Denmark 1 Japan 3

Denmark had their chances, Japan took theirs. Matsui’s shot was saved on 13’; Honda 1-0 on 17’ (direct free kick); Tomasson’s saved on 22’, Endo 2-0 on 30 (free kick) C. Poulsen’s shot saved on 44’.

48’ Sorensen saved from Endo. Denmark grew – Kawashima saved shots from J. Poulsen on 59’ and Agger on 60’. Then it was Sorensen again called into action, denying Nagatomo and Okazaki on 73’ and 78’.

Tomason’s penalty was saved on 81’ but he scored from the rebound; 86’ Sorensen saved from Okubo. 87’ Okazaki scored 3-1.

Denmark: Sorensen, C. Poulsen, Agger, L. Jacobsen, Tomasson, Jorgensen (J. Poulsen), Bendtner, Kahlenberg (Eriksen), Kroldrup (Larsen), S. B. Poulsen, Rommedahl

Japan: Kawashima, Abe, Komano, Tanaka, Nagatomo, Endo (Inamoto), Matsui (Okazaki), Okubo (Konno), Hasebe Honda, Nakazawa

Group E (After 3 games)

Holland 3 0 0 5 1 9

Japan 2 0 1 4 2 6

Denmark 1 0 2 3 6 3

Cameroon 0 0 3 2 5 0

Holland 2 Denmark 0

Japan 1 Cameroon 0

Holland 1 Japan 0

Denmark 2 Cameroon 1

Denmark 1 Japan 3

Cameroon 1 Holland 2

Scorers Holland own goal by Denmark’s S.B. Poulsen

Kuyt, Schneijder, Van Persie, Huntelaar (Holland)

Honda, 2; Endo, Okazaki (Japan)

Eto’o, 2, 1 pen. (Cameroon)

Bendtner, Rommedalh, Tomasson (Denmark)

Yellow cards Denmark – 6 (Kjaer, 2; Sorensen, Poulsen, Bendtner, Kroldrup)

Holland – 5 (De Jong, Van Persie, Van der Wiel, Van Bronckhurst, Kuyt, Van der Vaart)

Japan – 3 (Abe, Endo, Nagatomo)

Cameroon – 5 (Nkoulou, 2; Bassong, Mbia, 2)

2nd yellow