Fifa 2006

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

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Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Sweden 2 - 2 England - Sweden Equalises In the 90th. Minute

England will play Ecuador in the last 16 of the World Cup after securing a draw with Sweden to top Group B.

England Started the Goal Sequence in the 34th. minute with Cole's 35 yard far hit And Then Sweden equalised it.
Next 3 Goals were Hit in the 2nd. half where Alternatively goals were hit.

English Gerrard hit a sensational goal in the 85th. minute to take the lead but the 90th. minute Goal by Larsson of Sweden Dropped English Hopes.
The Match Was certainly in England's Hands But Larsson made a Draw for his team.

Teams :

Sweden

01 A Isaksson
04 T Lucic
03 O Mellberg
05 E Edman
07 N Alexandersson
06 T Linderoth (90 D Andersson )
16 K Kallstrom
09 F Ljungberg
18 M Jonson (54 C Wilhelmsson )
11 H Larsson
20 M Allback (74 J Elmander )

England

01 P Robinson
15 J Carragher
05 R Ferdinand (56 S Campbell )
06 J Terry
03 A Cole
07 D Beckham
08 F Lampard
16 O Hargreaves
11 J Cole
09 W Rooney (69 S Gerrard )
10 M Owen (4 P Crouch )

Ref: Massimo Busacca

Goals For :
England : Joe Cole 34, Gerrard 85.
Sweden : AlBack 51, Larsson 90.

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Costa Rica 1 - 2 Poland - Both The Teams Not Making it Into Final 16

Bartosz Bosacki notched his first goals for Poland to help his side to victory in Group A's dead rubber and ease the pressure on coach Pawel Janas.

Both the Teams Are Already Eliminated from the tournament and Poland Still Showed a good performance in the game.
Costa Rica Scored The 1st. Goal But poland hit the equaliser and also the leading goal behind.
In The Game, 10 Players Got Booked - Yellow Card.
Teams :

Costa Rica

18 J Porras
02 J Drummond (70 H Wallace )
12 L Gonzalez
04 M Umana
03 L Marin
07 C Bolanos (78 A Saborio )
08 M Solis
10 W Centeno
17 G Badilla
09 P Wanchope
11 R Gomez (82 C Hernandez )

Poland

01 A Boruc
04 M Baszczynski
06 J Bak
19 B Bosacki
14 M Zewlakow
08 J Krzynowek
10 M Szymkowiak
15 E Smolarek (85 G Rasiak )
16 A Radomski (64 M Lewandowski )
21 I Jelen
09 M Zurawski (45 P Brozek )

Ref: Shamsul Maidin

Goals :
Costa Rica : Gomez 24.
Pland : Bosacki 33, 66.

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Ecuador 0 - 3 Germany - Germany Lead Group A

Hosts Germany made it three wins out of three in the World Cup as they beat Ecuador to finish top of Group A.

Miroslav Klose, now with four goals, became the tournament's leading scorer, first putting the Germans ahead early on by rifling home from close range.
Klose Contributed 2 Goals In this game.

Ecuador

12 C Mora
04 U De la Cruz
17 G Espinoza
13 P Ambrossi
02 J Guagua
16 L Valencia (63 C Lara )
20 E Tenorio
15 M Ayovi (68 P Urrutia )
08 E Mendez
09 F Borja (45 C Benitez )
10 I Kaviedes

Germany

01 J Lehmann
03 A Friedrich
17 P Mertesacker
04 R Huth
16 P Lahm
07 B Schweinsteiger
08 T Frings (66 T Borowski )
13 M Ballack
19 B Schneider (72 G Asamoah )
11 M Klose (66 O Neuville )
20 L Podolski

Ref: Valentin Ivanov

Goals Were Hit By Klose 4, 44, Podolski 57.
Germany With Equador are in Final 16.

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Monday, June 19, 2006

Spain 3 - 1 Tunisia

Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas came off the bench to guide Spain into the last 16.

