Brazil wins Sub 20 South America
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February 21st, 2011
This blog has been a little abandoned lately, and the reason for such had been forewarned by FIFA’s General Secretary almost a year ago: Brazil only starts to work after Carnival (and in 2011 the Carnival will be from 5th through 8th March).
Little happened these past few months (this latest status is still up to date). The news about the World Cup 2014 are more in the negative side than the positive one. To mention a few: Sao Paulo is still struggling to define which stadium will host matches in the city; the new President Dilma Rousseff announced a R$ 50 billion cut in the federal budget, and the effects on the World Cup works are still to be known.
But there is a good news: Brazil was the champion of the South America Cup for players Under 20; Brazil won Uruguay by 6×0 on February 13th. Below, the goals.
By winning, the team guaranteed a place in the Olympic Games of 2012 in London; there, they will be joined by other more experienced players, for the limit age to participate in the Olympics is 23.
What was the champion team? Actually, I looked around the internet for the line-up of the team, but I couldn’t find. There is a consensus, though, that the main Brazilian players were Lucas, from Sao Paulo FC, and Neymar, from Santos FC, both aged 18.
Neymar wasn’t a surprise; in 2010, there was a clamour in favour of the participation of Neymar and his co-player Ganso in the South Africa Cup.
Lucas, on the other hand, was unknown to most until recently; his good performances earned him the privilege of getting more attention from coach Mano Menezes.
Brazil will not play Qualifying for the World Cup 2014, so the team must take advantage of tournaments to assess its potential. So far, the principal team lost the only two important matches played, namely against Argentina and against France.
Things are not looking very bright.