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- Filed under: Olympic
- Date: Aug 17,2008
Argentina required extra time to edge the Netherlands 2-1 in a thrilling quarter-final in the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament.
Lionel Messi opened the scoring and then created the game’s deciding goal for Angel Di Maria as Sergio Batista’s side booked a date with Brazil in the last four.
The match began at a frenetic pace, which was to continue throughout the first half.
The Netherlands registered the first shot on goal through Urby Emanuelson, but Argentina responded swiftly and, as is often the case, Messi was at the core of most of their purposeful advances. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Filed under: Olympic
- Date: Aug 17,2008
NIGERIA won the battle of Africa 2-0 against Côte d’Ivoire in Qinhuangdao to book their place in the final four of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament.
These two African teams knew each other incredibly well and, as a result, both sides cancelled each other out in the opening 45 minutes.
The midfield battle was a stalemate which made chances difficult to come by and, indeed, there were only three genuine opportunities in the first half for the fans to get excited about. Read the rest of this entry »
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- Filed under: Olympic
- Date: Aug 17,2008
PLAYING with a man down for most of the match, Belgium twice came from behind to beat Italy 3-2 in Beijing on Saturday, setting up a semi-final with either Nigeria or Côte d’Ivoire.
The match ended with both sides reduced to ten men as the full moon in Beijing seemed to take an effect on one of the most incident-packed games of these Olympic finals.
The Italians began the contest in lively fashion with their diminutive creator, Sebastian Giovinco, leading the way. Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: admin
- Filed under: Olympic
- Date: Aug 17,2008
BRAZIL were made to work hard by their numerically-inferior opponents, but they eventually prevailed to beat Cameroon 2-0 and reach the semi-finals of the Men’s Olympic Football Tournament.
A tight, chance-shy 90 minutes failed to separate the two sides, before extra-time goals from Rafael Sobis and Marcelo earned the Seleção a meeting with either Argentina or the Netherlands.
Dunga curiously left Thiago Neves and Alexandre Pato out of his starting line-up and without them, Brazil appeared shorn of their usual spark during the first half, with the mercurial right-foot of Ronaldinho from set-pieces their only genuine source of opportunities. Read the rest of this entry »
