Tuesday, August 7, 2012
And now for the men's Semi-Finals!
And now for the men's competition! Winning the Semi-Final matches today puts two teams in the position to win the gold, a first time for each of them! And Mexico v.s. Japan was the first game of the day with the South Americans triumphing over the Asians by a tremendous margin of 3-1 despite the fact that the Japanese had opened the scoring in the 12th minute through the talented Yuki Otsu. Nevertheless, Mexico's rally took until the 2nd half to materialize with the 1st half ending at a 1-1 stand-still after Marco Fabian equalized for the Mexicans in the 31st minute. By the end of regulation time Mexico had displayed their dominance with goals in the 65th and 3rd minute of stoppage time - the latter coming from 90th minute substitute Javier Cortes! Meanwhile South Korea's match against Brazil was even more one-sided: Despite leading possession earlier in the game the Koreans proceeded to get hammered by a margin of 0-3 as the Brazilians ran away winners and will be facing Mexico in the Gold Medal Final! The South Koreans and the Japanese will then be playing in the Bronze Medal game to determine who is the better of the two sides. Make sure to watch!
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Mexico vs. Brazil should be a good game! Who scored the goals in Brazil vs. S. Korea?
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delay! The scorers included the likes of Romulo and Leandro Damiao for the Brazilians. Damiao struck twice after Romulo's 38th minute goal. Neither of these two went on to contribute in the Final though - the star of that show was Mexico's Oribe Peralta who struck twice while Brazil's Hulk did bring the Brazilians one back in the last minute of the game.
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