Brazil beats Argentina and qualifies to the World Cup 2010
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September 6th, 2009
Brazil won Argentina today and became the first team in South America to qualify to the finals of the World Cup 2010.
Brazil won easily by 3×1. By request of Maradona, the match happened in Rosario (the same venue where Brazil and Argentina tied a match in the World Cup 1978, which Argentina eventually won), in a stadium smaller than the ones of the capital Buenos Aires; Maradona intented to put more pressure on the Brazilian team, by having the crowd nearer to the Brazilian players.
Brazil qualified to the finals of the World Cup with three rounds yet to go; this is the best performance of the Brazilian team in more than twenty years. Argentina will have to struggle hard and win their three remaining matches, to secure a place in South Africa.
The Brazilian team:Júlio César; Maicon, Luisão, Lúcio and André Santos; Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Elano (Daniel Alves) and Kaká; Robinho (Ramires) and Luís Fabiano (Adriano).
Coach: Dunga.
The early qualification should provide for a tranquil preparation until the World Cup. Besides this good campaign in the Qualifiers, the Brazilian team under the command of Dunga won the Confederations Cup last June and had won the America Cup in 2007. So far, so good.