Tunisia had taken a surprise lead on eight minutes after Joahar Mnari beat Iker Casillas at the second attempt.
But Spain Blistered 3 goals after 72 minutes to win the game surprising all.

Teams :

Spain

01 I Casillas
15 G Sergio Ramos
05 C Puyol
22 I Pablo
03 M Pernia
08 H Xavi
14 X Alonso
16 M Senna (45 F Fabregas )
11 S Luis Garcia (45 G Raul )
09 F Torres
21 D Villa (56 S Joaquin )

Tunisia

01 A Boumnijel
03 K Haggui
15 R Jaidi
19 A Ayari (56 A Yahia )
06 H Trabelsi
12 J Mnari
13 R Bouazizi (56 K Ghodhbane )
14 A Chedli (79 H Gmamdia )
20 H Namouchi
08 M Nafti
05 Z Jaziri

Ref: Carlos Eugenio Simon

Goals : Tunisia : Mnari 8.
Spain : Raul 72, Torres 76, 90 pen.

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Saudi Arabia 0 - 4 Ukraine

Ukraine put their hammering at the hands of Spain behind them by outclassing a poor Saudi Arabia side.

Ukraine Scored 2 goals in the 1st. half and 2 in the 2nd. half.
They Were Choking from the start from the 4th. minute.

Saudi Arabians Tried a bit but could not score atleast a single goal.

Teams :

Saudi Arabia

21 M Zaid
02 A Dokhi(55 A Khathran )
03 R Tukar
04 H Al Montashari
13 H Sulimani
06 O Al Ghamdi
07 M Ameen (55 M Mouath )
08 M Noor (77 S Al Jaber )
14 S Khariri
16 K Aziz
20 Y Al Kahtani

Ukraine

01 O Shovkovskiy
02 A Nesmachniy
06 A Rusol
22 V Sviderskiy
04 A Tymoschuk
08 O Shelayev
09 O Gusev
11 S Rebrov (71 R Rotan )
19 M Kalinichenko
07 A Shevchenko (85 A Milevskiy )
10 A Voronin (79 A Gusin )

Ref: Graham Poll

Goals Hit By Ukraine : Rusol 4, Rebrov 36, Shevchenko 46, Kalinichenko 84.

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France 1 - 1 South Korea

France remain without a win in the World Cup finals since their 1998 victory over Brazil after South Korea came from behind to snatch a point.

France finally managed to score a goal but still did not win the match as Japan Made an equaliser in the 81st. minute destroying all the hopes of France.

Teams :

France

16 F Barthez
03 E Abidal
05 W Gallas
15 L Thuram
19 W Sagnol
07 F Malouda (88 V Dhorasoo )
04 P Vieira
06 C Makelele
10 Z Zidane (90 D Trezeguet )
11 S Wiltord (60 F Ribery )
12 T Henry

South Korea

01 W Lee
02 Y Kim
03 D Kim
04 J Choi
12 Y Lee
05 N Kim
07 J Park
13 E Lee (45 K Seol )
17 H Lee (69 S Kim )
14 C Lee (72 J Ahn )
19 J Cho

Ref: Benito Archundia Tellez

France Got a goal In the 9th. minute by Thierry Henry but in the final stages after 80 minutes finished, Japan equalised when Ji - Sung Park scoring a majestic Goal.

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Brazil 2 - 0 Australia

Goals from Adriano and substitute Fred sealed Brazil's place in the last 16 with a win over a gallant Australia.

Ronaldo was still unsuccessful in this match too but team mates were a good example for great play.

