Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 55 | 29 June 2010 | 16:00 | Tshwane/Pretoria / Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 36742 |
Referee Frank DE BLEECKERE (BEL) | Assistant Referee 1 Peter HERMANS (BEL) | |
Fourth Official Peter O LEARY (NZL) | Assistant Referee 2 Walter VROMANS (BEL) | |
Match Commissioner Celestin MUSABYIMANA (RWA) | Fifth Official Matthew TARO (SOL) |
| Paraguay (PAR) | Statistics | Japan (JPN) |
| 13 | Shots | 12 |
| 6 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 26 | Fouls Committed | 29 |
| 6 | Corner kicks | 5 |
| 0 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 1 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Cautions | 4 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 0 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 58% | Possession (%) | 42% |
| 46 | Actual playing time | 34 |
| Paraguay (PAR) | Ball Possession Heat Map | Japan (JPN) |
| 4% | 15% | 8% |
| 12% | 16% | 14% |
| 6% | 20% | 5% |
| 4% | 10% | 5% |
| 13% | 17% | 15% |
| 6% | 19% | 11% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Justo VILLAR | GK | 120 | 1 | ||||||||
| 3 | Claudio MOREL | D | 120 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Carlos BONET | M | 120 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 9 | Roque SANTA CRUZ | F | 94 | 0/1 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | Edgar BENITEZ | F | 60 | 0/2 | ||||||||
| 13 | Enrique VERA | M | 120 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 14 | Paulo DA SILVA | D | 120 | 0/1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Cristian RIVEROS | M | 120 | 1/1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | Lucas BARRIOS | F | 120 | 2/3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 20 | Nestor ORTIGOZA | M | 75 | |||||||||
| 21 | Antolin ALCARAZ | D | 120 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Oscar CARDOZO | F | 26 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Edgar BARRETO | M | 45 | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 18 | Nelson VALDEZ | F | 60 | 2/2 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 6/13 | 26 | 24 | 1 | ||||||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 21 | Eiji KAWASHIMA | GK | 120 | |||||||||
| 2 | Yuki ABE | M | 81 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Yuichi KOMANO | D | 120 | 1/2 | ||||||||
| 4 | Marcus Tulio TANAKA | D | 120 | 1/3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Yuto NAGATOMO | D | 120 | 1/1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Yasuhito ENDO | M | 120 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Daisuke MATSUI | M | 65 | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Yoshito OKUBO | F | 106 | 0/1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 17 | Makoto HASEBE | M | 120 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 18 | Keisuke HONDA | M | 120 | 1/2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | Yuji NAKAZAWA | D | 120 | 3 | ||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Shinji OKAZAKI | F | 55 | 0/1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | Keiji TAMADA | F | 14 | 1 | ||||||||
| 14 | Kengo NAKAMURA | M | 39 | 0/1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 5/12 | 29 | 23 | 4 | ||||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
Match Report