World Cup 2010 Blog: Complete Schedule of Friendlies Before the World Cup

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Complete Schedule of Friendlies Before the World Cup Posted: 01 May 2010 10:31 AM PDT Here are the matches that the 32 World Cup teams will be using to tune their tactics and make the final squad decisions before the big show. Mexico is apparently from the “more is better” school of match scheduling. They are playing constantly throughout May and early June. Argentina, as far as published friendlies go, looks to be opting for training camp over match fitness, with only early home matches with Haiti and Canada. Giving themselves more time to soak up the coaching brilliance of Diego, no doubt. If you’re going to be in any of the host countries for these dates, get yourself some pre-World Cup friendly tickets. It’s not quite a trip to the finals themselves, but it’s a lot cheaper and a much shorter trip. Even with the best laid plans, things change, as the South Africa coaching staff (and anyone traveling to Europe last month) can tell you. As these dates get closer, we’ll update any cancellations or last-minute additions, and add the scores here, so check back to get a preview of who’s going into the World Cup on form, and who is stumbling before the party even starts. Wednesday, May 5th: Argentina v. Haiti Chile v. Trinidad and Tobago Friday, May 7th: Mexico v. Ecuador Monday, May 10th: Mexico v. Senegal Thursday, May 13th: Mexico v. Angola Germany v. Malta Saturday, May 15th: Paraguay v. North Korea Sunday, May 16th: Mexico v. Chile South Korea v. Ecuador Monday, May 24th: Australia v. New Zealand Japan v. South Korea Portugal v. Cape Verde Islands Argentina v. Canada England v. Mexico Tuesday, May 25th: Georgia v. Cameroon Greece v. North Korea Ireland v. Paraguay United States v. Czech Republic Wednesday, May 26th: Uruguay v. Israel Netherlands v. Mexico France v. Costa Rica Thursday, May 27th: South Africa v. Colombia Denmark v. Senegal Friday, May 28th: Ireland v. Algeria Paraguay v. Ivory Coast Saturday, May 29th: Spain v. Saudi Arabia New Zealand v. Serbia Sunday, May 30th: Belarus v. North Korea Nigeria v. Colombia Chile v. Northern Ireland Japan v. England Tunisia v. France Tuesday, June 1st: Portugal v. Cameroon Australia v. Denmark Netherlands v. Ghana Wednesday, June 2nd: Azerbaijan v. Honduras Greece v. Paraguay Poland v. Serbia Thursday, June 3rd: Italy v. Mexico Germany v. Bosnia-Herzegovina Spain v. South Korea Friday, June 4th: France v. China Japan v. Ivory Coast Slovenia v. New Zealand Saturday, June 5th: Algeria v. United Arab Emirates Netherlands v. Hungary Romania v. Honduras Serbia v. Cameroon Slovakia v. Costa Rica South Africa v. Denmark United States v. Australia Ghana v. Latvia Switzerland v. Italy Tuesday, June 8th: Portugal v. Mozambique Spain v. Poland

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