JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Starting Lineups USA: --------------------------Gomez------------------------- ---------Torres--------------------------Donovan---- ----------------Jones----------Bradley---------------- --------------------------Edu------------------------------ Johnson--Bocanegra---Onyewu---Cherundolo -------------------------Howard-------------------------- Brasil: ---Damiao------------Hulk-----------Neymar-- ---Sandro------------Oscar-----------Romula--- Marcelo------Juan------Thiago Silva-----Danilo -------------------------Rafael----------------------- I don't think this will be a 5-1 USA victory, but let's see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Brasil awarded a dubious penalty for a ball-to-arm Onyewu handball. Neymar converts, but in all objectivity, that was never a penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Thiago Silva scores with an unmarked header from a Brasil corner. 2-0, Brasil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Goal, USA! Michael Bradley with a brilliant through ball to Fabian Johnson in the box, who crosses it to Herculez Gomez for the header. And that's the half. 2-1, Brasil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Marcelo with basically a tap in off a pinpoint cross from Neymar. Brasil are making it look easy, 3-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Dempsey warming up for USA. This'll be the first time Dempsey and Donovan have been on the pitch together under Klinsmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Rômulo with a brilliant goal line clearance to deny Dempsey. Pato on for Brasil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Rafael with a massive double save to deny Herculez Gomez and Terrence Boyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Rafael with a brilliant reaction save to deny a Michael Bradley header, and then an Onyewu header crashes off the bar. The Americans knocking at the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Pato with a clinical goal against the run of play. Marcelo's cross was perfect. Brasil, 4-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 One man thread is one man ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Could have been much closer scoreline from what I saw. USA dominated the last half hour. The Pato goal came out of no where. Dempsey and Boyd should have scored. Then Onyewu hit the bar. It was a great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieZ Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Agreed. I thought Bradley was fantastic as usual and Fabian Johnson appears to be the answer for us at left back (he could to a job in the Premier League, but I don't see it happening). There were some performances to forget (Onyewu) and we couldn't match their clinical finishing, but I'm actually relatively encouraged by aspects of our performance, despite the lopsided scoreline. Neymar is an absolute terror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Herculez Gomez what a name!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 How did Onyewu play for Milan? He's looked shite in every game I've seen him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Hammered them lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 What do the Americans think about having a foreign manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 am sure they dont care like most nations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 What do the Americans think about having a foreign manager? Am not bothered at all with having a foreign manager. You have to realize that America does not have some illustrious history with the game of football, so finding suitable managers domestically is not always the best option. As long as you can get a foreign manager in who understands the differences in the US system, especially youth development, then there is no problem. Fortunately, Klinnsi has spent quite a while living in the US, so he has a very good understanding of how the game works over there. While at the same time he is bringing in a more continental approach to the game and throwing the scouting net out farther and bringing in lots of good, young German American players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 am sure they dont care like most small nations Foreign managers are for small nations like Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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