– Dutch go through
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions saw their World Cup dream shattered yesterday, compounding Africans’ disappointment with their teams so far at the continent’s first staging of the tournament.
African footballer of the year Samuel Eto’o put a slick-looking Cameroon ahead before Denmark scored twice to win the Group E match 2-1.
That meant the west Africans cannot progress, even though they have another game left, while Netherlands are sure of a second round berth.
The Dutch beat Japan 1-0 earlier yesterday for their second win and six points in Group E. Yet given their abundance of great strike power, it was still a disappointing display.
The victory came thanks to yet another goalkeeping blunder in the tournament, this time by Japan’s Eiji Kawashima. He misjudged the flight of a belting shot from Wesley Sneijder.
Ghana are the only African team to have won at the continent’s first World Cup and went top of Group D with a 1-1 draw yesterday against an Australia side cursing their luck.
