Hi everyone!!, wow, we got a wrestling match today between Portugal and Netherlands, the referee lost the control of the match since minute 3 and that’s why we got injured people and four red cards, on the other hand, we got a boring match, England tried 4, 5 shots to goal and then they waited an attack of Ecuador, here’s what happened today:
ENGLAND VS ECUADOR
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Ecuador tried to open the scoreboard but England's deffense stopped everything |
VENUE: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion
RESULT: ENGLAND 1 – 0 ECUADOR
GOALS: David Beckham
LINE-UP:
ENGLAND: Paul Robinson, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, Joe Cole (Jamie Carragher 77’), Owen Hargreaves, Michael Carrick, David Beckham (Aaron Lennon 87`), Steven Gerard (Stewart Downing 92+’)
ECUADOR: Cristian Mora, Ivan Hurtado, Ulises de la Cruz, Edwin Tenorio (Crisitan Lara 69’), Edison Mendez, Carlos Tenorio (Ivan Kaviedes 72’), Agustin Delgado, Segundo Castillo, Luis Valencia, Giovanny Espinoza, Neicer Reasco
Shots
[ENGLAND-4* ECUADOR-6]
Shots on goal
[ENGLAND-4* ECUADOR-3]
Offsides
[ENGLAND-3* ECUADOR-6]
Fouls
[ENGLAND-13* ECUADOR-24]
Yellow Cards: John Terry, Paul Robinson, Jamie Carragher (ENG); Luis Valencia, Carlos Tenorio, Ulises de la Cruz (ECU)
Red Cards: -
Ball Possession
[ENGLAND-49%* ECUADOR-51%]
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: John Terry (England)
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Man of the Match: John Terry |
PORTUGAL VS NETHERLANDS
VENUE: Franken-Stadion
RESULT: PORTUGAL 1 – 0 NETHERLANDS
GOALS: Maniche (POR)
LINE-UP:
PORTUGAL: Ricardo, Fernando Meira, Costinha, Pauleta (Petit 46’), Cristiano Ronaldo (Simao Sabrosa 34’), Miguel, Nuno Valente, Ricardo Carvalho, Maniche, Luis Figo (Tiago 84’), Deco
NETHERLANDS: Edwin Van Der Sar, Khalid Boulahrouz, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, Dirk Kuyt, Joris Mathijsen (Rafael Van Der Vaart 56’), Arjen Robben, Andre Ooijer, Mark Van Bommel (John Heitinga 67’), Robin Van Persie, Phillip Cocu (Jan Vennegoor Of Hesselink 84’), Wesley Sneijder
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Portugal and Netherlands fought... with kicks and hands |
Shots
[PORTUGAL-4* HOLLAND-11]
Shots on goal
[PORTUGAL-10* HOLLAND-20]
Offsides
[PORTUGAL-4* HOLLAND-2]
Fouls
[PORTUGAL-10* HOLLAND-15]
Yellow Cards: Maniche, Costinha [2], Petit, Luis Figo, Deco [2], Ricardo, Nuno Valente (POR); Mark Van Bommel, Khalid Boulahrouz [2], Giovanni Van Bronkhorst [2], Wesley Sneijder, Rafael Van Der Vaart (HOL)
Red Cards: Costinha, Deco (POR); Khalid Boulahrouz, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst (HOL)
Ball Possession
[PORTUGAL-38%* HOLLAND-62%]
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Maniche (Portugal)
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Man of the Match: Maniche |
QUALIFIED TEAMS:
1.- GERMANY
2.- ARGENTINA
3.- ENGLAND
4.- PORTUGAL
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ELIMINATED TEAMS:
1.- SWEDEN
2.- MEXICO
3.- ECUADOR
4.- NETHERLANDS
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SCOREBOARD:
1.- Miroslav Klose (Germany) [goals:4]
2.- Fernando Torres (Spain) [goals:3]
3.- Hernan Crespo (Argentina) [goals:3]
4.- Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina) [goals:3]
5.- Lukas Podolski (Germany) [Goals:3]
6.- Tim Cahill (Australia) [goals:2]
7.- Steven Gerard (England) [goals:2]
8.- Ronaldo (Brazil) [goals:2]
9.- Maniche (Portugal) [goals:2]
10.-Thierry Henry (France) [goals:2]
**--__NEXT ROUND MATCHES__--**
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2nd and 3rd Stage games |
Well people, that’s what happened today, let’s see what we have for tomorrow:
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Monday's Games |
**--_ITALIA VS AUSTRALIA_--*
HOUR: 17HRS
VENUE: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
REFEREE: Luis Medina Cantalejo (SPA)
KEEP AN EYE ON: Alessandro Nesta (ITA) and Harry Kewell (AUS)
XUPOL PREDICTION: ITALY 1 – 1 AUSTRALIA (extra time: ITALY 2 – 1 AUSTRALIA)
**--_SWITZERLAND VS UKRAINE_--**
HOUR: 21HRS
VENUE: Cologne
REFEREE: Armando Archundia (MEX)
KEEP AN EYE ON: Alexander Frei (SUI) and Anatoliy Tymoschuk (UKR)
XUPOL PREDICTION: SWITZERLAND 1 – 2 UKRAINE
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Players to watch |
Well people, that’s all for today, see you tomorrow!!
ATTE: ALEX (Mr.X) VARELA (ÞH¥®€X¡@N=¤ÜÞØL__NØ ®€¢Ø®Ð ®) HAVE A NICE DAY!!! :)
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ALEX "XUPOL" VARELA |
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