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Europe’s defending champions Spain were caught by surprise by a fearless, united, and well-organized USA team. Jozy Altidore’s opening goal minutes before the half-hour mark rang the alarm on the Spanish who then tried to respond. Riera, Xavi, Fabregas, Torres, and Villa – if not to name almost everyone – all came close to equalizing and turn things around for La Furia Roja. But a combination of luck and skill from the American’s impressive defense deprived Spain from finding a break through. Dempsey went on to score on 74 minutes to seal the USA’s shocking victory and to emphasize Spain’s defeat.
Fancy football, big names at every part of the field, and a record of 25 clean sheets out of 35 games unbeaten of which the last 15 were all victories couldn’t push Spain all the way to the final of the Confederations Cup tournament. The European’s amazing record finally came to an end at a time when almost everybody was expecting them to stand firm and to march forward.
It’s always hard to concede defeat but the Spanish have to face reality and content themselves with a bronze medal if they can.
South Africa were impressive against Brazil mainly thanks to Joe Santana’s tactical changes. Piennar and some others came close to score, forcing Julio Cesar to be on his guards. At the other end of the field, South Africa’s young goalkeeper was also constantly busy clearing his lines with the help of the defenders.
Unfortunately for the hosts, they couldn’t manage to hold Brazil for the full ninety minutes. Barcelona’s Dani Alves – who came off the bench in the dying minutes of the game – stole the spotlight and destroyed the hearts of South Africans when he broke the deadlock through an excellent free-kick. This ended South Africa’s hope of triumphing in this Confederations Cup tournament in front of the many home supporters.
So Spain and South Africa will clash against each other for the second time in three encounters and there is no doubt that this battle will be hotter than the last one.
South Africa’s 22-year-old goalkeeper was moments away from celebrating his birthday in style last week Sunday when his side came up against Spain in the third round of the Confederations Cup tournament. Khune wonderfully punched away David Villa’s penalty however, the disappointment was soon to arrive. Villa redeemed himself with a firing shot one minute later and substitute Llorente rounded up Spain’s victory with a 71st minute goal.
However, Spain might find motivation against South Africa because of their desire to reaffirm their authority. Spain will be expected to win this game, considering the anguish in which they find themselves after losing to “outsiders” the USA. In addition, they’ll be desperate to reopen a respectful and amazing record of matches against the team (South Africa) which let them avoid their first loss since November 2006.
One thing that Vicente Del Bosque might have to deal with in the preparations ahead of this clash is maintenance of his players’ psychology.Del Bosque will want to do away with complacency, lack of motivation, over anxiety or frustration.
For South Africa, this game will be the only and last opportunity to cheer up and reassure the South African nation ahead of the World Cup in one year’s time.
They will need to put their last-gap defeat to Brazil behind them and focus on Sunday’s third place final match.
Rumors suggest that South Africa’s encounter against Spain could be Joel Santana’s last game in charge of the Bafana Bafana. Whether true or false, the Brazilian born manager will want to see more from his players when they face Spain. Learning from mistakes might help Bafana Bafana to keep the door shut to the Spanish. Now the South Africans will surely need to be much more efficient in front of goal. Spain’s defense is usually excellent, but as the USA showed, it is possible to score against them when you punish them for the least mistake that they’ll do. South Africa have scored only twice in this tournament with both of these goals coming from Bernard Parker against the New Zealand.
As much as the game of football is unpredictable, it is hard to predict what will happen on Sunday between these two. Will Spain temper with their Red Fury on the South Africans? Can the hosts consulate themselves by rubbing Spain’s wounds with salt?
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It is unbelievable how a single touch can change the fortune of a club positively. That is what happened on Thursday night when Daniel Alves 89th minute free-kick came at the rescue of the former World Champions who looked exhausted and embarrassed by a brave South African side.
Brazil didn’t play their free flowing passing game spiced up with teasing balls, tricks and flicks, but in the end, they managed to reach the final of the Confederations Cup tournament. 1-0 was enough to see out the hosts and to have the opportunity of defending their crown.
However, facing the USA in the final may not be the sweetest relief. Despite losing 3-0 to Brazil in the second round of the tournament, the USA have managed to lift their image by miraculously qualifying to the quarterfinals before ousting favorites Spain to reach the final stage.
It tells that Brazil will not have to take anything for granted when they come up against the Yankees. Bob Bradley has slowly put up a side that combines unity, hard work, and belief. The USA’s strength mainly comes on the offensive. Technically, the Yankees’ backline is very good. It is made of defenders like Demerit who can contain the likes of the biggest start names in football like Fernando Torres.
On the other hand, the Brazilians appeared to be exhausted and embarrassed during their semifinal game against South Africa. Carlos Dunga will perhaps struggle to have his biggest assets fresh for the final encounter; three days may not be enough for the Brazilian team to recuperate from fatigue.
The USA could take advantage of this factor, if really Brazil show signs of imperfection in the first moments of the game. After comprehensively losing 3-0 in earlier in the tournament, the CONCACAF Gold Cup champions will be out for revenge against the five-time World Champion.
However, one man who will not be able to help the USA in the final is Michael Bradley. The player – who netted a vital goal against Egypt – was shown a straight red card for a foul on Xavi in the latter stages of the match. How crucial will the absence of the son’s coach be to the Americans?
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