Brazil Wins The Confed Cup

June 29, 2009

Brazil Wins The Confed Cup

The stage was set for the final… Ellis Park in Johannesburg played host to one of the greatest comeback in football as Brazil took on USA in the confed cup finals.

Brazil was the favorite and USA, the minnows of football. But as the match started it seemed to be the other way around. Just nine minutes into the game, a perfect cross, which had “put me in the net” written all over it, was nudged past Julio Cesar by Clint Dempsy. The provider was Jonathan Spector.

Before Brazil could find its feet, they were assaulted once more, this time by Charlie Davies and Landon Donovan. The Brazilians were always the masters of counter attack, but this time the US gave them a taste of their own medicine, as these to combined to make a mockery of the Brazilian defence, as Donovan, Beckham’s MLS partner, deftly found the back of net after 26 minutes.

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The Brazilians tried and tried until they were utterly tired, as they failed to break the sheer guts of the US until the end of the first half. Then came the interval and only then did we see what the Brazilians were capable of….

The embarrassed Brazilians put their foot on the pedal as they began the 2nd half. The impact was immediate, as Luis Fabiano whipped up a wonderful swivel, to send the ball rocketing past Tim Howard. From then on the momentum was with the yellow jerseys.

The night surely belonged to Fabiano as he came up with the equalizer on the seventy third minute. And there was no stoping Brazil now.

Then Lucio finally put an end to USA’s misery as he finished the formality of scoring the winning goal, as he headed the ball in for the third goal. The American full back, Jonathan Bronstein was rageed as he was relentless put under immense pressure.

After, one had watched the 2nd half, it seemed almost as if it was only obvious that Brazil would win. The American dream had come crashing down in the second half and Brazil have once again proven that they are back in the stellar form they once were, after a major slump in between.

Luis Fabiano was the top scorer in the tournament as he whipped up 5 goals and Kaka, Real’s sugar baby, was named the most valuable player of the tournament.