Today wasn’t without excitement in the World Cup; Germany/Argentina was a disappointment but at least we were treated to a penalty shootout and the hosts ended up winning the coin toss there. And as for Italy/Ukraine… well, if you’re an Italian fan then you were obviously excited. I should know; I heard […]
Italy 3-0 Ukraine
(Gianluca Zambrotta 6, Luca Toni 59, 69)
Man of the Match: Gennaro Gattuso (Italy)
Yellow Cards: Vyacheslav Sviderskyi, Maksym Kalinichenko, Artem Milevskiy (Ukraine)
Referee: Frank de Bleeckere (Belgium)
Attendance: 50,000 (Hamburg)
1-0: In midfield, Totti takes advantage of a sliding Ukrainian player and passes to Zambrotta. He goes off to the races, beating his man and heading to […]
Germany 1-1 Argentina
(Germany wins penalty shootout 4-2)
(Miroslav Klose 80; Roberto Ayala 49)
Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (Germany)
Yellow Cards: Lukas Podolski, David Odonkor, Arne Friedrich (Germany), Juan Sorin, Javier Mascherano, Maxi Rodriguez, Julio Cruz (Argentina)
Red Cards: Leandro Cufre (Argentina)
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
Attendance: 72,000 (Berlin)
0-1: Argentina win a corner kick and Riquelme’s assigned to take it. […]
Spain 1-3 France
(David Villa 28pen; Frank Ribery 41, Patrick Vieira 83, Zinedine Zidane 90+2)
Man of the Match: Patrick Vieira (Spain)
Yellow Cards: Carlos Puyol (Spain), Patrick Vieira, Frank Ribery, Zinedine Zidane (France)
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Attendance: 43,000 (Hanover)
1-0: Thuram managed to get the studs down on Pablo’s ankle in the box, so that’s a penalty for sure. […]
Brazil 3-0 Ghana
(Ronaldo 5, Adriano 45+1, Ze Roberto 84)
Man of the Match: Ze Roberto (Brazil)
Yellow Cards: Adriano, Juan (Brazil), Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, John Pantsil, Eric Addo, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
Red Cards: Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
Attendance: 65,000 (Dortmund)
1-0: Kaka comes up to midfield below the circle and passes forward to a streaking Ronaldo. Kingson […]