Brazil 3 Usa 0 18 06 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup
USA vs Brazil 3-0 Goals Highlights [Confederations Cup 2009] - 18.06.09
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Gols: Felipe Melo, Robinho, Maicon
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Brazil 3 Usa 0 18 06 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup
USA vs Brazil 3-0 Goals Highlights [Confederations Cup 2009] - 18.06.09
Brazil returned to their brilliant best in Tshwane/Pretoria, cruising to a 3-0 win over USA and inching closer to the semi-finals of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. For the second game running, the Americans had a player sent off and Kaka, Robinho and Co were in no mood to take their foot off the accelerator as they strolled to their second straight win of these finals with goals from Felipe Melo, Robinho and Maicon.
Brazil came out flying and, with USA looking overwhelmed in the centre of the pitch, Michael Bradley was forced into a pair of early fouls in dangerous territory. The second proved costly, as Maicon's swerving free kick picked out Felipe Melo. The Fiorentina man slipped his marker and nodded home at the back post with only seven minutes gone.
It was an ominous start for the US, who never quite came to grips with their South American opponents, despite some positive work from Landon Donovan. Robinho was only just denied Brazil's second in the 12th minute thanks to a last-ditch lunge by Oguchi Onyewu. However, the big centre-half could do nothing in the 20th minute when a rare moment in attack for the US - their first corner kick of the game - turned into a nightmare.
Donovan's short corner rolled under DaMarcus Beasley's boot and straight to a yellow shirt. The counter-attack that followed was simply unstoppable, with Kaka picking out new man Ramires, who laid the ball across for Robinho. The Manchester City ace made no mistake from close range, poking wide of Tim Howard and into the net. With Brazil up 2-0 and in sparkling form, there seemed no way back for the Stars and Stripes, who were fortunate not to be down four or five as they returned to the changing rooms at half-time.
The second period saw USA coach Bob Bradley bring in towering forward Conor Casey to partner Jozy Altidore in attack. It hardly changed the established pattern of the match, Robinho testing Howard again in the 53d minute with a curving shot from a tight angle. Just seconds later, Kaka - in outstanding form - forced the Everton keeper into another sprawling stop from the edge of the box.
Things got even worse for USA in the 55th minute when midfielder Sacha Kljestan was sent off by Swiss referee Massimo Busacca for a lunge on Ramires. It was the second red card in as many games here in South Africa for the North Americans, and Maicon took full advantage. The Inter Milan wing-back roared through for Brazil's third goal seven minutes after the expulsion, slamming into the roof of the net after a sharp give-and-go with the incomparable Kaka to complete the rout.
The USA, who managed to rattle the crossbar late in the game, will need to wait on the result of the other Group B match, Egypt-Italy in Johannesburg later in the day, to know their fate. A win for the Azzurri would send them out, while an Egyptian win would keep dwindling hopes alive. Brazil, for their part, are in pole position to advance to the semis, but will also need to wait for the result of the night's match to be sure.
BRASIL 3 x 0 ESTADOS UNIDOS Julio César, Maicon, Lúcio (Luisão), Miranda e André Santos; Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Ramires, Kaká (Julio Baptista), Robinho; Luís Fabiano (Nilmar). Howard; Spector, Onyewu, DeMerit e Bornstein; Dempsey, Bradley, Kljestan, Beasley (Casey) e Landon Donovan; Altidore (Feilhaber) Técnico: Dunga Técnico: Bob Bradley Gols: Felipe Melo, aos sete, e Robinho, aos 20 minutos do primeiro tempo; Maicon, aos 17 minutos do segundo tempo
Cartões amarelos: Onyewu (Estados Unidos)
Cartão vermelho: Kljestan (Estados Unidos) Estádio: Loftus Versfeld, em Pretória, África do Sul Data:18/06/2009. Árbitro: Massimo Busacca (SUI). Auxiliares: Mathias Arnett (SUI) e Francesco Buragina (SUI).
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In democratic countries, like the united states, the only thing that counts is who you are in the present. You have to earn what you have. So, Italy is the world champs as they earned it. And after the next world cup the winner will have earned it - whoever that may be.
@7jerryv7 if only world cups count here are some facts for you : Brazil is the ONLY team to have won 5 world cups, Brazil is the ONLY team to have qualified to every single world cup there ever was.. if only the world cup counts... there you go.. if you still want Italy to be the best you´ll have to say "only the most recent world cup counts!!!" and then we´ll die laughing at ya
@7jerryv7 this jeery guy certainly didn´t watch the same game as I did.. he´s probably talking about some other game I dont know of.. in the game I watched, brazil scored 39 seconds from the outbreak of second half, and usa became so nervous they couldn´t stop endless streams of attacks from brazil until the goals started coming, no my friend.. there was no composure in the us there in the second half... the US team can get better? sure, but only if they start giving importance to every game
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Confederations Cup
Olympic host
USA, forget 2009 in Int'l sports.