Uruguay was granted a gift in the opening 15 minutes of their Confederations Cup semifinal against Brazil, but they were unable to capitalize and the game remains scoreless.
Diego Lugano was taken down in the box by David Luiz, leading to the referee giving a penalty -- a no-doubter as Luiz executed a rugby tackle on Lugano to lead to the spot kick.
Julio Cesar came up huge with a save on Diego Forlan, though, to keep the penalty from causing too much of a difference.
The save by Cesar was a brilliant one. Usually saved penalties result from less than optimal shots placed nowhere near the corner, but Forlan's penalty wasn't a bad one. He appeared to have the lower right corner picked out well, but Cesar did brilliantly to get across and make the stop. Fred scores to put Brazil up on Uruguay
How Fred went from being a sold, but unspectacular striker at Olympique Lyonnais to being a key player for the Brazilian national team is anyone's guess, but he's on fire and has locked down his starting center forward position. He's now netted eight goals in his last 10 games in a Brazil shirt, including his team's first goal in their Confederations Cup semifinal against Uruguay, putting them up 1-0 in the first half. Edinson Cavani equalized for Uruguay at the start of the secon half, 48th minute. However, Paulinho scores the winning goal for Brazil. He netted the winning goal in Brazil's 2-1 victory over Uruguay with a brilliant header on a corner to take Brazil to the final.
Congrats Brazil!
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