A Brazilian Team stumbled in the sub-20 South American Championship this Thursday and ended the round with the vice-leadership of the final hexagonal of the competition. Against the Colombiathe Brazilians were tied 0-0 and were overtaken by Uruguay.
Brazil led the final phase of the competition until this Thursday. With the victory of Uruguayby 1-0 against Paraguay, the Brazilians ended the round in second place, with 10 points, two less than the new leaders.
The next match of the Selection will define the champion. Brazil faces Uruguay in a direct confrontation for the title of the South American sub-20. On Sunday, at 10 pm (Brasília time), the team led by Ramon Menezes needs to win to take the trophy home. For the match, the team may not have midfielder Marlon Gomes, who left the pitch crying this Thursday, due to muscle problems in his thigh.
End of the first half!
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Colombia remained in third place in the final hexagonal, with seven points. The 1-1 draw between Ecuador and Venezuela in the other match of this round, however, guaranteed the team in the category’s World Cup, which will be played later this year, in Indonesia. The team’s next match will be on Sunday, at 6 pm, against Venezuela.
The game
The duel started hot. At 3 minutes, Marlon Gomes vibrated after moving a ball away and time closed. After the push-push, the Brazilian was punished with a yellow card. The first chance to score was Colombia’s, with a header by Jorge Cabezas that forced Kayke to make a good save. The goalkeeper appeared several times in the first stage to save Brazil.
The best opportunity of the Selection happened with 43 minutes of rolling ball. After a free kick into the area, Andrey Santos appeared between the defenders and headed towards the goal, but stopped in the Colombian goalkeeper. On the rebound, the defensive midfielder managed to finish with his feet, but sent it over the crossbar and the first half ended with the score zero.
As in the first half, the second half also started busy. At 8 minutes, Colombia crossed into the area and Kayke scored. As the goalkeeper was leaving the penalty area, he bumped into Alexis Manyoma, who fell to the ground, and a penalty was awarded. Captain Gustavo Puerta went for the kick and hit the left corner, but the shot was very weak and the Brazilian goalkeeper fell to defend with ease.
Then, at 14, Colombia had a player expelled. Jhojan Torres took the lead from Andrey Santos and left his arm in the Brazilian’s face. As there was already yellow, the player ended up taking the red one. With one more man, Brazil now has more space to play. Coach Ramon Menezes chose to make three changes, Marlon Gomes, injured, Guilherme Biro and Giovane left for Stênio, André and Pedrinho to enter.
Even with the new players on the field, Brazil was unable to score. In addition, at 94, Luis Guilherme came close to scoring, but his finish from outside the area took paint off the post and went outside.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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