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Brazil only needed at least a draw with Uruguay to win the competition, however, in the 79th minute of the match, Alcides Ghiggia, scored an unexpected winner under Brazilian goalkeeper, Barbosa, to bring the score 2–1 in Uruguay's favor. The entire stadium (except the Uruguayan players) was eerily quiet for some moments, returning to support ...
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Uruguay's winning squad The participating countries were the host Chile , Argentina , Uruguay and Brazil as the defending champion. Uruguay regained the title lost in the last edition, thus becoming champion for the third time in the first four editions of the tournament.
The final match of the qualifying South American group between Brazil and Uruguay was tense, surrounded by fear, as Brazil needed to win the game to qualify. Brazil beat and eliminated Uruguay by 2–0, with two goals by Romário at the end of the second half, who had been ignored in the tournament and was urgently called in to save Brazil. [25]
Group A of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup took place from 15 to 22 June 2013 in Belo Horizonte's Mineirão, Brasília's Mané Garrincha, Fortaleza's Castelão, Recife's Arena Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro's, Maracanã and Salvador's Arena Fonte Nova. [1]
In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and third place play-off, extra time would not be played, and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 9.3). In the final, extra time would be played. If still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 9.4).
The 1919 South American Championship play-off was a match held to determine the winner of the 1919 South American Championship, the third edition of this continental championship, as Brazil and Uruguay were tied for the first place after the regular competition. The match took place on May 29, 1919, at Estádio das Laranjeiras in Rio de Janeiro.
The official match ball for the tournament was the Nike Mercurial Veloci. The ball was presented on 14 February 2007, prior to a friendly match played between Venezuela and New Zealand , by the president of the Venezuelan Football Federation , Rafael Esquivel, to the mayor of Maracaibo , Giancarlo Di Martino – head of the local organising ...