Ronaldinho scored twice as Brazil strolled to a 5-0 win over New Zealand at the Olympics on Sunday, while a delightful goal from Ezequiel Lavezzi gave Argentina a late win over stubborn Australia. The wins left the South American pair with 6 points from two games in their respective groups and guaranteed both a quarterfinal place with a match to spare. Italy joined them, beating South Korea 3-0 with a refreshingly positive display to chalk up their second straight win by the same score. Giuseppe Rossi and Tommaso Rocchi scored in the first half and Riccardo Monolivo added the third near the end. African trio Cameroon, Nigeria and Ivory Coast won for the first time, Cameroon beating Honduras 1-0 with a harmless-looking Stephane Mbia shot which was misjudged by goalkeeper Kevin Hernandez. Nigeria overcame Japan 2-1 and Ivory Coast beat Serbia 4-2 with Salomon Kalou among the scorers. Gerald Sibon scored in the third minute of injury-time to give the Netherlands a 2-2 draw with the United States and Belgium beat China 2-0 to pick up their first points and leave the winless hosts on the brink of elimination. Argentina, with Juan Roman Riquelme controlling the midfield and Lionel Messi tormenting the Australia defense, dominated their game but failed to convert a string of chances. They finally broke through in the 78th minute when a series of quick passes ended with Angel Di Maria floating the ball across to the far post, where Lavezzi sidefooted home a first-time shot. New Zealand, facing Brazil with a team mainly made up of university students, were quickly in trouble when they fell behind to an Anderson goal after three minutes before Alexandro Pato headed a second just after the half hour. Ronaldinho added a third with a free kick which found its way through the entire New Zealand defense in the 55th minute, then won and converted a penalty six minutes later. Rafael Sobis completed the scoring in the Group C game. Olympic soccer rules say each men's squad of 18 must have at least 15 players aged 23 or under in the year of the Games. – Reuters __
