Chapter 212: Uruguay
Brazil's next opponent has already been decided, South American powerhouse Uruguay.
As one of the traditional South American top three, Uruguay has not had a good record in recent years, but it has always been particularly energetic when playing Brazil.
However, the last time the two teams met in the Copa America was in the 1999 final, when Brazil won 3-0 under Ronaldinho. Therefore, the Brazilian team still has a psychological advantage when facing Uruguay.
Brazil and Uruguay have an inextricable feud.
At the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, the Brazilian team was desperate to win the Hercules Cup for the first time on their doorstep. And they did perform well at that time, under the leadership of Ademir and others, they killed all the way with excellent results. In the first two rounds of the knockout round, Brazil swept Sweden 7:1, beat Spain 6:1, and faced Uruguay in the last round, and only needed a draw to win the championship.
In the "final" played at the Maracana, cheered on by 174,000 fans, Brazil took the lead thanks to Friasa's goal. Just when Brazilian fans thought they were about to win the World Cup for the first time, the situation on the field changed.
Schiafino and Gizzia scored twice in a row to shatter the Brazilians' championship dreams.
However, since then, Uruguay has never reached the final of the World Cup, but Brazil has reached 6 finals and won the cup 5 times, becoming the banner of South American football.
And the gap between Uruguay and Brazilian football is also widening.
Although Uruguay's Peñarol remains the team with the most Copa Libertadores titles, Uruguayan football as a whole has been left far behind by Brazil and Argentina.
On the evening of July 21, in Lima, Peru, Brazil will face Uruguay in the winner of the match, which will face Argentina, who eliminated Colombia in the previous match.
Before the game, the major media were generally optimistic about the Brazilian team, although Brazil lost to Paraguay in the group stage, and Paraguay was eliminated by Uruguay, but this does not mean that Uruguay has eaten Brazil.
On the contrary, Uruguay is weaker than Brazil in every sense of the word.
Andreas Pereira reproduced exactly the same line-up from the 5-0 sweep of Mexico last time out, with Roberto Mancini from Serie A continuing to be squeezed on the bench by McConn, while Ricardo continued to partner Adriano up front.
Compared to the Brazilian team's lineup, Uruguay's composition is much shabby, without a real big name.
Although none of the world-class stars of the Brazilian team came, there were still so many continental stars to support the scene.
Uruguay has only one continental level in the whole team, and the rest are all national and regional players.
If you only look at the strength on paper, Uruguay really doesn't need to play, just admit defeat, the difference in strength is too big.
But once the game began, the Uruguayans ran aggressively and fought fiercely against their formidable opponents. They lined up in a 352 formation today, with two midfielders in the midfield and three forwards for Bueno and Dario. Silva delivers the cannonballs, and the kick is very simple and straightforward.
Just three minutes into the game, Uruguay had a golden opportunity when they hit the wall with a one-two combination to let the leading scorer Dario. Silva had a chance to shoot in the six-yard box, but Cesar played superbly and blocked the close-range shot with his legs, and Luizon chased back to destroy the ball with a big foot.
The panicked Brazil immediately launched a counter-attack, with Edu stabbing the ball to Alex, who found Ricardo with a diagonal cross.
Ricardo turned his back to the incoming ball and flicked it behind him past Javier. Delgado then drove straight with the ball. ran all the way to the edge of the penalty area before distributing the ball to Adriano, who ran into position. Adriano didn't stop the ball well, it was a little bigger, and when he caught up, he found that the angle was already small.
He glanced at the middle of the road and saw that Ricardo was already surrounded by Uruguayan defenders, so he simply fired a shot of his own and bounced off the body of Uruguayan goalkeeper Vieira. At this point, Ricardo suddenly activated, left several Uruguayan players behind, rushed to the ball, jumped up and shot with the instep of his foot.
However, this time after all, he didn't grasp it well, he didn't make a force, and the angle was not tricky enough, Vieira made a successful second save and racked the ball out of the bottom line.
The Brazilian team's counterattack did not make the Uruguayans back down, and they continued to attack bravely, even fighting more and more bravely, and for a time they actually suppressed the Brazilian team.
In the 13th minute, Uruguay had one of the best chances of the game, Juan made a mistake when trying to clear the ball with a header in the box, and headed the ball to Uruguayan striker Bueno, who immediately headed the ball to his partner Dario. Silva. By this time Cesar was out of position, and he thought Bueno would shoot straight at goal, and he had already moved in advance.
Dario. Silva squandered a diamond-like chance with a powerful shot that bounced off the crossbar in the face of an empty goal.
Although the goal was not scored, it was a wake-up call for Brazil, and Pereira was also very angry, standing on the sidelines and shouting in command. He didn't understand why the team played so well in the last game, but this one turned into a bear.
If you think about it carefully, it seems that you also played like a bear on the court, and you also played well when you won 4:1 against Costa Rica, and you also played like a bear on the court against Chile......
This special law comes out, one is good, one is bad. In other words, if Brazil can get past tonight, they will be able to play well against Argentina next...... There's nothing wrong with it, old iron.
But is this level so easy to pass?
In the 22nd minute, Uruguay got a free kick opportunity on the left side of the field. Delgado takes the penalty.
He glanced at the penalty area and began to run, his right foot slammed into the bottom right of the ball, and the ball drew a strong arc and flew straight into the Brazilian box. Uruguayan midfielder Sousa burst out of the crowd and leapt to the top of the pitch, where Brazilian goalkeeper Cesar immediately fell to the ground and pounced, but the ball bounced off the ground and flew over his shoulder and into the goal.
Uruguay leads 1:0!
The fans at the scene were not surprised that Brazil conceded first, nor were the commentators.
The commentator of Brazilian TV said hatefully: "The Brazilian team was limited in midfield today, Uruguay's two midfielders Bizela and Sosa defended fiercely, ran aggressively and covered a lot, and Perez, Delgado and Rodriguez in front of them also spared no effort to run." There are no big names in this Uruguay team, but they have overwhelmed the Brazilian team with their overall tactics, and the goal conceded by the Brazilian team is expected. Now it's up to Pereira to see what he can do, he has to make adjustments quickly, and if it continues like this, Brazil will fall out of the final. ”
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