Sports World News of Thursday, 29 June 2017Source: Goal.comBravo outshines Ronaldo and Alexis match-up in Confederations Cup semi-finalplay videoThe Man City goalkeeper made three penalty saves to send Chile into the Confederations Cup finalChile's wrecking ball at international tournaments just keeps on swinging. The best-supported team at the Confederations Cup has claimed Portugal as their latest scalp, winning a penalty shootout (again) to reach the final and another shot at glory. Much of the talk before the game was about Cristiano Ronaldo against Alexis Sanchez, but neither livewire managed to spark in 120 tense minutes of the semi-final in Kazan. All the while, Sanchez and Ronaldo paced, pouted and waited to pounce without ever landing a killer blow. Portugal's skipper was thwarted by Bravo early in the second half, Sanchez had a promising hit blocked by Jose Fonte and Ronaldo immediately led a counter-attack.

Source: GhanaWeb June 28, 2017 21:22 UTC