Close to 97 per cent of the 50,000 Chinese netizens and football fans polled are demanding the sacking of the men's football team after watching the outstanding performances of the nation's neighbors' teams in the 2010 South African World Cup, an online survey said.

In the first round of the games, Japan beat Cameroon 1-0 and South Korea won over the Greeks 2-0.
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At the games in Johannesburg, South Africa, the North Korean team, which returned to the World Cup after 44 years, lost in a close-scoring game, 1-2, to the Brazilians, a team that is a five-time world champion.