Damien Duff's unfortunate own goal - deflecting in Gareth Barry's 20-yard shot seven minutes before the interval - ensured Alan Shearer's mission to save Newcastle from relegation ended in devastating failure.
But as Greece pushed forward, South Korea attacked the large areas of vacant space, with Bolton's Lee Chung-yong's 18-yard strike pushed past the left-hand post by Tzoras in the 85th minute.
South Korea's brief forays forward were resulting in the occasional shot from range, with Ki Sung-Yeung's 25-yard screamer flying narrowly over, but after Carlos Tevez had drilled a free-kick inches too high, Argentina doubled their lead thanks to more shaky defending.
The Toffees almost went ahead in the 13th minute, left-winger Jo Potter's 15-yard shot forcing goalkeeper Emma Byrne into an excellent diving save.
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Franck Moussa's close-range finish gave Rovers the lead but a minute later Howson's 22-yard shot levelled matters.
England rode their luck and keeper Rachel Brown made a fine 61st-minute save from Sonia's 20-yard effort.
But David Fox came within an inch for equalising Norwich as the midfielder's 25-yard strike from Chris Martin's tee-up crashed against the Cardiff crossbar to safety.
Playing with an intensity that was badly lacking against Switzerland they swarmed all over Honduras and could have been 3-0 up by the time Villa eventually scored, as Fernando Torres mis-kicked, Sergio Ramos headed over from point-blank range and Villa's 25-yard screamer cannoned off the crossbar.
First, Garry Hay's curling effort from left midfield was headed to safety before Merouane Zemmama's 25-yard effort went well over Mark Brown's crossbar.
Barnsley levelled a minute later when Jon Macken scored from close range and they were ahead at half-time thanks to Anderson da Silva's 25-yard screamer.
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Buoyed by the opening goal, Hearts were playing the more purposeful football but Hibs went close to an equaliser when Frederic Arpinon's 30-yard shot flew inches wide of Niemi's goal.
Wes Hoolahan's 20-yard strike was blocked by the Cardiff defender's arm but again official Stroud ignored Norwich's claims.
Chester, with a summer turnover of 25 players, could have snatched the points with almost the last kick of the game when Chris Blackburn's 18-yard effort went just wide of Ian Bowling's right-hand post.
Yet the game looked to be heading for a stalemate until the 90th minute when Cesar failed to hold Robben's 20-yard strike and Gomez capitalised, leaving Inter's grasp on the Champions League crown they won last May hanging by a thread.
Kilmarnock, who had brought in Iain Flannigan and Tim Clancy for injured pair Jamie Hamill and Simon Ford, emerged as an attacking force in the 26th minute when John Ruddy pushed wide Craig Bryson's 25-yard volley and then touched over Kevin Kyle's back-post header from Flannigan's corner.
The League Two side sensed a shock courtesy of a half-time lead given to them by Jack Compton's six-yard finish.
Defoe's 25-yard shot was easy for Marcus Hahnemann, Craddock's intervention helped Robbie Keane's shot over the bar and the Irishman later headed over.
Melchiot was denied a 25th-minute opener when Giles Barnes appeared to clear the defender's five-yard back-heel from behind the goal-line.
Substitute Steed Malbranque's strike was beaten away by the over-worked - if not entirely convincing - Kingson, and the keeper also did well to keep out Henderson's 18-yard strike.
Gillingham, who dropped striker Darius Henderson to play Andrew Crofts in a five-man midfield, also had their moments in attack and Michael Flynn's 20-yard shot forced a smart save from keeper Colin Doyle.
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David Villa's 20-yard free-kick took a slight deflection as it defeated Toldo for Valencia's second goal.
Swifts responded seven minutes later through Neil MCafferty's 30-yard drive, which crept into the bottom left of Davy O'Hare's goal.
By the fourth quarter, when the 49ers roared back from a 17-0 deficit to take its first lead of the game on Frank Gore's 9-yard run, it felt like the right team would be heading to the Superdome.
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But Wimbledon's recent goalless run came to an end after 14 minutes when Watson misjudged Robbie Earle's 50-yard ball out of defence in a swirling wind and Ekoku drilled it home via Thomas Myhre's left-hand post.
Miguel Veloso's close-range strike and Pedro Mendes's deflected 22-yard shot beat Tim Howard before Matias Fernandez struck in injury-time.
Luciano Becchio's eight-yard strike, and neat finishes from Gradel and Howson propelled Leeds to victory.
Zbrilova was in action again five minutes later, saving Williams's 20-yard free-kick at the second attempt.
Keeper Anthony Williams also pulled off a fine save to keep out Bignot's 20-yard drive.
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