FIFA : Brazil crush Ghana to make quarter finals !!

June 27th Germany: World Champions Brazil booked a quarterfinal berth after defeating Ghana 3-0 en route to their sixth title in the 2006 tournament.

Ronaldo opened scoring for the holders in just five minutes when he received a pass from AC Milan sensation Kaka and drove a 20-metre solo run, mugging Ghana keeper Richard Kingson with a trademark stepover to slot the ball home.

Adriano furthered Brazil’s lead to 2-0 in the last minutes of the first half as the Inter Milan striker, who regained the starting position while Robinho was sidelined by a slight right thigh injury, lobbed in a close pass from Cafu, who ran off a nice goal-mouth effort with Adriano after connecting with Kaka.

The third score came late in the second half when substitute midfielder Ricardinho tipped the ball over Ghana’s centre-backs and Jose Ze Roberto cut across, flicked it past Richard Kingson and tapped in at the 84th minute.

With the earlier goal for the five-time champions, Ronaldo, set a new scoring record of the World Cup finals with 15 goals, breaking the former mark of 14 jointly held by the Real Madrid striker and Germany’s Gerd Muller.

One of Ghana’s best chances came in the 35th minute, when Asamoah Gyan shrugged off two defenders to face off Dida directly after being set up by a cross from Eric Addo, but his hook only saw the ball flying over the bar.

While the Africans had clearly decided to throw everything they had got at their opponents, the Brazilians weathered the Ghana storm and assumed complete control despite a dodgy defence from the star-studded squad.

The second half kicked off in a stylish way as a more neat football came from Ghana but ended in disappointment.

The Ghanaians were down to 10 after Gyan, who was previously shown for booting the ball into the stands after having a free-kick given against him, received a second booking for diving at the 81st minute.

Though the score will not reveal, but Ghana played a great game and had quite a few chances and dominated during the mid stages of the game. The world cup debutant goes home after a great run and with their pride intact, while the Brazilians move ahead to face France in the quarter final.

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