Ronaldo moves past Ghana goalkeeper to score his 15th goal in the world cup finals
Brazil scored an easy 3-0 victory over Ghana. Brazil’s victory was a foregone conclusion even before the match began. So, the result was no surprise at all. The only point on interest in the match was whether Ronaldo would be able to make the new world record for the most number of goals. And Ronaldo didn’t keep his fans waiting for long. In the 5th minute of the match he scored an easy goal to break Germany’s Gerd Muller’s world record of 14 goals in the world cup finals.
Zidane celebrates his 1st goal of the tournament
Even a die-hard french supporter would have hesitated to predict the victory for France in their match against Spain before the match began. Not only becuase Spain had marched into the Round of 16 with some emphatic wins in their group but also because France were absolutely pathetic in their performance in the world cup so far. None of their stars had sparkled. But today was a different day. Although Spain took the lead, France equalised the goal in 41st minute and then came back very strongly in the 2nd half dominating Spain. Although Spain had more ball possession, France scored twice in last 10 minutes to throw Spain out of the world cup. Both the goals had Zidane touch. The 3-0 victory over Spain takes France into the quarter final where they meet Brazil. Althoguh the French team showed some rhythm in their match today, I do not see them progressing beyond quarter final stage.
