Germany 4-1 England: The weather and the atmosphere sizzle in Bloemfontein as England prepare to face Germany for a place in the quarter-finals and the claim to be the last European team in their half of the draw
Fans congregate around the Free State Stadium and try their best to make nice but this game is loaded with rivalry and history including the 1966 final, Mexico '70, Italia '90, Euro '96, Euro 2000 and the 2002 qualifiers
Inside the ground the Germany squad inspect the pitch with coach Joachim Loew unable to field Jerome Boateng or Cacau through injury while England field a team unchanged from the win over Slovenia
The opening 15 minutes are frustrating for Wayne Rooney, yet to score in eight World Cup games, unable to get hold of the ball, given offside when through on goal and on whom England hopes rest
Loew's side open the scoring with a route-one ball as Manuel Neuer's goal kick sails beyond the misplaced John Terry and Matthew Upson to Miroslav Klose who tucks the ball past David James
It's hard to tell what's worse for England: the performance of their defence that continues to let Germany open them up or leaving Lukas Podolski in acres of space to take his chance to make it 2-0
England's World Cup looks done with before half-time but the headline writers of the national press are made to pause when a short corner is not picked up and Matthew Upson heads home Steven Gerrard's cross
The goal has brought both England and the game to life and a minute later Frank Lampard's half-volley lob crashes off Neuer's crossbar and bounces a foot over the line - a clear equaliser but not given
The adrenaline in the ground can be seen in players' anger, the renewed pace of the game, the captain's gesticulations from Gerrard and heard in the noise of the crowd, only dispelled by the half-time whistle
England try to rediscover the momentum at the start of the second half and Lampard strikes the bar - again - from a free kick and James Milner has an effort blocked
Capello's side send men forward for another Lampard free-kick only for the ball to break to Schweinsteiger who, once more, rips open a tired and clueless defence by laying the ball on for Thomas Mueller to score
Germany score a carbon-copy counter-attack fourth goal three minutes later as another England attack breaks down, the ball falls to Ozil this time and he outpaces Gareth Barry to put it on a plate for Mueller
The last 20 minutes are without incident or passion and the final whistle is little more than a merciful end to England who have been utterly out-classed and out-thought by a young, slick German team
Argentina 3-1 Mexico: Though their teams clash in Johannesburg, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner sit together in Toronto at the G20 summit
Giovani Dos Santos fires just wide for Mexico early on, demonstrating that El Tri - far from being overawed by Diego Maradona's side - have not come to the Soccer City stadium just to make up the numbers
In Lionel Messi, though, Argentina have a player who would grace any side in the tournament, and it is not long before the little playmaker attempts an impudent chip over the Mexico keeper Oscar Perez
With 25 minutes gone Argentina make a controversial breakthrough, Carlos Tevez heading home another Messi chip, but from an offside position that is clearly visible when the goal is re-shown inside the stadium
Eight minutes later Mexico are facing a mountainous task after Gonzalo Higuain takes advantage of a loose ball from Ricardo Osorio to round the keeper and put Argentina two goals to the good
Argentina boss Diego Maradona found himself cast in the unaccustomed role of peacemaker when the Mexicans, still fuming about Tevez's opener, surrounded referee Roberto Rosetti on the half-time whistle
Life didn't get any easier for Mexico after the interval, with the second half only seven minutes old when Oscar Perez found himself grasping at thin air once again as Argentina scored a sensational third
Yet again it was Carlos Tevez who emerged as Mexico's tormentor, the Manchester City man unleashing a long-range strike of stunning ferocity before making a beeline for the exultant Argentina bench
With 19 minutes to go, Javier Hernandez gives Manchester United fans a taste of things to come by rifling in a goal for Mexico after leaving the Argentina defence for dead with a lightning-quick turn
Good as Hernandez's strike is, Argentina's two-goal lead is too much for Mexico to pull back and - after a fine late effort from Lionel Messi is saved - Diego Maradona and co are soon celebrating a quarter-final place
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