Brazilian Futebol

News and opinion about Brazilian football (soccer).

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Brazil comes back from behind to beat Ecuador

After an easy 4-0 win over Kuwait on Saturday, Brazil was back on the pitch this Tuesday, facing Ecuador in a friendly in Sweden. The good Ecuador team that had already played well in the World Cup did not disappoint, and started the game by controlling the action against a lost Brazilian side. After a general failure at the Brazilian defence, Borja opened the score in the 23rd minute. Things started to change when Valencia was sent off for an elbowing infraction, six minutes later. And Brazil was lucky to get the equaliser before halftime, with Fred taking advantage of a poor clearing attempt to make it 1-1 in the 44th minute. Ronaldinho Gaucho replaced Dudu Cearense in the second half, and the team coached by Dunga quickly improved its on-field display. Ronaldinho himself set up Kaka 28 minutes into the second half to make it 2-1, as the Brazilians had full control of the game against an Ecuador team unable to overcame its one-man inferiority. Ronaldinho would still hit the crossbar twice from free kicks, and the end result would be a 2-1 win for Brazil, still unbeaten after the World Cup under coach Dunga. The next match for the National side will be next month, against Switzerland, in Basel.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home