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Italy and the Czech Republic have taken all three points from their opening matches as Italy downed Ghana 2-0 and the Czech's crushed the USA 3-0. However injury to Jan Koller put a dampner on the Czech's night.

Left: Pirlo scores the opening goal for Italy against the plucky Ghanian side.

Australia have beaten Japan 3-1 in their opening world cup match, securing three points, a first ever goal in the world cup and a first ever win. Cahill scored two and John Aloisi one all eight minutes from time.

Left: Cahill does the boxing Socceroo at the corner post after scoring the equiliser against Japan.

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