GERMANY VS ARGENTINA

 

Lhemann was the heroe in the penalty shots

VENUE: Olympiastadion

RESULT: GERMANY 1 – 1 ARGENTINA (PENALTIES: GERMANY 4 – 2 ARGENTINA)

GOALS: Miroslav Klose (GER); Roberto Ayala (ARG)

PENALTY SHOTS: Oliver Neuville, Michael Ballack, Lukas Podolski, Tim Borowski (GER); Julio Cruz, Maxi Rodriguez (ARG)

LINE-UP:

GERMANY: Jens Lehmann, Arne Friedrich, Torsten Frings, Miroslav Klose (Oliver Neuville 86’), Michael Ballack, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Tim Borowski 74’), Lukas Podolski, Christoph Metzelder, Bernd Schneider (David Odonkor 62’)

ARGENTINA: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Leonardo Franco 71’), Roberto Ayala, Juan Pablo Sorin, Fabricio Coloccini, Juan Roman Riquelme (Esteban Cambiasso 72’), Gabriel Heinze, Javier Mascherano, Carlos Tevez, Maxi Rodríguez, Hernan Crespo (Julio Cruz 79’), Luis Gonzalez

Shots

[GERMANY-5* ARGENTINA-7]

Shots on goal

[GERMANY-10* ARGENTINA-12]

Offsides

[GERMANY-3* ARGENTINA-3]

Fouls

[GERMANY-23* ARGENTINA-32]

Yellow Cards: Lukas Podolski, David Odonkor, Arne Friedrich (GER); Juan Pablo Sorin, Javier Mascherano, Maxi Rodriguez, Julio Cruz (ARG)

Red Cards: Leandro Cufre (ARG)

Ball Possession

[GERMANY-42%* ARGENTINA-58%]

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Michael Ballack (Germany)

 

Man of the Match: Michael Ballack

ITALY VS UKRAINE

VENUE: Hamburg

RESULT: ITALY 3 – 0 UKRAINE

GOALS: Gianluca Zambrotta, Luca Toni [2] (ITA)

LINE-UP:

ITALY: Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Grosso, Fabio Cannavaro, Andrea Barzagli, Gennaro Gattuso (Cristian Zaccardo 77’), Luca Toni, Francesco Totti, Mauro Camoranesi (máximo Oddo 68’), Gianluca Zambrotta, Simone Perrotta, Andrea Pirlo (Simone Barone 68’)

UKRAINE: Oleksandr Shovkovski, Andriy Nesmachnyi, Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Andriy Rusol (Vladyslav Vashchuk 47+’), Andriy Shevchenko, Oleg Shelayev, Oleg Gusev, Andriy Gusin, Artem Milevskiy (Oleksiy Belik 72’), Maksym Kalinichenko, Vyacheslav Sviderski (Andriy Vorovey 20’)

 

Ukraine lose the game since minute 6

Shots

[ITALY-3* UKRAINE-6]

Shots on goal

[ITALY-7* UKRAINE-7]

Offsides

[ITALY-2* UKRAINE-2]

Fouls

[ITALY-15* UKRAINE-31]

Yellow Cards: Vyacheslav Sviderski, Maksym Kalinichenko, Artem Milevskiy (UKR)

Red Cards: -

Ball Possession

[ITALY-41%* UKRAINE-59%]

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy)

 

Man of the Match: Gianluca Zambrotta

QUALIFIED TEAMS:

1.- GERMANY

2.- ITALY

3.-

4.-

ELIMINATED TEAMS:

1.- ARGENTINA

2.- UKRAINE

3.-

4.-

SCOREBOARD:

1.- Miroslav Klose (Germany) [goals:5]

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.- Ronaldo (Brazil) [Goals:3]

7.- David Villa (Spain) [Goals:3]

8.- Maniche (Portugal) [goals:2]

9.- Thierry Henry (France) [goals:2]

10.- Luca Toni (Italy) [goals:2]

**--__NEXT ROUND MATCHES__--**

 

Quarter and semi finals games

Well people, that’s what happened today, let’s see what we have for tomorrow:

 

Saturdays games

**--_ENGLAND VS PORTUGAL_--*

HOUR: 17HRS

VENUE: Gelsenkirchen

REFEREE: Horacio Elizondo (ARG)

KEEP AN EYE ON: Frank Lampard (ENG) and Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)

XUPOL PREDICTION: ENGLAND 2 – 2 PORTUGAL (EX TIME: ENGLAND 3 – 2 PORTUGAL)

**--_BRAZIL VS FRANCE_--**

HOUR: 21HRS

VENUE: Frankfurt

REFEREE: Luis Medina Cantalejo (SPA)

KEEP AN EYE ON: Ronaldinho (BRA) and Frank Ribery (FRA)

XUPOL PREDICTION: BRAZIL 2 – 0 FRANCE

 

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!!! :)

 

ALEX "XUPOL" VARELA

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