German machine crushes Portugal

The three time World champions confirmed their superiority over Portugal by beating them 4-0.

Germany beat Portugal by 4-1 in the third place match of the 2006 World cup.

Joachim Low guided the Germans to a 4-0 win over Bento's team.  Thomas Muller scored a hat trick while Matt Hummels also got his name on the scorers sheet.

Muller has now scored a total of 8 goals in his three world cup appearances.

The Bayern Munich attacker scored the first goal through a penalty while Hummels doubled the lead.  Muller nade it 3-0 before the end of the first half.
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Pepe was sent off after his crazy attack on a German player.

Cristiano Ronaldo was not given the chance to impose himself on the match. Nani tried to unlock the German defence, but Lahm and his team mates didn't allow Manuel Neuer to do much work.

USA and Ghana are the other teams in the group. 

Ronaldo favoured to win Ballon d'or

Cristiano Ronaldo is leading the race to win this year's FIFA Ballon d'or award. The Portuguese star helped Portugal to qualify for Brazil 2014 World cup in a grand style.  The 2008 World best player scored a hat trick against Sweden in Stockholm after his eye catching flying header gave his team a 1-0 win in Lisbon 

Ronaldo continued his scoring spree by netting his 68th goal of 2013 in Real Madrid's 5-0 thumping of Almeria over the weekend. 

FIFA's decision to extend the voting of the award winner till next Friday is an indication that the soccer ruling body want to ensure that Ronaldo gets the award ahead of Lionel Messi who is currently nursing an injury.

The incitement by FIFA that voters can edit their previous choice is another pointer towards Ronaldo's quest to win the award for the second time in his career.

World cup qualifier roundup

Cameroon has joined Nigeria and Ivory Coast at the 2014 World cup in Brazil. The indomitable lions of Cameroon defeated the 'Carthage Eagles' of Tunisia by 4-1 in Yaounde. The 2nd leg third round qualifier turned out to be a bad fixture for the North Africans.

Tunisia were forced to a goalless draw in the first leg. The 2004 African champions needed a score draw or an outright win to qualifier, but Cameroon confirmed their place at Brazil 2014 world cup on Sunday. Webo gave the hosts the lead after 4 minutes of action. A sloppy defending by the visitors gave Samuel Eto'o Fils' team mates the chance to jubilate. On the half hour mark, the Central Africans doubled their lead.

After the restart,Tunisia pulled a goal back,but the Cameroonians added two more goals through John Makoun.

On Saturday,Nigeria and Cote d' Ivoire booked their places at the2014 FIFA world cup.

In the European zone, France were shocked by Ukraine in Kiev. The 1998 World champions were lost 2-0 on Friday night. Their array of stars like Loic Remy,Oliver Giroud,Frank Ribery and Samir Nasri couldn't save them from suffering a loss.

In Lisbon, Portugal defeated Sweden by 1-0. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a beautiful header in the 82nd minute. The Real Madrid star almost scored a brace when his 84th minute effort came off the crossbar.

Greece defeated Romania by 3-1 in Athens,while Iceland and Croatia settled for a 0-0 draw in Reykjavik.

The return leg of the play-offs will be played on Tuesday.

Uruguay and Mexico are expected to confirm their place at Brazil 2014 when they meet Jordan and New Zealand respectively. The South Americans defeated Jordan 5-0 in the first leg while New Zealand were crushed 5-1 by Mexico.

Montevideo and Auckland are the venues for these two games.

FIFA under 20 world cup roundup

The 2013 FIFA under 20 world youth championship has commenced in Turkey desppite violent protests across the country. France defeated Ghana by 3-1 on Friday after South Korea secured a 2-1 victory over Cuba.

The North Americans took the lead through Reyes in the opening minutes of the game before South Korea scored twice in the second half.

In the other group B match,Portugal defeated Nigeria by 3-2. Bruma scored a brace for the Europeans while Abdul-Jeleel Ajagun replicated the same feat for Nigeria.

The Portuguese team led 2-0 at half time before Ajagun's brace made it 2-2 in the 67th minute.

Two minutes later, Bruma scored the winning goal for the 2011 losing finalists.

Other results:
Colombia 1-1 Australia
Turkey 3-0 Slovenia
Spain 4-1 USACopyright 2013 Chat Soccer @ChatSoccer1

Porto vs Malaga preview

The 2004 UEFA Champions League winners will play host to Malaga in tonight's game. The Portuguese club a favoured to reach the quarter final of this season's edition of the champions league based on experience.

Malaga had a good campaign in the group phase. The debutants will hope that Maurico Isla will re-ignite his scintillating performance in Porto. The Spanish club conceded three goals in the six group matches they played.

On the other hand, the Portuguese club will rely on two or three key players to do the magic for them. This Iberian clash promises to be an exciting fixture.

Our prediction: FC Porto 2-2 Malaga

Ronaldo lifts Portugal into Euro 2012 semi finals.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the cynosure of all eyes as he led his team to the last four of the on going European Championship currently going on in Ukraine and Poland. The Real Madrid star hit the upright in each half of the match against Czech Republic on Thursday night. The National Stadium in Warsaw was filled to capacity as soccer fans enjoyed an entertaining match between the two sides. Czech Republic were the better of the two sides within the first 20 minutes of the match. After a goalless first half, the second half was largely dominated by the Portuguese side as Nani's first half frustrations came to an end after getting the better of Czech's left back player. Ronaldo eventually scored the winning goal with about ten minutes to the end of the match. Portugal will meet the winner of Saturday's clash between Spain and Italy.
The last encounter between Spain and Portugal ended in a 1-0 win for the defending World and European Champions while the Blues defeated them in the semi final stage of Euro 2000.

Denmark stunned by Valeri

A Cristiano Ronaldo led Portuguese team survived an insurgency from the Danes in Ukraine. Pepe put the Portuguese squad ahead in the 23rd minute before Postiga doubled the lead in the 36th minute. Denmark pulled a goal back before the end of the first half. The 199r Champions equalised later in the second half. But Valeri came off the bench to give Portugal a much needed 3-2 win later in the game. The two sides are now levelled on three points each. They've scored three goals each and conceded the same number of goals after their first two group matches. Ronaldo was annonymous throughout the match. Portugal will take on Netherlands while Germany will take on Denmark on Sunday.