Brazil knock-out Ghana 3-0 to grab quarter-final place
{{date|June 27, 2006}}[[File:World Cup 2006 logo.png|left|50px]]Brazil are through to the quarter-finals of the Fifa World Cup after a comfortable 3-0 win over Ghana, Tuesday.

[[File:Westfalenstadion von oben.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund.]]

Ghana seemed to dictate the style of this match; with their defensive back four near to the half-way line Brazil was kept out of shooting range. While Ghana could not stop the reigning champions scoring on three counter-attacks they achieved slightly more ball possession and shots on goal over the game.

The Africans out shot the South Americans 18:11 but were not very accurate, often wide from long range. Brazil looked much more deadly going forward and got ten out of their 11 shots on target.

Ratomir Dujkovic's team's offside trap was brittle and beaten after just five minutes. Kaka sent Ronaldo sprinting through. The forward did a step over in front of Richard Kingston and put in his fifteenth World Cup goal, his third in this championship - a total which surpassed the German Gerd Müller as the highest scorer in the history of the World Cup.

Another counterattack before half time led to Adriano's tap-in from Cafu's low pass across goal.

Ghana came closest to a goal when John Mensah headed a corner straight down at Dida's feet. The Brazilian keeper reacted quickly to save and kick the ball out of harm's way.

The third goal was from a simple long ball from full-back Ricardinho over the Ghanaian defence. Ze Roberto ran on to it and nicked it by the on-rushing keeper Kingston and coaxed it over the line.

At this point in the match the Brazilians had received boos from some of the crowd who thought football's traditional crowd-pleasers were deliberately playing within themselves. 

But as the clock ran down there were a number of exciting Brazilian attacks and Richard Kingston had to make three outstanding saves to keep the score respectable for Ghana.

Asamoah Gyan was sent off when he got a second yellow card for foul simulation.

In the next phase Brazil would play against France, in a game held in Frankfurt on July 1.

[[File:Fifa world cup org.jpg|right|50px]]

== Round of sixteen ==
'''Match 55'''
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Attendance: 65'000

== Formations ==
=== Brazil ===
[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|- <!--Add five to create new line  -->
|
|
|
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|- <!--Goalkeeper -->
|
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Dida (GK)
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|-  <!--Defenders -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Lucio
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Juan 44' [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|- <!--Defensive midfield players -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Cafu (C)
|
|
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Roberto Carlos 
|-  <!-- Midfield players / Wingers -->
|
|center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Emerson
|
|center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Ze Roberto [[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
|
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|     
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Kaka
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Ronaldinho
|
|-   <!-- Strikers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Adriano 13' [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] [[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|11px|bottom]] Ronaldo [[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
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|}

''Substitutes''
* 46' Gilberto Silva for Emerson 
* 61' Juninho Pernambucano for Adriano
* 83' Ricardinho for Kaka

[[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''
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=== Ghana ===
[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Goalkeeper -->
|
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Richard Kingston (GK)
|
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|-   <!-- Defenders -->
| style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Emmanuel Pappoe
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] John Pantsil 29'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] John Mensah
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Illiasu Shilla
|-  <!-- Defensive midfield player -->
|
|
|
|
|
|-   <!-- Midfield player / Wingers -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Haminu Draman
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Stephen Appiah (C) 7'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Sulley Muntari 11'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Eric Addo 38'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
|
|
|
|
|
|-  <!-- Strikers -->
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Matthew Amoah
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|11px|bottom]] Asamoah Gyan 48'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]] 81'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[File:Red card.svg|10px]]
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 60' Dereck Boateng for Addo
* 70' Alex Tachie-Mensah for Amoah
* 

[[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''

== Officials ==
[[File:Flag of Slovakia.svg|25px]] Referee: Michel Lubos [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[File:Red card.svg|10px]]

[[File:Flag of Slovakia.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Roman Slysko

[[File:Flag of Slovakia.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Martin Balko

[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|15px]] Fourth referee: Mark Shield

[[File:Flag of Australia.svg|15px]] Fifth referee: Nathan Gibson

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== Related news ==
*{{wikinews|title=France out-wit Spain 3-1 and clinch quarter-final spot|date=June 27, 2006}}

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991528.stm
 |title=Brazil 3-0 Ghana
 |author= 
 |pub=BBC News Online
 |date=June 27, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/match/55/mr.html
 |title=Fifa match report 
 |author= 
 |pub=FIFA
 |date=June 27, 2006}}

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[[it:Mondiali 2006: Brasile ai quarti di finale]]
[[pl:Mundial 2006: Brazylia 3-0 Ghana]]
50pxBrazil are through to the quarter-finals of the Fifa World Cup after a comfortable 3-0 win over Ghana, Tuesday.

Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund.

Ghana seemed to dictate the style of this match; with their defensive back four near to the half-way line Brazil was kept out of shooting range. While Ghana could not stop the reigning champions scoring on three counter-attacks they achieved slightly more ball possession and shots on goal over the game.

The Africans out shot the South Americans 18:11 but were not very accurate, often wide from long range. Brazil looked much more deadly going forward and got ten out of their 11 shots on target.

Ratomir Dujkovic's team's offside trap was brittle and beaten after just five minutes. Kaka sent Ronaldo sprinting through. The forward did a step over in front of Richard Kingston and put in his fifteenth World Cup goal, his third in this championship - a total which surpassed the German Gerd Müller as the highest scorer in the history of the World Cup.

Another counterattack before half time led to Adriano's tap-in from Cafu's low pass across goal.

Ghana came closest to a goal when John Mensah headed a corner straight down at Dida's feet. The Brazilian keeper reacted quickly to save and kick the ball out of harm's way.

The third goal was from a simple long ball from full-back Ricardinho over the Ghanaian defence. Ze Roberto ran on to it and nicked it by the on-rushing keeper Kingston and coaxed it over the line.

At this point in the match the Brazilians had received boos from some of the crowd who thought football's traditional crowd-pleasers were deliberately playing within themselves. 

But as the clock ran down there were a number of exciting Brazilian attacks and Richard Kingston had to make three outstanding saves to keep the score respectable for Ghana.

Asamoah Gyan was sent off when he got a second yellow card for foul simulation.

In the next phase Brazil would play against France, in a game held in Frankfurt on July 1.

50px

Attendance: 65'000


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottom Dida (GK)

bottom Lucio

bottom Juan 44' 10px

bottom Cafu (C)

bottom Roberto Carlos 

bottom Emerson

bottom Ze Roberto 12px

bottom Kaka

bottom Ronaldinho

bottom Adriano 13' 10px 12px

bottom Ronaldo 12px

Substitutes
* 46' Gilberto Silva for Emerson 
* 61' Juninho Pernambucano for Adriano
* 83' Ricardinho for Kaka

12px denotes one goal scored.
----


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottom Richard Kingston (GK)

bottom Emmanuel Pappoe

bottom John Pantsil 29'10px

bottom John Mensah

bottom Illiasu Shilla

bottom Haminu Draman

bottom Stephen Appiah (C) 7'10px

bottom Sulley Muntari 11'10px

bottom Eric Addo 38'10px

bottom Matthew Amoah

bottom Asamoah Gyan 48'10px 81'10px10px

Substitutes
* 60' Dereck Boateng for Addo
* 70' Alex Tachie-Mensah for Amoah
* 

12px denotes one goal scored.

20px Assistant referee: Roman Slysko

20px Assistant referee: Martin Balko

15px Fourth referee: Mark Shield

15px Fifth referee: Nathan Gibson


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