Ronaldo and Brazil rewrote the history books today with a 3-0 victory of Ghana. Kaka set up an early goal in the 5th min. for Ronaldo, who notched his 15th World Cup goal to become the all-time leading goal scorer in World Cup play. Ghana, playing without inspirational and work-horse midfielder Essien, chose to play the offside trap and were down early when Kaka slotted Ronaldo in free on the keeper. The Real Madrid striker then rounded the keeper with a smooth step over feint before finishing into the open net.
Ghana created numerous chances after the Ronaldo goal trying to pull level and showed that they had the belief to pull the upset; however, Dida held strong and kept out the Black Stars. As Ghana pushed forward to equalize, their hopes were all but crushed as Adriano finished on a counter attack in the 45th min. against the run of play.

Ghana never really produced their attacking flair in the 2nd half and were reduced to 10-men when forward Gyan received a red card for a second yellow as he was guilty of simulation—diving in the box. Ze Roberto finished off the scoring in the 84th min.—notching Brazil’s 201st World Cup goal—as Brazil beat the offside trap once again with Ze Roberto beating the keeper to the through pass and walking the ball into the open net.

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