Italy and New Zealand became the next two teams to leave the World Cup competition, an especially disappointing result for Italians who rarely see their football team leave the World Cup so early.
Holders Italy bowed out of the competition with only two points to their name and no wins in their group games. Robert Vittek put Slovakia in front with a brace of goals before Di Natale halved the deficit for the Italians.
It looked as though they had wiped out the deficit completely but Quagliarella goal was seemingly ruled offside by Howard Webb. Slovakia made it a further goal advantage when Kopunek came off the bench to make it 3-1 to the Slovakians. The Italians fought back again to make it 3-2 thanks to a Quagliarella goal that was allowed this time. But they were unable to find a third goal and were dismissed from the tournament. Paraguay booked their place in the last sixteen with Slovakia after a 0-0 draw with New Zealand.
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