Singapore vs Brazil Olympics Team, National Stadium 29 July 2008.

Brazil Olympics Team Led by AC Milan star Ronaldinho, were off to a smooth start as they defeated a stubborn Singapore Selection side 3-0 in an exhibition match at Singapore National Stadium on 29th July 2008.

Werder Bremen midfielder Diego broke the deadlock in the 20th minute with a goal from just outside the penalty box after receiving a flick from Ronaldinho.

Seven minutes later, Diego’s delicate chip caused confusion in the Singapore area and AC Milan star Ronaldinho made his mark with a close range effort to take his side up 2-0.

Manchester City left-footed Brazilian forward Jo made it 3-0 in the 84th with a header.

Brazil defender Alex Silva was sent off in the closing minutes of the match for stomping on Singapore’s Qiu Li.

Final score: Brazil 3 Singapore 0.

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Spain is the champions of UEFA EURO 2008.

The winning goal is scored by Spanish Liverpool striker Fernando Torres at 33 mins of the Final match between Germany and Spain.

As mentioned in the previous post, Michael Ballack has never been a winner in major tournaments like 2002 Champions League Final, 2002 World Cup Final, 2008 Champions League Final, 2008 English League Cup Final. It’s probably remain the true as he is approaching the end of his soccer career.

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Germany vs Spain is the final match of UEFA EURO 2008. Who is going to win the UEFA Euro 2008? Germany or Spain? Which side are you on and what’s your view? Check our poll result below.

Here are some facts:
Germany have defeated Turkey 3-2 while Spain defeated Russia 3-0 in the semi final of UEFA EURO 2008.

Spain is without top scorer David Villa & Germany’s Germany Ballack is a doutful with a calf injury.

Michael Ballack has never been a winner in major tournaments like 2002 Champions League Final, 2002 World Cup Final, 2008 Champions League Final, 2008 English League Cup Final.

UEFA EURO 2008
Final: Germany vs Spain
Date: Sun, 29th Jun 2008
Kick-off: 1945 BST
Venue: Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

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Spain vs Italy - Euro 2008’s last quarter final. Will Italy win the quarter final against Spain? I think Italy will win and Spain is going out. Here’s why.

Group A Winner Portugal, Runner up Turkey. Portugal win Turkey in the group match.
Group B Winner Croatia, Runner up Germany. Croatia win Germany in the group match.

Germany win Portugal in the quarter final complete Group AB chain
Group AB chain: Croatia win Germany win Portugal win Turkey win Croatia
Turkey went on to win the quarter final.

Group C Winner Holland, Runner up Italy. Holland win Italy in the group match.
Group D Winner Spain, Runner up Russia. Spain win Russia in the group match.

Russia win Holland in the quarter final complete Group CD chain.
Group CD chain: Spain win Russia win Holland win Italy win Spain

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Yes, Netherlands aka Holland crushed Italy, World Champions, 3-0. The best match so far since Euro 2008 started. Who would have thought Italy would lost by 3 goals.

Since they are grouped in the group of death, it was thought that France, Romania, Italy, Holland would play for a draw in their first match.

The impressive performance by Holland have make them a hot favorite to win the Euro 2008. Watch out, Portugal.

First goal - Ruud van Nistelrooy put the Dutch ahead in controversial circumstances after 26 minutes when he scored from close range - but looked suspiciously offside.

Second goal - Wesley Sneijder swept in a second from Dirk Kuyt’s header five minutes later.

Third goal - Giovanni van Bronckhorst headed in after 80 minutes.

Netherlands: Van der Sar, Ooijer, Boulahrouz (Heitinga 77), Mathijsen, Van Bronckhorst, Kuyt (Afellay 81), De Jong, Van der Vaart, Engelaar, Sneijder, van Nistelrooy (Van Persie 70).
Subs Not Used: Timmer, Stekelenburg, De Zeeuw, Robben, Melchiot, Bouma, De Cler, Huntelaar, Vennegoor of Hesselink. Booked: De Jong.

Goals: Van Nistelrooy 26, Sneijder 31, Van Bronckhorst 80.

Italy: Buffon, Panucci, Barzagli, Materazzi (Grosso 55), Zambrotta, Ambrosini, Pirlo, Gattuso, Camoranesi (Cassano 75), Toni, Di Natale (Del Piero 64).
Subs Not Used: Amelia, De Sanctis, Chiellini, Gamberini, De Rossi, Borriello, Quagliarella, Perrotta, Aquilani.

Booked: Toni, Zambrotta, Gattuso.

Attendances: 31,500

Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt (Sweden).

Man of the match: Netherlands’ Wesley Sneijder

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Portugal 2 Turkey 0 - Euro 2008.

At 61 min, Pepe breaks from the back as he picks up ball just in Turkey’s half. He breaks forward exchanges passes with Gomes and breaks into box before firing home past Vemirel. Great goal and his first for his country. Portugal 1 Turkey 0.

At 93 mins, Ronaldo breaks and frees Moutinho, he turns the last man and feeds Meireles - who is left with the simple task to fire home into an unguarded net. Portugal 2 Turkey 0.

