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Coach Joachim Loew had assigned the role played on the pitch by Ballack to the Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Winners of all six games in South Africa, the Oranje will face either Germany or Spain in Sunday's title game in Johannesburg.

The only time the usually-prescient Paul erred in the past was in picking a Germany-Spain matchup in the 2008 Euro.

Melo scored an own goal and then got himself sent off after stamping on Arjen Robben.

Argentina faces Germany on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the World Cup

The war of words has begun with the two bitter rivals set to clash in the quarter-finals.

Deco played in the opener against Ivory Coast but then missed Portugal's matches against North Korea and Brazil.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the European Grand Prix on Sunday.

Old rivals Germany and England clash in the second round on Sunday.

After one win and one defeat each in their opening games, both nations are level on three points.

The Portugal winger will not be a focus for the North Koreans.

The nature of Australia's defeat will be used as a blueprint by Ghana in the crucial Group D match in Rustenburg.

Denmark strikers Nicklas Bendtner and Jon Dahl Tomasson are struggling to be ready for the game against Cameroon.

Maradona's theatrics on the sidelines are already Oscar-worthy, commanding the spotlight as only he can.

"You could not hear anything, just like the other day," the striker said after the match in Johannesburg.

Police fired rubber bullets and a stun grenade to disperse protesting workers in the latest episode of the dispute.