the field was when he was substituted in the second half! But the Brazilians wanted the win and it came through the outstanding AC Milan playmaker,Kaka, who floated a left footer into the bottom of the net to hand the win to Brazil. In the second half, Croatia started to come on more into the Brazilian half but were just not able to give the killer blow and share the spoils. In my opinion, a draw would have been a fair result as well.
Brazil 1-0 Croatia
44-Kaka(BRA)