Confederations Cup: Brasile 3 - 2 Stati Uniti

Invited to the big dance is the final big favorite Brazil, on the strength of 4 successes in a row the result of 11 goals made and 3 suffered, and the United States, for Underdogs autonomas, arrived for the first time et the final act of a FIFA event, capable to break the very long series of no lost and consecutive victories of Spain.

Orders Swedish Hansson's Award, accompanied by the usual monotonous sound of 'vuvuzelas', and, greet by 52,000 spectators flocked to this world of appetizers, the teams enter the field formations announced.

Dunga its ranks with a 4-2-3-1 Brazil: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Luisao, Lucio, Andre Santos (66 'Daniel Alves), Felipe Melo, Gilberto Silva, Robinho, Kaka, Ramires (dal 66' Elano ), Luis Fabiano.

Bradley responds by deploying the U.S. with a 4-4-2: Howard, Spector, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra, Dempsey, Clark (dall'88 'Casey), Feilhaber (dal 75' Kljestan), Donovan, Davies, Altidore (from 75 'Bornstein).

Brazil, forget the easy 3-0 inflicted yankees in the elimination round and, mindful of the match wrong with the U.S. for the Spanish, some with high rates of close looking at the Americans, they come a couple of dangerous mixtures in an area where the American defense will not save to corner smoothly.

But as often happens in football, when the Americans set foot in halfcourt opponent, go ahead, come on threequarts Spector and calibrates a cross toward the center of the area where Dempsey, inexplicably left alone, dirty hits in half and turned surprisingly Iulio Cesar on the second pole: 1-0 to 10 °.

The selecao receive the disadvantage unflinchingly and are now as close two minutes later with a shot from the top of the Robinho on which Howard is a great lie in dive and turn in corner.

The Americans are perched in front of the Brazilian attacks, the fortress endures, thanks to Howard that you get ready, before rejecting a shot from outside Melo, then foiled corner in a dangerous cross-shot from the bottom of an overflowing Maicon.

To 27 °, by a wrong passage of Maicon, develops a lethal restart of the U.S., the ball comes to Donovan on the rim of the midfield, a look at the left and the ball is sent to Davies who, fleeing fast on the band left, and, come on threequarts, served with a perfect assist to Donovan, more than one surprise in agility and Ramires, just come in area, is flying with a perfect left Iulio Cesar everything beautiful, from lighting herself eyes, the Americans were ahead 2-0 and the history of football seems to go to forty-eight cards.

Brazil, this time accusing the coup, the United States continue to run a thousand and close all the spaces, pressed up and being briefer, the central pair DeMerit-Onyewu can block Kakà and Fabiano, who becomes dangerous only with a head shot finished top of the crossbar, the last thrill of the first half gives him yet another incursion of an unstoppable Maicon which saves Boccanegra in extremis in diverting corner.

Waste is in the praise for the U.S., once again surprisingly perfect, but expects the vehement reaction of Brazilians who are injured but not dead.

The shooting began just 42 seconds when Maicon fishing Fabiano on the crescent, 'or fabulous', we do not think about a second, controls, turns and leaves as a shaver that passes between the legs of DeMerit and off you go in the little corner of net low to the left of an innocent Howard: 2-1.

The Americans returned to the tranquil and euphoric field, hit a cold, shaky and frightened, they lose confidence in the match, fall in intensity at midfield, the tips are struggling to defend the ball by failing to keep the team high, the team decline dangerously thirty meters starting to defend too low, giving the right to verdeoro offensive.

Boccanegra still deviates corner in a cross from the bottom of Santos, the development is the angle Howard instinctively to save on a shot to the head at close of Lucio, left all alone in the area, Gilberto Silva sends bad above the crossbar easy retype.

Member States are suffering terribly and the bands are always surprised on the second pole, which continue to leave inexplicably tight, on the new cross by the fund Kakà  is to hit a safe shot, Howard rejected against the underside of the crossbar, then the ball is moved Boccanegra in acrobatics from the merciless replay shows, however, that the intervention of Everton's goal keeper came when the ball had entirely crossed the line port, denied a goal in Brazil.

Enter Elano and Daniel Alves, the Brazilian operation acquires new outlets that the yankees are struggling to provide, Brazil is rampant, but discovers the next to go a couple of American closed with two shots from outside of Donovan and Dempsey on which Cesar Iulio you get ready rejected with confidence.

Fires are the last of the Americans, now evident in oxygen debt, the defense is completely passive, go start to the inaction, the defenders can no longer stop opening large, inviting, for toll lanes on percussion of Brazilian bands, and at 74 °, Kakà is to occur in a stretch of its leaves in place a couple of defenders and opponents want to serve for Robinho, who all alone, he manages to hit the crossbar by two steps, the most on lesti argued, however, is still Fabiano that head by two meters, easily beat Howard: 2-2.

Bradley test and with the changes to reshape the team trying to find a new balance with inputs in the field of Kljestan and Bornstein, but Americans do not have more physically on the ground and with the morale in the heels, stutter a defensive football, inappropriate to these levels, the oil verdeoro advances and inexorable, inevitable, 84 minutes to reach the goal of overtaking on the developments of a corner kicked from Elano, Lucio, left only guilty on the second pole, largely affects the head, hits the ball against the pole and thrusts to the right of Howard vain prosthesis dive: 3-2 to Brazil!

The rest of time is a desperate and ineffectual attempt of Americans to cross the opposing halfcourt, the Brazilian real is not par to demonstrate their skills in ball possession which are masters.

At three whistle of Hansson can begin the party that is the Brazilian real party, as we take the verdeoro to this success are proof of the joy and enthusiasm genuine and compelling of all, players and technicians, who dance, sing and pray as d 'habit at the big hits that dot the history of Seleçao.

For the Americans bitter tears and disappointment for a large enterprise dreamed, cradled a long time, and finally vanished, along with forces that, slowly and inexorably, they have taken off in a real shame because the success of the yankees could be that spark, both waiting for the final launch of soccer in the States.

Top: United States Donovan and Dempsey, in Brazil Fabiano and Kakà.