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Soccer : The World Cup Perspective
The final of the World Cup 98 returns in 2006
By ALEX "XUPOL" VARELA, MOP Squad Sports Staff Writer
Jun 27, 2006 - 5:07:00 PM

Hi Everyone!!, wow this was an intensity day, first, the Scratch du Oro played with Ghana and got the ticket for the next round, and in the other hand, Spain and France played a match of the year candidate but, at the end, only one European team won a spot  in the next round, check more:

 

BRAZIL VS GHANA

 

Ghana couldn't do anything against the current champion

VENUE: Dortmund

 

RESULT: BRAZIL 3 – 0 GHANA

 

GOALS: Ronaldo, Adriano, Ze Roberto (BRA)

 

LINE-UP:

 

BRAZIL: Dida, Cafu, Lucio, Juan, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Ze Roberto, Emerson (Gilberto Silva 46’), Adriano (Juninho Pernambucano 61’), Kaká (Ricardinho 83’)

 

GHANA: Richard Kingson, Asamoah Gyan, John Mensah, Emmanuel Pappoe, Illiasu Shilla, Eric Addo (Derek Boateng 60’), Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, Matthew Amoah (Alex Tachie-Mensah 70’), John Pantsil, Haminu Draman

 

Shots

[BRAZIL-1* GHANA-11]

Shots on goal

[BRAZIL-10* GHANA-7]

Offsides

[BRAZIL-5* GHANA-4]

Fouls

[BRAZIL-18* GHANA-24]

Yellow Cards: Adriano, Juan (BRA); Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, John Pantsil, Eric Addo, Gyan Asamoah [2] (GHA)

Red Cards: Stephen Appiah (GHA)

Ball Possession

[BRAZIL-48%* GHANA-52%]

 

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Ronaldo (Brazil)

 

Man of the Match: Ronaldo, the history man of this cup

SPAIN VS FRANCE

 

VENUE: Hanover

 

RESULT: SPAIN 1 – 3 FRANCE

 

GOALS: David Villa (SPA); Frank Ribery, Patrick Vieira, Zinedine Zidane (FRA)

 

LINE-UP:

 

SPAIN: Iker Casillas, Mariano Pernia, Carlos Puyol, Raul (Luis Garcia 54’), Xavi (Marcos Senna 72’), Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Ramos, David Villa (Joaquin 54’), Pablo

 

FRANCE: Fabien Barthez, Eric Abidal, Patrick Vieira, William Gallas, Claude Makelele, Florent Malouda (Sidney Govou 74’), Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry (Sylvain Wiltord 88’), Lilian Thuram, Willy Sagnol, Ribery Frank

 

Spain players dissapeared aganist France

Shots

[SPAIN-5* FRANCE-4]

Shots on goal

[SPAIN-2* FRANCE-5]

Offsides

[SPAIN-2* FRANCE-8]

Fouls

[SPAIN-29* FRANCE-23]

Yellow Cards: Carlos Puyol (SPA); Patrick Vieira, Frank Ribery, Zinedine Zidane (FRA)

Red Cards: -

Ball Possession

[SPAIN-61%* FRANCE-39%]

 

PLAYER OF THE MATCH: Patrick Vieira (France)

 

Man of the Match: Patrick Vieira

QUALIFIED TEAMS:

 

1.- GERMANY

2.- ARGENTINA

3.- ENGLAND

4.- PORTUGAL

5.- ITALY

6.- UKRAINE

7..- BRAZIL

8.- FRANCE

 

ELIMINATED TEAMS:

 

1.- SWEDEN

2.- MEXICO

3.- ECUADOR

4.- NETHERLANDS

5.- AUSTRALIA

6.- SWITZERLAND

7.- GHANA

8.- SPAIN

 

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.- Ronaldo (Brazil) [Goals:3]

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

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

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

10.-Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) [goals:2]

 

**--__NEXT ROUND MATCHES__--**

 

3rd Stage Matches

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

 

Fridays Games

**--_GERMANY VS ARGENTINA_--*

 

HOUR: 17HRS

 

VENUE: Olympiastadion

 

REFEREE: ??

 

KEEP AN EYE ON: Lukas Podolski (GER) and Juan Roman Riquelme (ARG)

 

XUPOL PREDICTION: GEMRANY 2 – 1 ARGENTINA

 

**--_ITALY VS UKRAINE_--**

 

HOUR: 21HRS

 

VENUE: Hamburg

 

REFEREE: ??

 

KEEP AN EYE ON: Francesco Totti (ITA) and Maksym Kalinichenko (UKR)

 

XUPOL PREDICTION: ITALY 2 – 1 UKRAINE

 

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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