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.

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.

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.

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.



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.