Henrique scored twice in the last 10 minutes to lift Brazil to a 2-0 victory over Mexico in Pereira. Henrique has five goals and shares the tournament scoring lead with Alvaro Vazquez of Spain. Brazil has scored a tournament-best 15 goals.
Mexico had some good opportunities to take the lead in an evenly fought game, but Brazil turned up the pressure in the final 20 minutes. Henrique scored with a header in the 80th minute and then slotted home an 8-meter shot from a cross for the clinching goal.
His second was perfectly executed. Danilo tapped a quick pass to Dudu, who crossed to Henrique to finish perfectly for his fifth goal of the tournament.
"In all games of the tournament we have used a strategy of trying to wear down the opponent,'' Brazil coach Ney Franco said. "In the second half we have sent in better technical players to finish the job."
Gabriel played most of the match with a swollen, half-closed eye after being unintentionally kicked by Erick Torres when he went down to smother a ball in the 16th minute.
The loss ended a great run for Mexico: the senior team defeated the United States in the Gold Cup final in June, and the Aztecs defeated Uruguay in the Under-17 World Cup final in July.
0 comments:
Post a Comment