Dortmund, Germany (My Sportsbook) - Ronaldo broke the World Cup all-time scoring record to lead Brazil over Ghana, 3-0, in a second-round match at Dortmund.

Ronaldo, who played in his first World Cup match in 1994, passed Germany's Gerd Muller for the top spot on the scoring list with his 15th goal in this prestigious tournament.

Brazil, which has won all four of its matches in the 2006 World Cup, will now play France in the quarterfinals at Frankfurt on July 1. France beat Spain, 3-1, later Tuesday.

As for Ghana, it arrived at this match after finishing in second place of Group E. However, the Cinderella story is now over as the small country will go home as it was attempting to become only the third African team to win a match in the Round of 16.

Ghana played without its leader Michael Essien, who was suspended due to a pair of yellow cards.

The historic tally came in the fifth minute after beating the offside trap. Ronaldo received a pass from Kaka 22 yards out, dribbled into the penalty area and beat goalkeeper Richard Kingson with a step-over move for the empty- netter from nine yards away.

The goal gave Brazil a 1-0 advantage, and it was Ronaldo's third of this year's tournament.

Adriano doubled the Brazil lead to 2-0 in the 45th minute when he tapped in a cross from two yards out. It was the 200th goal in World Cup history for Brazil.

Ze Roberto sealed the win in the 84th minute when he went in one-on-one with the goalkeeper. Ricardinho played a ball over the Ghana defense to Ze Roberto, who got by Kingson and tapped it in from inside the goal area.

Just minutes before the third goal, Ghana was trimmed down to 10 men after Asamoah Gyan was sent off with his second yellow card due to a dive.

Brazil improved to 33-0-2 when leading at half all-time in World Cup games. In addition, the team which has scored first in the 2006 tournament has now won 35 of the 48 outings.

This was the second time that Brazil and Ghana ever met on the pitch. Back in 1996, Brazil cruised by Ghana, 8-2, in a friendly.

Ironically, Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira started out his coaching career with Ghana in 1967.