Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 Match Report: Brazil vs Venezuela – Part 2
The second half picked up from exactly where the first half left off. Brazil continued to dominate possession, as Venezuela were left chasing shadows all over the pitch.
In the 54th minute of the game, Pato received the ball, after making a brilliant run. The forward nearly snuck in beyond the two centre halves, but his control got the better of him, as the ball rolled on into the arms of Vega.
Soon after, Venezuela started to show glimpses of hope, as they started to string together a number of passes.
In the 60th minute, Arango won the ball off, of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miku-c25758. Unfortunately, his pass had too much weight on it, as it rolled into the arms of Cesar.
In the 62nd minute, Rondon was shown a yellow for diving, while Gonzaelz was shown a yellow in the 63rd minute for a late tackle on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Neymar-c27639.
Both http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robinho-c31382 and Moreno came on for Rondon, right before the 65th minute mark.
In the 71st minute, Venezuela played a short corner, which found its way for Gonzalez. The midfielder then attempted an audacious effort from 25 yards out. However, the ball took a heft deflection and was eventually gathered by Cesar with ease.
In the 85th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Venezuela-c3039 tried to get something late on in the game, as they brought on Giacomo Di Giorgio for Gonzalez.
Brazil had the opportunity to score the opening goal of the game in the 87th minute, but Andre http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 decided to go for glory as he shot from distance, only to see his effort sail well wide of the mark.
The match soon head into extra time and the only highlight that came from the four minutes of added time, was the yellow card shown to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alejandro-Moreno-c4424.
As a result, the match ended with both Brazil and Venezuela being level at 0-0.
The line-ups for the game were as follows:
Brazil: Júlio César, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Luiz-c10542, Victor. Lucas
Venezuela: R. Vega, R. Rosales, G. Cichero, O. Vizcarrondo,G. Perozo, F. Lucena, T. Rincón, J. Arango, C. González, Miku, S. Rondón. SUBS - J. Rey, G. Maldonado, D. Arismendi, A. Moreno, L. Morales, L. Seijas, G. Di Giorgi, A. Gonzalez, D. Hernández, Y. Orozco, J. Meza
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