Chapter 550 Qualifying Early
In the 14th minute, Ricardo took the ball from the left. When the Ivorian right back Demel approached, he had already increased his speed. He easily passed Demel with a fake action of sinking his shoulders. Quickly cuts inside, swinging away from Kolo Touré's cross.
Fabiano headed in and Barry struggled to lift the ball over the bar.
The Brazilian team took a corner kick, Baptista grabbed the spot and volleyed, and hit the defender and popped up. Kaka made a supplementary shot slightly higher.
In the 18th minute, the Brazilian team attacked again on the left. Ricardo easily passed Demel after receiving a pass from Kaka, and passed the ball to the center before Yaya Toure came to defend. Fabiano After receiving the ball, he adjusted a step, was half a beat slow, and the final shot hit the defender and popped out.
In the 23rd minute, the Brazilian team slowly controlled the ball in the middle. The Ivorian players were a little anxious, stepped forward to press, and messed up the defensive formation. After the ball reached Kaka's feet, he shook his opponent away and sent a direct pass to the left.
Ricardo ran to catch the ball in the open, flicked Tiot's tail away, and shot from a small angle with his left foot.
Barry quickly went to the ground to save and hit the ball, the ball was out of his control area, but it didn't roll far enough. Fabiano followed up with a supplementary shot and once again penetrated the gate of Côte d'Ivoire.
"Fabbiano Goallllll! Only halfway through the first half, he has already scored twice!"
"Before the game, many people thought that this game would be very intense. Ivory Coast could cause great trouble for Brazil and might become the biggest dark horse in this competition. But judging from the strength shown in this game, the Brazilian team is still stable. Outperformed."
"Côte d'Ivoire is not without strength, but their biggest misfortune is that they are drawn into a group with Brazil and Portugal."
After taking a two-goal lead, the Brazilian team slowed down their tempo even more, taking their time in midfield. Côte d'Ivoire pounced a few more times, but almost every time the Brazilian team seized the opportunity to hit them behind them, causing a huge threat.
So Côte d'Ivoire didn't dare to press on and press easily, and could only watch helplessly as the opponent took possession of the ball.
After occasionally stealing the ball, Côte d'Ivoire couldn't penetrate Brazil's defense. Drogba didn't have many opportunities to display under Lucio's marking. It was very difficult to connect the ball. Côte d'Ivoire had to take long shots from outside the penalty area End the attack hastily.
Until the end of the first half, Côte d'Ivoire had only 5 shots and 1 hit the goal, and did not pose a serious threat to the Brazilian team.
Brazil didn't have many shots, 7 shots, 4 hits and 2 goals.
But almost every shot is very threatening.
In terms of ball possession rate, Brazil's ball possession accounted for 68%. From these data, it can be seen how much Brazil squeezed space, and Côte d'Ivoire was completely passive.
During the intermission, Dunga didn't emphasize too many things, but just warned the players not to relax.
This game can be considered as won.
After the opening of the second half, Côte d'Ivoire pressed hard and tried to counterattack.
This instead gave Brazil a chance to fight back.
In the 50th minute, Brazil attacked from the right, Rico dribbled the ball at high speed and then made a pass, Fabiano headed back and rubbed.
Ricardo received the ball on the left side of the penalty area. Facing Eboue, who was rushing up, he flicked the ball. After passing Eboue, before the football landed, he flicked again and passed Demel.
At this time, Eboue had already turned around and continued to grab the ball. Ricardo picked the ball for the third time. The football flew between Demel and Eboue. shoot.
Barry failed to make a save, and the football hit the net!
"Riccardo Goallllllllll! Wonderful goal! At this moment he is simply possessed by Ronaldinho! I bet the video of this goal will have tens of millions of clicks on Youtube!" The commentator was excited Get up, "He scored the second goal of this World Cup, and this is also his 92nd goal for the Brazilian national team! He is still breaking records!"
At this time, the live broadcast camera was aimed at the audience, and swept across South African President Zuma, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Zidane, and they were all applauding for this wonderful goal. The camera finally fell on a mixed-race girl and stayed for 2 seconds.
Many people recognized that this girl was Ricardo's rumored girlfriend, and it was rumored that Ricardo bought an Aston Martin for her.
Eriksson made a desperate substitution adjustment at this time. Gervinho came on and replaced Dindane.
After the re-kick-off, Côte d'Ivoire played the most threatening attack. Gervinho made a pass from the bottom, Drogba headed the goal from the center, and narrowly missed the post.
Drogba looked very annoyed. Such opportunities, Côte d'Ivoire did not get many in this game.
Brazil, on the other hand, firmly controlled the rhythm of the game, like a big net, firmly netting Côte d'Ivoire.
In the 60th minute, Ricardo's vigorous volley went slightly wide.
One minute later, Ricardo broke through and sent a cross. Kaka shot in the middle and was saved by Barry.
In the 62nd minute, Ricardo took the ball from the left. He dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area and slowed down. However, the Ivorian players did not dare to go up. several times.
Ricardo confronted two Ivorian defenders. Kaka suddenly jumped in at high speed. Ricardo pushed the ball to the baseline. After receiving the ball, Kaka took a big step and sent a cross.
After the football came to the end, Ricko rushed to the horse, and a stab shot rewritten the score to 4:0 for Brazil.
Côte d'Ivoire, which is 4 goals behind, has not completely lost its fighting spirit, and Drogba and other players are still struggling.
At this time, their goal is not to equalize the score, but to score at least one goal, to prove that they are not weak, and to prove that they have been to the World Cup.
Eriksson made consecutive substitutions, Keita replaced Kalou, Romaric replaced Eboue, Brazil also began to adjust, Dunga replaced Ricardo and Kaka, and gave Robinho, Eboue. Lano's chance to play.
In the 78th minute, Elano scored the fifth goal for Brazil with a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area.
But in the 89th minute, Yaya Toure's cross was pushed into the goal of the Brazilian team by Drogba, and Côte d'Ivoire was finally not cut into a bald head.
At the press conference after the game, Dunga couldn't hide his pride: "I am very satisfied with the process and result of this game. I expected to win because we are Brazil."
"Fabiano proved he is a player of great quality, he is a different type of Ronaldo and I will play them according to the opponent."
"The top scorer? I think there is no doubt that it will be Ricardo. Now he has not exerted his strength. You can see that in these two games, he is happy to create opportunities for his teammates. When it came to the knockout stage, he encountered even more. If you are a strong opponent, you will see a Ricardo with full firepower."
After this campaign, the Brazilian team won both games and has won the right to qualify in advance. They will compete with Portugal for the first place in the group.