Teams :

Brazil

01 N Dida
02 M Cafu
03 F Lucio
04 S Juan
06 R Carlos
08 R Kaka
05 F Emerson (72 G Silva )
11 J Ze Roberto
10 G Ronaldinho
09 L Ronaldo (72 D Robinho )
07 L Adriano (88 C Fred )

Australia

01 M Schwarzer
03 C Moore (69 J Aloisi )
06 T Popovic (40 M Bresciano )
02 L Neill
14 S Chipperfield
07 B Emerton
13 V Grella
21 M Sterjovski
04 T Cahill (56 H Kewell )
05 J Culina
09 M Viduka

Ref: Markus Merk

Goals Were Scored By Adriano 49, and Fred 90 with Ronaldo failing once again.

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Japan 0 - 0 Croatia

A penalty save from Japan's Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi denied Croatia victory, with a goalless draw not doing much to help either side's hopes of progression.

Japan's hard Work At last put them to a draw and thanks to the work of their goal keeper.

Teams :

Japan

23 Y Kawaguchi
05 T Miyamoto
21 A Kaji
22 Y Nakazawa
14 A Santos
08 M Ogasawara
07 H Nakata
10 S Nakamura
15 T Fukunishi (45 J Inamoto )
09 N Takahara (85 M Oguro )
13 A Yanagisawa (62 K Tamada )

Croatia

01 S Pletikosa
04 R Kovac
03 J Simunic
05 I Tudor (70 I Olic )
07 D Simic
02 D Srna (86 I Bosnjak )
08 M Babic
10 N Kovac
19 N Kranjcar (78 L Modric )
09 D Prso
17 I Klasnic

Ref: Frank De Bleeckere

Finally no goals were hit by Both The teams.

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Italy 1-1 USA

USA held on for most of the second half with nine men to earn a gutsy draw with 10-man Italy in an enthralling match.

It Was Just a thrilling Match.
USA were leftwith 9 men and Italy with Ten.
Expectations were on Italy But USA held it off with a draw.

Daniele De Rossi Of Italy, E Pope and P Mastroeni of USA were All Send Off.

Teams :

Italy

01 G Buffon
02 C Zaccardo (54 A Del Piero )
13 A Nesta
05 F Cannavaro
19 G Zambrotta
20 S Perrotta
21 A Pirlo
04 D De Rossi- REDCARD
10 F Totti (35 G Gattuso )
9 L Toni (61 V Iaquinta )
11 A Gilardino

USA

18 K Keller
06 S Cherundolo
22 O Onyewu
23 E Pope - REDCARD
03 C Bocanegra
08 C Dempsey (62 D Beasley )
04 P Mastroeni - REDCARD
10 C Reyna
15 B Convey (52 J Conrad )
20 B McBride
21 L Donovan

Ref: Jorge Larrionda

Actually no goals were scored by the USA players.
De Rossi Of Italy scored for his team and Zaccardo of Italy Hit an own goal for the USA.

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Portugal 2-0 Iran

Goals from Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo secured Portugal's passage into the last 16 of the World Cup after victory over Iran in Frankfurt.

The Barcelona Club member Opened the scoring at the 62nd. minute with a 22 yards far kick and then Christiano roanldo continued by hitting in the 78th. minute by a penalty shoot.

Teams :

Portugal

01 A Ricardo
13 L Miguel
05 F Meira
16 A Ricardo Carvalho
14 J Nuno Valente
06 F Costinha
18 N Maniche (66 A Petit )
20 A Deco (80 C Tiago )
17 C Ronaldo
09 P Pauleta
07 L Figo (88 S Simao )

Iran

01 E Mirzapour
13 H Kaabi
04 Y Golmohammadi (88 S Bakhtiarizadeh )
05 R Rezaei
20 M Nosrati
06 J Nekounam
02 M Mahdavikia
08 A Karimi (65 F Zandi )
14 A Teymourian
21 M Madanchi (66 R Khatibi )
09 V Hashemian

Ref: Eric Poulat

Goals Were Hit by only Portugese - Deco 63, Ronaldo 78 pen.

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Czech Republic 0-2 Ghana

Ghana threw Group E wide open with victory over the Czech Republic.