Portugal Ricardo, Bosingwa, Pepe, Carvalho, Ferreira, Petit, Joao Moutinho, Ronaldo, Deco, Simao, Nuno Gomes. Subs: Rui Patricio, Bruno Alves, Fernando Meira, Raul Meireles, Hugo Almeida, Miguel, Jorge Ribeiro, Quaresma, Veloso, Nani, Postiga, Quim.

Turkey Turkey: Demirel, Altintop, Cetin, Zan, Balta, Kazim-Richards, Emre, Aurelio, Erding, Tuncay, Nihat. Subs: Rustu, Zengin, Topal, Senturk, Karadeniz, Metin, Gungor, Turan, Asik, Boral, Akman, Sarioglu.

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Euro 2008 Live! - Switzerland vs Czech Republic.

Watch it free from the comfort of your home. For a list of live streaming available, go to the sports link above.

For Singapore residents, Channel 28 is showing the Euro 2008 match between Switzerland and Czech Republic LIVE!

90:00 - Czech Republic 1 Switzerland 0.

87:00 - Czech David Jarolim replaced by no. 5 Radoslav Kovac.

82:00 - Czech Libro Sionko replaced by no.11 Stanislav Vlcek. Swiss no. 19 Valon Behrami replaced by no.12 Eren Derdiyok.

80:00 - Petr Cech was beaten but the goal bounced off the upright.

74:00 - Swiss no. 5 replaced by no. 22 Johan Vonlanthen and got a yellow card within 1 min on the field.

70:00 - Czech no 10 score! Czech 1 Swiss 0.

56:00 - Czech Jan Koller replaced by Sverkos. What is the Czech coach thinking? Jan Koller is Czech’s best striker.

50:00 - Free kick, 24m from the goal post, for Swiss. Hakin Yakin aimed for the top right but ball went out.

45:01 - Alexander Frei is confirmed out and replaced by Swiss no.10 Hakin Yakin. With Frei out and Petr Cech looking good, Swiss is likely to play for a draw.

45:00 - Swiss Frei limping and crying. Looks like he has injured his feet. No replacement for Frei at half time. If out, could be his last match in Euro 2008.

42:00 - Alexander Frei, the most dangerous Swiss player , trying to do a Cristiano Ronaldo, but was tackled and fell down.

34:00 - Swiss no 9 skipper Alexander Frei, Borussia Dortmund player, fired a 20 yard shot at goal, it was on target but Petr Cech, Chelsea no. 1 goalkeeper, saved it.

00:00 - Switzerland vs Czech Republic match started.

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Jose Mourinho, the special one, has signed for Inter Milan FC. Which Chelsea players will he go after?

According to some source, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba, Michael Essien and Ricardo Carvalho are rumoured to move to Inter.

Looks like a lot of soccer fans will follow the italian league closely due to Jose Mourinho.

Here is the video of Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan:
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Many Champions League Final video are no longer available due to a copyright claim by UEFA.

However, there are still quite a lot of Champions League Final video around.

Did you watch the match? If not, here are some Champions League Final Video between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Here are all the Champions League Final Video:
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Manchester United vs Chelsea LIVE Commentary:

Manchester United Win!!!

Chelsea Anelka out - Manchester United 6 Chelsea 5.

Manchester United Ryan Giggs in - Manchester United 6 Chelsea 5.

Chelsea Kalou in - Manchester United 5 Chelsea 5.

Manchester United Anderson in - Manchester United 5 Chelsea 4.

Chelsea John Terry out - Manchester United 4 Chelsea 4.

Manchester United Nani in - Manchester United 4 Chelsea 4.

Chelsea Ashley Cole in - Manchester United 3 Chelsea 4.

Manchester United Owen Hargreaves in - Manchester United 3 Chelsea 3.

Chelsea Frank Lampard in - Manchester United 2 Chelsea 3.

Manchester United Ronaldo out - Manchester United 2 Chelsea 2.

Chelsea Belletti in - Manchester United 2 Chelsea 2.

Machester United Michael Carrick in - Manchester United 2 Chelsea 1.

Chelsea Barrack in - Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1.

Manchester United Tevez in - Manchester United 1 Chelsea 0.

Penalty kick started.

130:00 Chelsea Belletti in Makelele out Mancherster United Anderson in Wes Brown out. Extra time over.

125:00 Chelsea Barrack Yellow Card, Drogba Red Card, Manchester United Tevez Yellow Card. Chlesea left with 10 man.

105:00 Both teams changed side.

101:00 Manchester United Nani in Rooney out.

98:00 Chelsea Anelka in Joe Cole out.

93:00 Chelsea Frank Lampard hit the upright and ball went out.

92:00 Chelsea Kalou in Malouda out.

90:01 Extra Time started.

90:00 Full time over. Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1.

86:00 Manchester United Ryan Giggs in, Paul Schole out.

82:00 Manchester United Ryan Giggs warming up at the sideline.

77:00 Chelsea Drogba hit the left goal post and ball went out.

45:01 2nd half started.

45:00 1st half over. Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1.

44:00 Chelsea Frank Lampard equalised. Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1.

27:00 Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo scored from a header! Manchester United 1 Chelsea 0.

Chelsea Michael Essien was deployed as right back. What was Avram Grant thinking? Shouldn’t Michael Essien be in the midfield?

Manchester United Park Ji-Sung was missing from the line up and was not even named on the reserve list. What’s up Sir Alex Ferguson?

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