Archive for June 19th, 2009

The fun has started between the USA and Brasil. Brasil scored first blood off a brilliant set piece. The laser free kick by Maicon into the box created a golden scoring opportunity for Brasil. Melo used his melon to knock home the winner past defenseless keeper Tim Howard to make 1-0 Brasil after six minutes.

Add another goal for Brasil. USA had a corner kick. Donovan played a short ball to teammate Oguchi Onyewu. He misplayed the ball and Brasil was off to the races. Ramires raced down the pitch. He found his buddy Robinho at the top of box. Robinho tapped in easy winner past keeper Howard who never had a prayer to stop the shot.  It’s 2-0 Brasil after nineteen minutes. Turn out the lights the party’s over.

The USA committed another dumb foul that resulted in stupid red card. Sacha Kljestan late tackle on Brasilian Melo resulted in Sacha getting the heave hoe. Was his tackle a red card?  No, not really however it was dumb. The refs are calling these games really tight. That means dumbo coach Bob Bradley should have taken his players aside and said, “Look guys. They are calling these games tight so stop with the hard tackles.” But, NO! Bradley didn’t say did-a-lee-doo to his players. That’s America for ya. Another dumb futebol coach not planning well for the match.   

Brasil applied relentless pressure and this resulted in a beautiful difficult angled shot by Maicon in the 61^st minute to make 3-0. Howard was in position to stop the shot but Maicon chipped above Howard’s head top shelf right. 

Mercifully, it is over. Brasil wins in a calk walk 3-0.

The USA had two great scoring chances however they went “ Ding” off the cross bar and so goes the USA fortunes in big time world futebol.

Brasil played well for the most part. Brasil had several defensive lapses that almost cost them two goals.

The next big question is how will Brasil perform against Italy. We will get a definite answer on Sunday.

www.uol.com.br :   Felipe Melo, Robinho e Maicon fizeram os gols brasileiros e a festa dos torcedores sul-africanos, “armados” com suas insistentes e barulhentas vuvuzelas (cornetas locais). Apesar de não estar lotado, o estádio ficou colorido de amarelo, em outro claro apoio dos anfitriões ao time pentacampeão.
“Estou feliz com o meu gol, mas o que importa é a boa atuação do time. O Ramires e os outros que entraram foram excelentes, isso prova que a qualidade de todo mundo aqui é a mesma”, exaltou Robinho, elogiando o desempenho da equipe mista.

No primeiro gol, a bola parada voltou a ser bem utilizada. Maicon levantou e Felipe Melo cabeceou para a rede. Superior, a seleção não teve dificuldades para ampliar. Aos 19min, Ramires recebeu de Kaká, puxou contra-ataque e rolou para Robinho. O atacante teve só o trabalho de empurrar para o fundo do gol.

Big upset in the Confederations Cup. Egypt defeated Italy 1-0. This still gives the USA a chance to advance.

The Italy-Brasil match is now very important as well as the USA-Egypt match. Italy has to win and hope for an Egyptian loss. Italy and Egypt both win Egypt will advance to the semifinals.

For the USA to advance, a miracle must happen. USA must win by three or more goals and Italy must loss to Brasil by four or more goals. Not in this lifetime.

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