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May 30, 2010, Sunday
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EUROPEAN champion Spain scrambled a 3-2 victory over modest Saudi Arabia in injury time while crowd trouble by Serbia supporters marred their team's surprise 1-0 loss to New Zealand in World Cup warmup games yesterday.
A strong Spanish lineup fell behind to Osama Hawsawi's 16th-minute strike at the Austrian city of Innsbruck, where the team is getting high altitude experience ahead of the World Cup in South Africa.
Despite goals by David Villa and Xabi Alonso, the Saudis hit back to make it 2-2 through Mohammed Al-Sahlawi and looked set to capture an unexpected draw with one of the World Cup favorites. But substitute Fernando Llorente headed the winner in injury time.
The victory meant that Spain defender Carlos Marchena surpassed Brazil great Garrincha for a record 50 straight games without defeat.
Despite missing four Bayern Munich stars rested after the Champions League final loss to Inter Milan, Germany outplayed Hungary 3-0 in Budapest.
Lukas Podolski fired home a fifth-minute penalty, Mario Gomez added a second in the 69th and Cacau made it 3-0 in the 73rd as the three-time World Cup winner warmed up for next month's competition in South Africa.
In Philadelphia, the United States came from behind to beat non-qualifier Turkey 2-1. Arda Turan gave 2002 semifinalist Turkey a 27th-minute lead but Jozy Altidore equalized in the 58th and Clint Dempsey netted the winner in the 75th.
The Americans, who will also face Australia in another warmup on June 5, are preparing to take on England, Slovenia and Algeria in World Cup group games.
In a minor surprise, New Zealand beat Serbia 1-0 in the southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt thanks to a 23rd-minute strike by Shane Smeltz.
The striker finished off a counterattack with a low shot for his 16th goal in 29 appearances for a victory which will boost the Kiwis.
In scenes that might alarm World Cup organizers, however, the match was briefly interrupted shortly before the end when Serb fans threw fireworks and got onto the field.
The Serbs are in one of the toughest groups, facing three-time champion Germany, Australia and Ghana and this result and the inability to score against one of the weakest of the 32 teams will do little for their confidence.
Heading for only their second ever World Cup, the Kiwis are preparing to take on defending champion Italy, Paraguay and Slovakia in group play in South Africa and had the chance to see one of their opponents in the same stadium.
Slovakia was held to 1-1 by Cameroon. Kamil Kopunek gave Slovakia a sixth-minute lead with a 20-meter (yard) shot but Eyong Enoh punished some sloppy defending to equalize in the 83rd.
Slovakia substitute Stanislas Sestak thought he had made it 2-0 early in the second half when his shot hit the cross bar and the ball seemed to bounce back into play from behind the line. Austrian referee Harald Lechner did not allow it.
Slovakia plays New Zealand, Paraguay and Italy at the World Cup, while Cameroon is grouped with Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Samuel Eto'o, who has threatened to walk out of Cameroon's World Cup team after criticism by former star Roger Milla, missed the game. The striker was given time to rest after winning the Champions League final with Inter Milan last week.
There are warmup games almost every day in the coming week before the World Cup kicks off on June 11 in Johannesburg.
Among Sunday's matches, England and Japan meet in the Austrian city of Graz, where both are practicing at high altitude.
Paraguay and Ivory Coast face each other while France, Nigeria, Mexico and South Korea are also in action.
A strong Spanish lineup fell behind to Osama Hawsawi's 16th-minute strike at the Austrian city of Innsbruck, where the team is getting high altitude experience ahead of the World Cup in South Africa.
Despite goals by David Villa and Xabi Alonso, the Saudis hit back to make it 2-2 through Mohammed Al-Sahlawi and looked set to capture an unexpected draw with one of the World Cup favorites. But substitute Fernando Llorente headed the winner in injury time.
The victory meant that Spain defender Carlos Marchena surpassed Brazil great Garrincha for a record 50 straight games without defeat.
Despite missing four Bayern Munich stars rested after the Champions League final loss to Inter Milan, Germany outplayed Hungary 3-0 in Budapest.
Lukas Podolski fired home a fifth-minute penalty, Mario Gomez added a second in the 69th and Cacau made it 3-0 in the 73rd as the three-time World Cup winner warmed up for next month's competition in South Africa.
In Philadelphia, the United States came from behind to beat non-qualifier Turkey 2-1. Arda Turan gave 2002 semifinalist Turkey a 27th-minute lead but Jozy Altidore equalized in the 58th and Clint Dempsey netted the winner in the 75th.
The Americans, who will also face Australia in another warmup on June 5, are preparing to take on England, Slovenia and Algeria in World Cup group games.
In a minor surprise, New Zealand beat Serbia 1-0 in the southern Austrian city of Klagenfurt thanks to a 23rd-minute strike by Shane Smeltz.
The striker finished off a counterattack with a low shot for his 16th goal in 29 appearances for a victory which will boost the Kiwis.
In scenes that might alarm World Cup organizers, however, the match was briefly interrupted shortly before the end when Serb fans threw fireworks and got onto the field.
The Serbs are in one of the toughest groups, facing three-time champion Germany, Australia and Ghana and this result and the inability to score against one of the weakest of the 32 teams will do little for their confidence.
Heading for only their second ever World Cup, the Kiwis are preparing to take on defending champion Italy, Paraguay and Slovakia in group play in South Africa and had the chance to see one of their opponents in the same stadium.
Slovakia was held to 1-1 by Cameroon. Kamil Kopunek gave Slovakia a sixth-minute lead with a 20-meter (yard) shot but Eyong Enoh punished some sloppy defending to equalize in the 83rd.
Slovakia substitute Stanislas Sestak thought he had made it 2-0 early in the second half when his shot hit the cross bar and the ball seemed to bounce back into play from behind the line. Austrian referee Harald Lechner did not allow it.
Slovakia plays New Zealand, Paraguay and Italy at the World Cup, while Cameroon is grouped with Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Samuel Eto'o, who has threatened to walk out of Cameroon's World Cup team after criticism by former star Roger Milla, missed the game. The striker was given time to rest after winning the Champions League final with Inter Milan last week.
There are warmup games almost every day in the coming week before the World Cup kicks off on June 11 in Johannesburg.
Among Sunday's matches, England and Japan meet in the Austrian city of Graz, where both are practicing at high altitude.
Paraguay and Ivory Coast face each other while France, Nigeria, Mexico and South Korea are also in action.
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