Dispite hopes of an historic victory coach Bob Bradley's brave USA team were cruely denied in an epic battle here in Ellis Park South Africa against a resilliant Brasil side.
But that's only half the story, it all started so well for the US as they raced into a 10th minute lead given them by Clint Dempsey scoring his 3rd goal of the tournment to the shock of the Brasilians and things were to get worse for Brasil as Landon Donovan made it 2 zero in the 27th minute leaving brasil shell-shocked and in total dissarry and to all those watching there seemed there could only be one winner!
But after the break all change. Brasil ranked number 2. in the world stepped up a gear and clawed back a goal in the 46th minute through Luis Fabiano. And the same player scrambled a second goal in the 74th minute making the scores level at 2-2 (that goal made him top scorer of the 2009 Confederations Cup).
It was a game of two halves the USA taking the intiative and working hard to deny Brasil time and space but in the second half they ran out of steam as Brasil exherted relentless pressure and finally in the 84th minute Brasil captain Lucio snatched a last gasp winner to give Brasil their third triumph in the Confederation Cup.
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