The Tunisian football coach Roger Lemerre said that his squad were paralysed with fright just 48 hours ahead of their opening World Cup Group H match with Saudi Arabia.
World Cup debutants Ghana believe a little luck and some more sharpness in front of goal can still see them through to the World Cup second round despite a hard-fought opening 2-0 loss to Italy on Monday.
Poland face the cruel threat of being knocked out of the World Cup by the best two Polish-born strikers in the tournament when they face Germany in their Group A match in Dortmund on Wednesday.
Fear of defeat and an early World Cup exit has dominated the mood of Tunisia and Saudi Arabia ahead of Wednesday's Arabic derby in Group H.
Doubts over the fitness of Ukraine goal machine Andriy Shevchenko and question marks over Spain's strikers have dominated the build-up to Wednesday's clash between the two favourites to qualify from Group H.
Bruce Arena expected the United States to stand tall with the elite teams at the World Cup. But the American coach was plenty disappointed with what he saw on Monday.
England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is poised to unleash Wayne Rooney upon Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday as his team seeks to wrap up qualification from Group B.
Fear of defeat and an early World Cup exit has dominated the mood of Tunisia and Saudi Arabia ahead of Wednesday's Arabic derby in Group H.
Time to samba. Brazil sets course for what could be its sixth World Cup title — twice as many as any other country — when it plays Croatia at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night. Already, thousands of Brazilian fans are in town.
World Cup debutants Angola may well not make it through to the knock-out stage of the last 16. But for their ardent fans, simply being in Germany for the finals is enough of a thrill.
Iran woke up to the harsh reality that their World Cup dream was very likely over after a moment of madness dashed their chance of points against Mexico.
Guus Hiddink says he is angered by 'irresponsible' Japanese taunts that Australia is a dirty side and claims the comments are aimed at influencing the referee of their World Cup opener on Monday.
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