Ghana gave an instant demonstration of their determination to make amends for their error-strewn defeat to Italy by sweeping into the lead inside 70 seconds.
Czech lost Ulfalusi in the 66th. minute who was given the red card.

Teams :

Czech Republic

01 P Cech
02 Z Grygera
22 D Rozehnal
21 T Ujfalusi - RED CARD
06 M Jankulovski
08 K Poborsky (55 J Stajner )
04 T Galasek (45 J Polak )
10 T Rosicky
20 J Plasil (68 L Sionko )
11 P Nedved
12 V Lokvenc

Ghana

22 R Kingston
15 J Pantsil
05 J Mensah
13 H Mohamed
07 I Shilla
08 M Essien
10 S Appiah
11 S Muntari
20 O Addo (45 D Boateng )
03 A Gyan (85 R Pimpong )
14 M Amoah (80 E Addo )

Ref: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo

No Goals Were Scored By Czech.
Ghana :Gyan 2, Muntari 82.

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Friday, June 16, 2006

Mexico 0 - 0 Angola

Angola caused a shock by holding Mexico to a goalless draw, despite playing the last 11 minutes with 10 men.

Mexico can be blamed for their bad performance.
Mexico enjoyed all the best chances, but a combination of poor finishing and the acrobatics of Angola goalkeeper Joao Ricardo kept them out.

Andre Macanga was sent off on 79 minutes after handling the ball and being shown a second yellow card.
But Mexico could not take any advantage of it.

Teams :

Mexico

01 O Sanchez
03 C Salcido
04 R Marquez
05 R Osorio
14 G Pineda (78 R Morales )
06 G Torrado
07 A Zinha (52 J Arellano )
08 P Pardo
16 M Mendez
10 G Franco (74 F Fonseca )
19 O Bravo

Angola

01 P Joao Ricardo
03 J Jamba
05 C Kali
21 L Delgado
20 M Loco
07 P Figueiredo (72 M Rui Marques )
08 A Macanga - RED CARD
11 d Mateus (68 P Mantorras )
14 A Mendonca
17 J Ze Kalanga (83 M Miloy )
10 F Akwa

Ref: Shamsul Maidin
No Goals Were Scored By The Mexicans or the Angolans although Mexico tried a few times.

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Holland 2-1 Ivory Coast

Holland sealed a World Cup second-round berth after repelling a brave fightback by Ivory Coast in Stuttgart.

I Think Holland Kept up the pressure since the start.
The Dutch went ahead with a stunning free-kick from Robin van Persie on 23 minutes before Ruud van Nistelrooy hit a sweet second four minutes later.

Bakari Kone pulled one back for the Ivorians when he smashed home from 25 yards after a powerful run.
But Holland Maintained Up till the End.

Here Are The Players :

Holland

01 E Van der Sar
14 J Heitinga (45 K Boulahrouz )
13 A Ooijer
04 J Mathijsen
05 G Van Bronckhorst
20 W Sneijder (50 R Van der Vaart )
18 M Van Bommel
08 P Cocu
17 R Van Persie
11 A Robben
09 R van Nistelrooy (73 D Landzaat )

Ivory Coast

01 J Tizie
21 E Eboue
04 K Toure
12 A Meite
03 A Boka
05 D Zokora
19 G Toure
22 N Romaric (61 G Yapi Yapo )
09 A Kone (73 K Akale )
14 B Kone (62 A Dindane )
11 D Drogba

Ref: Julian Oscar Ruiz Acosta
The Goals Hit : Holland : Van Persie 23, van Nistelrooy 26.
Ivory Coast : Bakari Kone 38.

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Argentina 6-0 Serbia & Montenegro

Argentina put one foot into the last 16 by demolishing Serbia and Montenegro.

The Argentinians Hit 6 Goals With The 5 Players hitting all 6.
The Agentinian Legend DIEGO MARADONA was delighted seeing the team's performance.
The Team has now entered the Final 16.

