At Rustenburg:
Goals from Keisuke Honda (17', pictured here with Danish goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen unable to stop it), Yasuhito Endo (30'), and Shinji Okazaki (87') carried Japan to a 3-1 win over Denmark, assuring the Blue Samurai a berth in the knockout stage.
Photo by Matt Dunham/Associated Press
At Cape Town:
Robin Van Persie (65', seen here, beating goalkeeper Hamidou Souleymanou) and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (83') each scored a goal as the Netherlands locked up the top spot in Group E with a 2-1 win over already-eliminated Cameroon.
Photo from Jamie McDonald/Getty Images
FINAL GROUP E STANDINGS:
1. Netherlands (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 9)
2. Japan (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
3. Denmark (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 3)
4. Cameroon (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 0)
The Netherlands and Japan advanced to the knockout stage.
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