The reigning top football ((soccer)) player in the world, Cristiano Ronaldo, leads his Portugal squad against Germany at the World Cup in Brazil on Monday in an opening-round match between two of the world's top-ranked teams.
The rest of Group G - the United States and Ghana - also face off Monday along with a Group F match between Iran and Nigeria.
Argentina's Lionel Messi, who was player of the year four times in a row before Ronaldo, scored his first World Cup goal since 2006 on Sunday to lead his team to a 2-1 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Also Sunday, France defeated Honduras 3-0 thanks to two goals from Karim Benzema and the first score to be decided using the camera-based goal-line technology.
The most exciting contest Sunday was between Switzerland and Ecuador, who were tied 1-1 as the game went into extra time. Two and a half minutes later, Switzerland's Haris Seferovic took a pass from the left side and directed it past the Ecuador keeper into the top left corner of the net for the winner.
在巴西举行的足球世界杯首轮比赛中，现任世界足球先生罗纳尔多星期一将带领葡萄牙队迎战德国队。葡萄牙队和德国队都是世界顶级强队。
G组的美国队和加纳队以及F组的伊朗队和尼日利亚队也将在星期一进行比赛。
在星期日的比赛中，阿根廷队的梅西射入自己2006年以来在世界杯比赛中的第一个进球，帮助本队以二比一战胜波黑队。在罗纳尔多之前，梅西连续四年荣获世界足球先生称号。
星期日，法国队凭借本泽马的两个进球和首个用“鹰眼”技术判断的进球，以三比零击败洪都拉斯队。
星期日最激动人心的比赛在瑞士队和厄瓜多尔队之间展开。两队以一比一的比分进入加时赛。两分半之后，瑞士队的塞夫洛维奇接到左侧传球，将球射入对方球门的左上角，一举奠定胜局。
