Brazil thrash Argentina 3-1 to book a place in the World Cup 2010, South Africa.

Argentina Coach, Diego Maradona took complete blame for the defeat. Brazil joined South Africa, Japan, Australia, Korea Republic, Netherlands, Korea DPR and Ghana as  qualified teams for the Cup.

Portugal ended up with a 1 – 1 draw against Denmark.

With Portugal and Argentina both struggling to cement their place in the World Cup, the organizers are wary and hoping that these teams qualify since they house  star powers such as FIFA player of the year – Cristiano Ronaldo  and FIFA player of the year runner up – Lionnel Messi,  respectively.

Defending champions Italy played Georgia and must have surely included Georgia skipper Kakha Kalaze in their end-of-match celebrations as he scored both the Italian goals (own goals)!

Spain won convincingly against Belgium, the scoreline read 5-0.

Belgium Vs Spain FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifier

England recorded a 2-1 win over Slovenia but not without controversy. Rooney allegedly dived to gain a penalty, which was later converted by Lampard.

Ghana 2-0 Sudan also qualified with Chelsea’s Michael Essien scoring the second goal.