M Kezman of Serbia was Red Carded and Then their team was 10 player team struggling out there.

Here Are The Players :

Argentina

01 R Abbondanzieri
21 N Burdisso
02 R Ayala
06 G Heinze
03 J Sorin
18 R Maxi (74 L Messi )
08 J Mascherano
22 L Gonzalez (16 E Cambiasso )
10 J Riquelme
07 J Saviola (58 C Tevez )
09 H Crespo

Serbia & Montenegro

01 D Jevric
04 I Duljaj
06 G Gavrancic
20 M Krstajic
15 M Dudic
07 O Koroman (49 D Ljuboja )
10 D Stankovic
17 A Nadj (45 I Ergic )
11 P Djordjevic
08 M Kezman - RED CARD
09 S Milosevic (69 Z Vukic )

Ref: Roberto Rosetti

The Goals Hit Were :
Maxi 6, Cambiasso 31, Maxi 41, Crespo 78, Tevez 84, Messi 88.

Fifa Annonced Juan Roman Riquelme as the Man of the Match.

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Freddie's 88th. Minute Hit GIves Victory For Sweden

Freddie Ljungberg's 88th-minute winner for Sweden knocked Paraguay out of the World Cup.

The Match Seemed To Be Draw But Finally in the End Sweden Made it to win 1 - 0.

Teams :

Sweden

01 A Isaksson
04 T Lucic
03 O Mellberg
06 T Linderoth
05 E Edman
09 F Ljungberg
07 N Alexandersson
16 K Kallstrom (86 J Elmander )
21 C Wilhelmsson (68 M Jonson )
10 Z Ibrahimovic (45 M Allback )
11 H Larsson

Paraguay

22 A Bobadilla
04 C Gamarra
02 J Nunez
05 J Caceres
21 D Caniza
06 C Bonet (81 E Barreto )
10 R Acuna
13 C Paredes
16 C Riveros (62 J Dos Santos )
09 R Santa Cruz (63 D Lopez )
18 N Valdez

Ref: Lubos Michel

Goals :
Sweden : Freddie Ljungberg 89.
Paraguay : No Goals

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England Reaches Final 16 after defeating T & T

Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard spared England's blushes with late goals against Trinidad & Tobago to book their place in the last 16 of the World Cup.

England Made their way by defeating Trinidad & Tobago 2 - 0 by hitting both after 80 minutes of gameplay was finished.

Teams :

England

01 P Robinson
15 J Carragher (58 A Lennon )
06 J Terry
05 R Ferdinand
03 A Cole
07 D Beckham
08 F Lampard
04 S Gerrard
11 J Cole (75 S Downing )
10 M Owen (58 W Rooney )
21 P Crouch

Trinidad and Tobago

01 S Hislop
11 C Edwards
05 B Sancho
06 D Lawrence
08 C Gray
07 C Birchall
09 A Whitley
19 D Yorke
18 D Theobald (85 E Wise )
14 S John
15 K Jones (70 C Glen )

Ref: Toru Kamikawa

Goals :
England : Crouch 83, Gerrard 90.
T & T : No Goal.

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Equador Makes An Easy Victory Over Costa Rica

Ecuador booked a place in the knock-out stages for the first time ever with a comfortable win which also put Germany through to the second round.

Equador Won 3 - 0 and made up into the Knock-Outs.

Teams :

Ecuador

12 C Mora
04 U De la Cruz
18 N Reasco
17 G Espinoza (68 J Guagua )
03 I Hurtado
14 S Castillo
16 L Valencia (73 P Urrutia )
20 E Tenorio
08 E Mendez
21 C Tenorio (45 I Kaviedes )
11 A Delgado

Costa Rica

18 J Porras
12 L Gonzalez (56 C Hernandez )
04 M Umana
15 H Wallace
03 L Marin
06 D Fonseca (29 A Saborio )
10 W Centeno (84 K Bernard )
08 M Solis
20 D Sequeira
09 P Wanchope
11 R Gomez

Ref: Coffi Codjia

Goals :
Equador : Carlos Tenorio 8, Delgado 54, Kaveides 90.
Costa Rica :None

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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Germany Wins From Extra Time

Oliver Neuville put Germany within reach of the last 16 with a last-gasp goal to beat Poland in Dortmund.

