Brazil steps into the final of Confederation Cup, surpassing Uruguay by 2-1 margin in semifinal.

             

            Brazil steps into the final of Confederation cup in style, surpassing long term Latin American rival Uruguay by 2-1 margin in the semifinal played at Belo Horizonte lastnight courtesy a delayed winner scored by Paulinho in the 86^th minute of the game following Fred’s first for Brazil in the 41st minute while Cavani eqalised for Uruguay in the 48th minute of

the game. Diego Forlan, the national hero of Uruguay, standing in the fag end of his career, made a mess by missing a penalty from the spot on the 14^th minute of the game. This is Brazil’s third consecutive entry in succession in the final of the same tournament.

             Both sides struggled to find their fluency but Uruguay was muchmore interactive during the first quarter of the game, there was a needless tussle inside the box while David Luiz wrestled Diego Lugano down following a corner from the right side, the Chilean referee Osses pointed towards the spot. Diego Forlan himself went to take the spot kick which he fired low and hard to the keeper's left but Brazilian custodian Julio Cesar read his intention and pushed it behind the post.

               The game’s destiny might have exactly written right then, a player like Diego Forlan’s calibre, who remains a superhero in Latin American football since last decade, can miss from the spot, it’s hard to imagine even.

               Meanwhile after getting this lifeline Selecaos started to regroup themselves as Hulk barged his way through the Uruguay defence just before the half-hour mark, only to fire his

shot over the bar.

                However shoddy the work of Brazil's defenders, the quality of the forwards started to shine through as the game became feisty, with five yellow cards awarded by the Chilean referee within half hour mark.

               Brazil broke the deadlock in 41^st minute while Paulinho pushed a long ball from the behind over the top  and Neymar, amid slackness by Lugano, controlled it beautifully on his chest before bringing a good save from Muslera. But the rebound fell to Fred, who brilliantly banged it past the covering defenders and into the net!

              Uruguay had their chance just after this goal scored while Luiz Suarez made a blunder by shooting the ball wide from eight yards only.

               Cavani scored the equalizer for Uruguay in just third minute of the second half due to some poor defending by Brazilians inside the box, botching several attempted clearances before the ball broke to Cavani, who fired it inside the net.

                In 57^th minute Hulk forced a save from Uruguayan custodian Mulsera with a blockbusting freekick from 35 yards.

                In the later stage of the game Brazil have shown some acute urgency, they introduced local hero Bernado & Hernanes in the places of Hulk & Oscar respectively which actually worked for Luiz Philip Scholarie.

                Finally Uruguay's resistance is broken as Paulinho rises at the far post to head home Neymar's corner in the 86^th minute, the entire stadium  blasted with vociferous cheers.

            With this victory Brazil have managed to take a sweet revenge which they have been nourishing on their mind since their defeat of 1950 World Cup final against the same side.

                Now Brazil will meet the winner between two European giants Italy & Spain which would be decided at Fortaleza tonight.

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