Brazil 3 - 0 Ghana

Ronaldo keeps on confounding his critics, and his goal after five minutes set the stage for things to come. Brazil moved up a gear, and although not yet fully primed, were too good for their able but relatively inexperienced opponents.


Just on half time Brazil scored again from an Adriano slammer, and it looked as though Ghana were cooked. Gyan was sent off, and Ghana played the last ten minutes with only ten men, so it seemed inevitable that Brazil would score again, as they did in the 84th minute.


So it's forward and onward for Brazil, to meet France in the quarter finals, which has all the promise of an exciting game.


Spain 1 - 3 France


France finally got it together, and won a hard fought game in Hannover. The first half finished all square, with a goal each, and reflected a more or less equal contest. Spain had gone ahead with a penalty in the 26th minute, but Ribery scored a beauty for France to equalise in the 42nd minute.


France went ahead through Patrick Viera, who netted a Zidane free kick in the 84th minute, as a result of a disputed foul on Thierry Henry. Time was running out and Spain necessarily pushed forward, but it was France who were to score again, in extra time, when the brilliant Zidane took advantage.


It was all over bar the shouting!


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