The Goal Was Hit in the 90+1 minute time.
Group A - Highest points - Germany - 6Points.

Teams :

Germany

01 J Lehmann
03 A Friedrich (64 D Odonkor)
17 P Mertesacker
21 C Metzelder
16 P Lahm
07 B Schweinsteiger (76 T Borowski )
13 M Ballack
08 T Frings
19 B Schneider
20 L Podolski (71 O Neuville )
11 M Klose

Poland

01 A Boruc
19 B Bosacki
04 M Baszczynski
06 J Bak
14 M Zewlakow (83 D Dudka )
07 R Sobolewski - RED CARD
08 J Krzynowek (77 M Lewandowski )
15 E Smolarek
16 A Radomski
09 M Zurawski
21 I Jelen (90 P Brozek )

Ref: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Goals : The Only Goal hit was By Oliver Neuville of germany in the final extra time

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Tunisia Scores In the End For an Equaliser Against S. Arabia

Bolton defender Radhi Jaidi salvaged a point for Tunisia with a powerful header in stoppage time in Munich.

Tunisia vs. S. Arabia - Group H- Match 2.

Teams :

Tunisia

01 A Boumnijel
03 K Haggui
06 H Trabelsi
15 R Jaidi
18 D Jemmali
12 J Mnari
13 R Bouazizi (54 M Nafti )
14 A Chedli (69 K Ghodhbane )
20 H Namouchi
05 Z Jaziri
09 Y Chikhaoui (82 K Essediri )

Saudi Arabia

21 M Zaid
02 A Dokhi
03 R Tukar
04 H Al Montashari
13 H Sulimani
06 O Al Ghamdi
08 M Noor (75 M Ameen )
14 S Khariri
16 K Aziz
18 N Al Temyat (66 M Mouath )
20 Y Al Kahtani (82 S Al Jaber )

Ref: Mark Shield

Goals :
Tunisia : Jaziri 23, Jaidi 90.
S. Arabia : Al Kahtani 57, Al Jaber 84.

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Spain Goes On in Ease Against Ukraine

Spain produced a super display to outclass a Ukraine side that played most of the second half with 10 men.

Spain won the 1st. group Match in Group H 4 - 0 against Ukraine.

Teams :

Spain

01 I Casillas
03 M Pernia
05 C Puyol
15 G Sergio Ramos
22 I Pablo
08 H Xavi
14 X Alonso (55 D Albelda )
16 M Senna
11 S Luis Garcia (77 F Fabregas )
21 D Villa (55 G Raul )
09 F Torres

Ukraine

01 O Shovkovskiy
02 A Nesmachniy
05 V Yezerskiy
06 A Rusol
17 V Vashchuk - RED CARD
04 A Tymoschuk
09 O Gusev (45 O Shelayev )
14 A Gusin (45 A Vorobey )
21 R Rotan (64 S Rebrov )
07 A Shevchenko
10 A Voronin

Ref: Massimo Busacca

Goals :
Ukraine : None
Spain : Alonso 13, Villa 17, 48 pen, Torres 81.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Brazil Goes ease against Croatia

Brazil beat Croatia to become the first team to win eight successive matches in the World Cup finals.

Brazil

01 N Dida
02 M Cafu
03 F Lucio
04 S Juan
06 R Carlos
11 J Ze Roberto
05 F Emerson
10 G Ronaldinho
08 R Kaka
07 L Adriano
09 L Ronaldo (69 D Robinho )

Croatia

01 S Pletikosa
03 J Simunic
04 R Kovac
05 I Tudor
07 D Simic
02 D Srna
08 M Babic
10 N Kovac (40 J Leko )
19 N Kranjcar
09 D Prso
17 I Klasnic (57 I Olic )

Goals :
Croatia : none
Brazil : Kaka 44.

