Gonzalo Higuain a ridicat presiunea de pe umerii lui Diego Maradona inscriind golul victoriei in partida amicala pe care nationala Argentinei a disputat-o in compania Germaniei, in timp ce David Villa si Sergio Ramos l-au "ingropat" pe Raymond Domenech, cu victoria de 2-0 a Spaniei in fata nationalei Frantei. In ultima partida amicala de dinaintea CM, campioana mondiala en-titre, Italia a remizat, scor 0-0, cu nationala din Camerun.

Rezultate partide amicale, 3 martie 2010:

Macedonia - Muntenegru 2-1 (Naumoski '28, Pandev '31/Basa '62)

Armenia - Belarus 1-3 (Pachajyan '59/Putsila '58, Hleb '73, Rodinov '85)

Coasta de Fildes - Coreea de Sud 0-2 (Lee '4, Kwak '90)

Grecia - Senegal 0-2 (Niang '71, Ndaw '80)

Slovacia - Norvegia 0-1 (Moldskred '67)

Angola - Letonia 1-1 (Job '76/Karlsons '45)

Cipru - Islanda 0-0

Bosnia Hertegovina - Ghana 2-1 (v '40, Pjanic '65/Muntari '22)

Moldova - Kazakhstan 1-0 (Epureanu '65)

Georgia - Estonia 2-1 (Kobiashvili-penalty '45, Siradze '90/Purje '83)

Turcia - Honduras 2-0 (Gongur '42, Altintop '55)

Malta - Finlanda 1-2 (Mifsud '17/Eremenko-penalty '66, Vuorinen '70)

Algeria - Serbia 0-3 (Pantelic '13, Kuzmanovic '54, Tosic '64)

Ungaria - Rusia 1-1 (Vanczak '39/Bilyaletdinov '59)

Africa de Sud - Namibia 1-1 (Mphela '70/Bester '42)

Romania - Israel 0-2 (Benayoun '45, Barda-penalty '85)

Luxemburg - Azerbaidjan 1-2 (Strasser '34/Guliyev '28, Mammadov '37)

Elvetia - Uruguay 1-3 (Inler '29/Forlan '35, Suarez '49, Cavani '87)

Austria - Danemarca 2-1 (Schiemer '12, Wallner '37/Bendtner '17)

Polonia - Bulgaria 2-0 (Błaszczykowski '42, Lewandowski '62)

Albania - Irlanda de Nord 1-0 (Skela '28)

Olanda - SUA