Brazil will face
the South American champion Uruguay in the first semifinal of Confederation Cup
which will be played on 26th June, 2013 at Belo Horizonte's Mineirao
stadium.
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The match will be interesting as both sides have a strong squad.
Brazil are unbeaten
in the competition whereas, Uruguay have won two and lost one.
Brazil have a
young squad and they need a little bit experience in order to dominate world
football again. But Daniel Alves and Thaigo Silva both have a vital role to
play they are good and have a lot of experience.
Uruguay’s advantage
is that most of their players are experienced and play regular football in
their respective clubs. And they are not too young as of Brazilian squad.
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Neymar is
proving his worth in this competition. He has scored in every match and is the
top goal scorer for Brazil with 3 goals. His all 3 goals were superb. Neymar is
the player to watch in this semifinal.
FORM GUIDE: (last five matches)
Brazil
23rd June,
2013 Italy 2 - 4 Brazil (FIFA Confederations Cup)
20th June,
2013 Brazil 2 – 0 Mexico (FIFA Confederations Cup)
16th June,
2013 Brazil 3 - 0 Japan (FIFA Confederations Cup)
10th June,
2013 Brazil 3 – 0 France (Friendly)
3rd June,
2013 Brazil 2 – 2 England (Friendly)
Uruguay
24th June,
2013 Uruguay 8 – 0 Tahiti (FIFA
Confederations Cup)
21st
June, 2013 Nigeria 1 – 2 Uruguay (FIFA Confederations Cup)
17th June,
2013 Spain 2 - 1 Uruguay (FIFA Confederations Cup)
12th
June, 2013 Venezuela 0 - 1 Uruguay (World
Cup Qualifiers)
6th June,
2013 Uruguay 1 - 0France (Friendly)
HEAD TO HEAD:
7th June,
2009 Uruguay 0 - 4 Brazil (World Cup Qualifiers)
22nd
Nov, 2007 Brazil 2 - 1 Uruguay (World Cup Qualifiers)
11th
July, 2007 Uruguay 6 – 7 Brazil (Copa America)
PROBABLE LINEUPS:
Brazil:
J.Cesar;
D.Alves, T.Silva. D.Luiz, Marcelo; L.Gustavo, Paulinho; Hulk, Oscar, Neymar;
Fred.
Luiz Filipe
Scolari should be a happy man as finally Brazil have showed some ability and flair.
His squad is perfect and has no injury worries. He will go with the same squad
as in the previous matches. He has a complete squad with all types of players,
Hulk physically strong, Neymar a packet with skills, sharpness, quickness, finishing.
Defenders like Luiz and Thaigo strong in airs. Fullbacks like Marcelo and Alves
good in both attack and defence.
Uruguay:
Muslera; Godin,
Lugano, Caceres; M.Pereira, Arevalo, Gonzalez, Rodriguez; Forlan; Suarez, Cavani.
Old horse Forlan
will going to start this match as he is still on fire. He showed his class
against Nigeria where he scored the winning goal. Cavani and Suarez will
definitely start. Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez is looking to use his strikers in
order to beat the host. Suarez is in brilliant form and this is the time for
him to show his class and help his country to qualify for the Final. Goalkeeper
and defence line will be the same as of first match against Spain.
PREDICTION:
Brazil are the
favourites to win this tournament, the main advantage is that they are the home
team but Uruguay will not let themselves to lose it easily. I will go for a 2-1
to Uruguay.
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