2010 World Cup 20 June - Day 10

27th match : Slovakia v/s Paraguay

A tightly contested match in perspective. My prediction is for a draw.

Slovakia Probable Starting XI: Mucha, Zabavnik, Skrtel, Durica, Cech, Weiss, Strba, Hamsik, Stoch, Vittek, Sestak

Paraguay Probable Starting XI: Villar, Bonet, Da Silva, Alcazar, Morel, Vera, Caceres, Riveros, Santa Cruz, Valdes, Lucas

My prediction: Slovakia 1-1 Paraguay

28th match : Italy v/s New Zealand

My prediction is for Italy in this one though they will be without Buffon who is out of the competition.

Italy Probable Starting XI: Marchetti, Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Criscito, Pepe, De Rossi, Montolivo, Marchisio, Iaquinta, Gilardino

New Zealand Probable Starting XI: Paston, Reid, Nelson, Smith, Bertos, Elliott, Vicelich, Lochhead, Killen, Fallon, Smeltz

My prediction: Italy 1-0 New Zealand

29th match : Brazil v/s Ivory Coast

Still a strong team, Brazil should be able to overcome Ivory Coast who had a good performace against Portugal.

Brazil Probable Starting XI: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos, Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Elano, Kaka, Robinho, Luis Fabiano

Ivory Coast Probable Starting XI: Barry, Demel, K. Toure, Zokora, Tiene, Y. Toure, Eboue, Tiote, Gervinho, Drogba, Kalou

My prediction: Brazil 2-1 Ivory Coast