Yesterday was an exhilarating exhibition of football for anyone even remotely associated with the sport.
Both matches of the Confederations Cup were beamed live and they certainly lived up to expectations. If the match between Mexico and Germany was a thriller, the final between Brazil and Argentina was Pure Joy as Samba Magic prevailed.
The final will always be remembered for players who like Riquelme, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Adriano and Gabriel Heinze providing a spectacular display. I confess that I had never really believed that Riquelme could actually play well and most of the attention was because of his similarity to another Argetine Playmaker. But yesterday I had to reverse my opinion as he produced a superb display under very difficult circumstances. I really look forward to watching him at Villareal from now on and hope that he shifts to a bigger club so that he can perform on the biggest stage of all, The Champions League.
Gabriel Hienze was as always at the top of his game notwithstanding the fact that Argentina conceded 4 goals. All of them were scored after Heinze was away drawn from the centre of goal by diversion. The tenacity and selfless display could have won him a winner’s medal if only his fellow defenders were half competent.
On the other hand, even if Argentina had ten Heinze’s or even Ferdinand’s, they could not stop the Samba force called BRAZIL. They were just a joy to watch. The quartet of Ronaldinho Kaka Robinho and Adriano were just too good and it would be interesting to see what happens when Ronaldo returns to the national team. I mean after seeing the first goal yesterday it would be a shame too see Adriano on the bench right?
The match between Mexico and Germany was a thriller as I said before and could have gone either way. Both teams were badly organised and neither side was strong in defence but showed amazing attacking skills in short spells. Ballack left his mark on the match with a great freekick but I do not see the point in him acting as a centre forward.
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