Game # 49 - Brazil vs Chile
Jun. 29th, 2014 11:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catalyst2For a few minutes there I thought that this was going to become a classic hack fest with a "If in doubt, kick out" philosophy but both sides settled down to actually kick the ball rather than each other. The Brazil attack was in full swing fast, with Marcelo coming close early in the game. Chile really didn't get much rhythm going before David Luiz (or was it Jara?) scored the first Brazilian goal. Brazil continued to hammer home and it looked likely they would score a second, only for a careless defensive play to let Sanchez in with a relatively easy shot on goal. 1-1 it was and that's how the half finished.
The second half saw Chile gradually get going and eventually gain the ascendancy. However, for all that gain, Chile just couldn't get the ball in the back of the net and Brazil's defence scrambled across time and again to clear their goal. I know that a scrambling defence is a compliment in Rugby League but it wasn't here as Chile repeatedly tore Brazil's defence into rags. Somehow there was always a defender there or Julio Cesar made another great save. Brazil also raided at times but the second half was overwhelmingly Chile's. Hulk was probably the only Brazil player to really stand up and be counted (I was going to try for a "smash" joke in there but managed to restrain myself). The game finished 1-1 so it was on to extra time.
Extra time was a bit frantic with Brazil coming hard at Chile, with Hulk providing what was the only really good chance from players on both sides. Extra time finished 1-1.
Penalties it was and, as always, it was all a bit of a lottery. Brazil eventually came through 3-2.
The second half saw Chile gradually get going and eventually gain the ascendancy. However, for all that gain, Chile just couldn't get the ball in the back of the net and Brazil's defence scrambled across time and again to clear their goal. I know that a scrambling defence is a compliment in Rugby League but it wasn't here as Chile repeatedly tore Brazil's defence into rags. Somehow there was always a defender there or Julio Cesar made another great save. Brazil also raided at times but the second half was overwhelmingly Chile's. Hulk was probably the only Brazil player to really stand up and be counted (I was going to try for a "smash" joke in there but managed to restrain myself). The game finished 1-1 so it was on to extra time.
Extra time was a bit frantic with Brazil coming hard at Chile, with Hulk providing what was the only really good chance from players on both sides. Extra time finished 1-1.
Penalties it was and, as always, it was all a bit of a lottery. Brazil eventually came through 3-2.
