Brazil vs. Ecuador – Half Time Report – Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 2011
Brazil were to face Ecuador in the last round of the group stages. The Brazilians drew the first two games and they were required to win this match in order to qualify for the next round of the competition.
The Brazilian coach, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Reinaldo-c30775 Rueda played a traditional 4-4-2.
Julio Cesar stood between the two sticks for the Brazilian and he was aided by four defenders. While Maicon replaced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-Silva-c34903 played in the centre back position.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucas-c22528 played in the holding midfield position. These three made a three-man midfield for the Brazilians.
Robinho was back in the Brazilian starting line-up and he featured as a left winger. Alexandre Pato played on the right flank while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639 was the one who played in the centre forward role.
On the other hand, Elizaga featured in between the two posts for Ecuador. Reasco, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Araujo-c6435, Erazo and Ayovi were the four defenders who aided Elizaga in defending the goal.
The four man midfield meant that there were two central midfielders and two players on the flanks. Noboa and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arroyo-c6665 played in the heart of the pitch while Mendez and Minda featured on the right and left flank respectively.
The two strikers who played for Ecuador were Benitez and Caicedo.
As the first half kicked off, the Brazilians were all on the attack. While the Brazilians were trying to find an opener, Ecuador kept on defending with almost eight men behind the ball. It took Brazil 27 minutes to find the opener they were craving for.
The left full back Andre http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexandre-Pato-c4901 at the far post. Pato made no mistake in heading the ball into the net. The first goal came for the Brazilians who very much deserved it.
The Brazilians were all on the attack while Ecuador were trying to play counter attacking football. It was during the 33rd minute when Robinho came closest to doubling the lead for the Brazilians. It was the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maicon-c23157 who gave
a perfect cut back pass to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robinho-c31382. The Brazilian winger was waiting outside the box to shoot the ball in and his shot only managed to hit the woodwork.
The Brazilians were made to pay for their missed chance as Caicedo equalized for Ecuador. It was a goalkeeping howler by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Julio-Cesar-c19961 who couldn’t block a tamed shot taken by Caicedo. The Ecuador striker celebrated his goal even though it wasn’t the best
of goals scored by him.
The first half ended with the Brazilians dominating the game but Ecuador still managing to equalize. It was definitely a shock to see http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 were still the better of the two.
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