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France Gets Disappointing Start with a Draw

France got their World Cup campaign off to a disappointing start with an uninspiring draw against Switzerland.

Teams :

France

16 F Barthez
03 E Abidal
05 W Gallas
15 L Thuram
19 W Sagnol
10 Z Zidane
06 C Makelele
04 P Vieira
22 F Ribery (69 L Saha )
11 S Wiltord (84 V Dhorasoo )
12 T Henry

Switzerland

01 P Zuberbuhler
03 L Magnin
04 P Senderos
20 P Muller (74 J Djourou )
23 P Degen
07 R Cabanas
06 J Vogel
08 R Wicky (81 X Margairaz )
16 T Barnetta
09 A Frei
11 M Streller (57 D Gygax )

Ref: Valentin Ivanov

Goals hit By Both the Teams is None.

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South Korea Victors Over 10-man Togo

South Korea took their time to get going before finally overcoming the resistance of 10-man Togo.

South Korea

01 W Lee
02 Y Kim
04 J Choi
06 J Kim (45 J Ahn )
12 Y Lee
22 C Song
07 J Park
13 E Lee (68 N Kim )
17 H Lee
14 C Lee
19 J Cho (83 S Kim )

Togo

16 K Agassa
02 D Nibombe
05 M Tchangai
19 L Assemoassa (62 R Forson )
03 J Abalo - RED CARD
07 M Salifou (86 Y Aziawonou )
10 M Cherif-Toure
15 A Romao
18 J Senaya (56 A Toure )
17 K Mohamed
04 E Adebayor

Goals :
South Korea : Chun soo-lee 54, Ahn 72
Togo : Moamed 31.

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Italy Win Their Openers Against Ghana

Italy got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start with a deserved victory over Ghana in Hanover.

They won their 1st. Group Match beating Ghana 2 - 0.

Teams :

Italy

01 G Buffon
02 C Zaccardo
13 A Nesta
05 F Cannavaro
03 F Grosso
10 F Totti (56 M Camoranesi )
20 S Perrotta
21 A Pirlo
04 D De Rossi
9 L Toni (82 A Del Piero )
11 A Gilardino (64 V Iaquinta )

Ghana

22 R Kingston
15 J Pantsil
04 S Kuffour
05 J Mensah
06 E Pappoe (45 I Shilla )
11 S Muntari
08 M Essien
10 S Appiah
18 E Addo
03 A Gyan (89 A Tachie-Mensah )
14 M Amoah (68 R Pimpong )

Ref: Carlos Eugenio Simon

Goals :
Italy : Pirlo 40, Iaquinta 83.
Ghana : none.

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Czech.'s fabulous Victory over USA

Czech Republic got off to a flying start with a fabulous victory over USA.

Czech republic posted a good score of 3 against USA winning 3 - 0.

Teams :

USA

18 K Keller
22 O Onyewu
04 P Mastroeni (45 E Johnson )
23 E Pope
06 S Cherundolo (45 J O'Brien )
10 C Reyna
17 D Beasley
15 B Convey
07 E Lewis
20 B McBride (77 J Wolff )
21 L Donovan

Czech Republic

01 P Cech
02 Z Grygera
22 D Rozehnal
21 T Ujfalusi
06 M Jankulovski
08 K Poborsky (82 J Polak )
04 T Galasek
10 T Rosicky (86 J Stajner )
20 J Plasil
11 P Nedved (45 V Lokvenc )
09 J Koller (45 V Lokvenc )

Ref: Carlos Amarilla

Goals :
USA : none
Czech rep. : Koller 5, Rosicky 36, 76.

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