Greatest Comeback Ever? and Ronaldo

Germany v Sweden. www.uefa.com

World Cup Qualifier games were played on Tuesday, October 16, 2012. I think that the two most significant games were Germany v Sweden and Portugal v Northern Ireland.

Germany v Sweden was one of the best games I have watched in a long time. Germany hosted the away team in Berlin. In the first half, Germany scored three goals and playing very comfortably. Even in the beginning of the second half, the Germans were in control. They added to their tally and were four goals up. However after their fourth, the German side became very complacent. Sweden did not lose hope even after conceding four goals. They continued to fight and drew level by scoring four goals in the last 30 minutes of the game. It was one of the greatest comebacks ever.

The last goal was a little controversial. Ibrahimovic appeared to have elbowed Mertesacker in the face. Even though the referee should have awarded a free-kick for that, it does not take anything away from the fact that Sweden showed a lot of determination to produce one of the greatest international comebacks.

Cristiano Ronaldo. tumblr.com

The second game, Portugal v Northern Ireland, was significant, not because Portugal failed to produce a result again, but because Ronaldo capped his 100th game for Portugal. That makes him the third youngest player to reach the milestone after Germany’s Lukas Podolski and Estonia’s Kristen Viikmäe.

Cristiano Ronaldo made his international in 2003 at the age of 18 and helped lead Portugal to the Euro 2004 Final on home soil.

He is also the third most capped Portuguese behind Luis Figo (127) and Fernando Counto (110).

Also, over the weekend, Cristiano Ronaldo reached 50 million likes on his Facebook page. Ronaldo is the most liked soccer player on Facebook, with Lionel Messi around 12 million likes behind him. This shows you how popular the Portuguese star is.

It really makes you ask the question – What can’t Ronaldo do?

This is the link to the highlights of the Germany v Sweden game - http://footyroom.com/germany-4-4-sweden-2012-10/
and the Portugal v Northern Ireland game - http://footyroom.com/portugal-1-1-northern-ireland-2012-10/


Source: www.bleacherreport.com
Image Source: "Germany v Sweden" http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/competitions/Comp_Matc hes/01/87/76/85/1877685_w2.jpg
"Cristiano Ronaldo" http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_leglnmI9qE1qfr3z2o1_500.jpg