World Cup:Portugal beat Mexico to face Holland in the second round
Portugal beat Mexico 2-1, making it three wins out of three. Portugal rested Cristiano Ronaldo, Costinha, Deco, Nuno Valente and Pauleta (all on yellow cards) but still went 2 up within 25 mins. Simao Sabrosa (very good game yesterday) raced towards goal and squared for Maniche to blast home from around the penalty spot. Then Mexico captain Rafael Marquez, for some unknown reason, handled Luis Figo's corner. Credit to the ref because I didn't see it the first time, but on replay its' a very clear handball. Jose Fonseca made it 2-1 in the 29th min,
flicking a header from a corner. From there, Mexico poured forward...and missed a penalty. Omar Bravo missed a kick in the 57th min and then, 4 mins later Luis Perez got a second yellow card for diving. Mexico can conisder themselve unlucky for losing as they played better yesterday, though helped by the fact that Portugal was only playing at half-pace. Still, I doubt the Mexicans can go very far. Their next game is againest Argentina.
Angola scored their first-ever goal at a World Cup finals but it wasn't enough as Angola drew 1-1 with Iran. Flavio headed home Ze Kalanga's cross on 60th mins but Iran drew level when Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh rose unmarked to convert Mehdi Mahdavikia's corner in the 75th min. The game was pretty even but after Iran got the goal, the Iranians were the better side and the Angolans were lucky to escape with a draw. Both sides are out, but they played well and did show the world what they can do. Good job!
Ivory Coast beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-2, coming from 2 goals down. Early strikes from Nikola Zigic and Sasa Ilic put the Serbians in front, but Ivory Coast showed great spirit by coming back with goals from Aruna Dindane(2) and Bonaventure Kalou, tough they were greatly helped by Albert Nadj's 45th min dismissal. Good World Cup for Ivory Coast even though they're out. If they were in a different group, maybe it would have been something.
As expected, Argentina drew 0-0 with the Netherlands in a match which both sides were more interested in not having injuries than winning. Carlos Tevez had a good game though and both sides are playing well. Interesting to see how Mexico & Portugal will cope will them.
flicking a header from a corner. From there, Mexico poured forward...and missed a penalty. Omar Bravo missed a kick in the 57th min and then, 4 mins later Luis Perez got a second yellow card for diving. Mexico can conisder themselve unlucky for losing as they played better yesterday, though helped by the fact that Portugal was only playing at half-pace. Still, I doubt the Mexicans can go very far. Their next game is againest Argentina.
Angola scored their first-ever goal at a World Cup finals but it wasn't enough as Angola drew 1-1 with Iran. Flavio headed home Ze Kalanga's cross on 60th mins but Iran drew level when Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh rose unmarked to convert Mehdi Mahdavikia's corner in the 75th min. The game was pretty even but after Iran got the goal, the Iranians were the better side and the Angolans were lucky to escape with a draw. Both sides are out, but they played well and did show the world what they can do. Good job!
Ivory Coast beat Serbia and Montenegro 3-2, coming from 2 goals down. Early strikes from Nikola Zigic and Sasa Ilic put the Serbians in front, but Ivory Coast showed great spirit by coming back with goals from Aruna Dindane(2) and Bonaventure Kalou, tough they were greatly helped by Albert Nadj's 45th min dismissal. Good World Cup for Ivory Coast even though they're out. If they were in a different group, maybe it would have been something.
As expected, Argentina drew 0-0 with the Netherlands in a match which both sides were more interested in not having injuries than winning. Carlos Tevez had a good game though and both sides are playing well. Interesting to see how Mexico & Portugal will cope will them.
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