Day 4;
The Netherlands vs. Denmark
2-0
Seconds into the second half Robin van Persie's cross was misjudged by Simon Poulsen, which resulted in an own goal for the Danes, and they didn't manage to come back from that and later on Kuyt settled the match with his 2-0 goal.
Bendtner was in the starting eleven, quite surprisingly due to his groin problem, and had a really good opportunity in the first half, but his header went just wide.
Van Persie also started the game, and was as mentioned, highly involved in the Netherlands' opener, and was as always a constant threat up front, but was replaced later in the second half.
Bendtner was replaced in the 62nd minute, probably just to make sure that he won't have a recurrence of his groin problem.
Day 5;
Ivory Coast vs. Portugal
0-0
Eboue played for 89 minutes and had a role in the central midfield, which isn't exactly where we are used to see him, but he did really well throughout the game.
Portugal had the best chance in the first half, with Ronaldo hitting the post, but otherwise Ivory Coast dominated the game and really deserved a victory, but shared points in the opener of the group of death, I'm watching Brazil vs. North Korea right now, and already after 5 minutes, it seems that Brazil won't have to fight too hard for the points.
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