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Defending champions Italy will make their debut against Paraguay.

In the 1950 World Cup, Italy lost 3-2 to Sweden, becoming the first defending champions to lose their first game, and Italy also performed poorly in recent warm-up matches, including a 2-1 defeat to Mexico.

The two teams have met twice before, with Italy winning 2-0 at the 1950 World Cup in Brazil; In 1998, they won the warm-up match 3-1. In addition, in the group stage of the 2004 Olympic Games, Paraguay won 1-0.

Italy have been unbeaten in the World Cup against South American sides since losing 2-1 to Brazil in the third-place final in 1978.

At half past eight on the evening of the 14th, the game was contested at the Green Point Court in Cape Town.

Andrea Pirlo has not recovered from a calf injury, but De Rossi is fine and has formed a back pair with Montolivo. Gilardino pressed Pazzini for a lone strike, Di Natale missed the start due to a minor injury, Pepe was given the chance to play, and Iaquinta switched to the left.

Paraguayan striker Cardoso shook off an ankle injury and was on the bench with Santa Cruz, while Barrios, who scored in three consecutive games in the warm-up match, partnered Borussia Dortmund team-mate Valdés.

The race was played in the rain and the temperature dropped to 8 degrees Celsius.

In the opening 20 seconds, Riveros kicked the sole of his shoe on Montolivo's left calf, and Mexican referee Arjundia was indifferent.

In the 10th minute of the first half, Iaquinta broke the ball on the left side, and Montolivo shot a long shot in the middle!

The football was blocked by the brave Paraguayan goalkeeper Villar!

In the 21st minute of the first half, Torres took a tactical corner from the right and crossed, De Rossi jumped high to push the ball out. Alcaraz's ferocious header from 12 meters from goal on the right side!

World No. 1 goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon saves the ball from the bottom line!

The deadlock was broken in the 39th minute of the first half, when Giorgio Chiellini fouled Valdés behind his back and the referee awarded Uruguay a direct free-kick up front.

Torres' left-footed free-kick from the right crosses diagonally into the box, Cannavaro is suppressed by the opponent and the jump is not enough, Alcaraz strikes a beautiful header in front of De Rossi from seven meters from the goal!

Buffon was caught off guard and could only watch as the ball flew into the goal from the bottom right corner of the goal!

1 to 0!

Uruguay have scored the defending champions!

They went into the second half with a one-goal lead.

With the score behind, the silver fox Lippi began to deploy his troops and replaced Buffon at the beginning of the second half!

It came as a surprise that Camoranesi replaced Marchisio shortly after the start of the match, and Italy switched to 442.

In the heavy rain, the Italians launched wave after wave of attacks.

In the eighteenth minute of the second half, Iaquinta passed Pepe on the left, the ball was blocked by the defender in the middle of the line, Pepe took a corner kick on the left, and goalkeeper Villar attacked but did not hit the ball!

De Rossi shoots a left-footed half-volley from four meters from the back post!

Soccer balls fly into the empty goal!

The ball is in!

The Italians equalised with difficulty!

In the end, the two teams drew 1-1, and the defending champions failed to win their first game, which was a big surprise.

After the game, there was a lot of negative news for the Italian team.

France team newspaper reports: Italy drew 1-1 with Paraguay in the opening game of the World Cup, and the first draw was not a problem, and in the 1982 World Cup, Italy's first game was also a draw.

But it was Gianluigi Buffon's situation that was really worrisome, as he was 1-0 down in the first half, and after the half-time break of the game, Lippi made his first substitution, but the choice of substitution was a surprise, and he replaced Buffon with Marchetti.

Gianluigi Buffon is the current number one star in the Italian squad and showed no signs of injury in the first half.

After the game, of course, the Italian reporter did not let go of this problem, to which Lippi confirmed that Buffon was injured on the field, but what is puzzling is that his answer on the sidelines is "Buffon flashed his waist"!

At the press conference, Lippi said that he had "sciatica", and in fact, after Buffon was replaced, a reporter contacted Palombo through the personnel in the venue, and the answer was that "his back injury has recurred".

One injury, but three different answers, Buffon's injury raises some questions!

There is unconfirmed information that Buffon was left in the dressing room after a big fight with Lippi in the dressing room. But this kind of information does lack more factual evidence.

However, the reason for this news is that on the one hand, Buffon showed no signs of injury in the first half, and on the other hand, the specific injury accounts of Buffon are too inconsistent.

It is inevitable to cause speculation.

However, judging from Buffon's failure to return to the bench in the second half, Buffon's injury is indeed likely to be in his back, and he should have stayed in the locker room for massage therapy.

Judging from the current situation, Buffon has some doubts about his appearance in the next round, but Italy's opponent in the next round will be New Zealand, which is recognized as the weakest in the entire World Cup, and the difference between goalkeeper Buffon and Marchetti is not big, and the team only needs to solve the offensive problem.

The final game against Slovakia will be the most crucial game of the group for Italy, and Lippi will be hoping Gianluigi Buffon will be able to get back in front of the Italian goal before that game.

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The draw between Italy and Uruguay has given hope to New Zealand and Slovakia, who can win each other and take the initiative to qualify.

At half past one in the afternoon of the 15th, the match between New Zealand and Slovakia was contested at the Royal Bafken Stadium in Rustenburg!

This is the first time the two teams have met in history.

It was Slovakia's World Cup debut!

New Zealand's only previous finalist qualification was in 1982, losing all three of their group games, failing to pick up a point in the group stage of last year's Confederations Cup, and winning just three of their 28 meetings with European teams.

Head coach Herbert announced the start a day earlier and captain Nelson returned, but vice-captain Tim Brown, who had undergone shoulder surgery, was not yet available for the game, with veteran Auckland City captain Vecellic filling the void.

Once the game started, both sides seemed very proactive and they both wanted to take each other.

However, under the wonderful performances of the goalkeepers of both sides, the two teams could only end the first half of the game with a score of 0-0.

Five minutes into the half, Slovakia broke the deadlock!

After Shestak and Weiss Jr. combined in succession, a cross from the right went over Reid's head, and Vitek headed the ball seven meters in front of goal!

New Zealand goalkeeper Paston failed to touch the football, and the football flew into the net!

The ball is in!

Slovakia scored their first goal in World Cup history!

At this moment, countless Slovak fans shed tears of happiness.

In the ensuing game, Slovakia chose to retreat in the face of New Zealand's ferocious attack.

Petr Cech was the busiest man on the pitch, shouting at his team-mates to make up for the ball and keeping shots out of goal on high end after end.

Time flies, stoppage time ticks by, the air in the stadium is tense and Slovak fans are ready for their first World Cup win!

But New Zealand didn't give up and in the third minute of stoppage time, they struck the final blow.

Striker Smeltz protects the ball on the left and turns around with his right foot and crosses!

Full-back Reid strikes a ferocious header from seven meters in front of goal!

The ball smashed into the bottom right corner of the goal like a hammer!

The ball is in!

New Zealand equalised in the final moments and the New Zealand fans in attendance went completely crazy......

The Slovak fans looked at their nets in amazement, and victory said goodbye to them......

With Reid's late goal, New Zealand magically drew with Slovakia.

After two games in Group F, the four teams have exactly the same number of points, even the number of goals and goal difference are the same, which is rare in the history of the World Cup.

The qualifying situation in this group is confusing, and everyone has a chance to break through.