Jon Dahl Tomasson was denied by a post shortly before half-time in a match full of defensive errors. But Dennis Rommedahl gave Denmark the lead, curling a neat finish around Cameroon 'keeper Hamidou Souleymanou on 61 minutes. Despite several scoring opportunities the west Africans saw their hopes of progressing further in the competition vanish. In earlier two matches of a day, Ghana edged clear at the top of World Cup Group D after an exciting 1-1 draw with ten-man Australia at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Saturday.
The Ghanaians moved a point above Germany and Serbia after fighting off a determined bid by the Australians, who lost striker Harry Kewell to a red card in a sensational first-half penalty incident. In a match played in Durban, Wesley Sneijder fired the Netherlands to a comfortable 1-0 win over Japan and pole position in World Cup Group E here on Saturday. After seeing off Denmark 2-0 in their opening match, the Dutch now sit atop their group on a maximum six points from two games, with Japan on three points having beaten Cameroon 1-0 in their opener.
Today's fixture Slovakia vs Paraguay (1130) at Bloemfontein Italy vs New Zealand (1400) at Nelspruit Brazil vs Ivory Coast (1830) at Johannesburg/Soccer City.