This was the first to zero tie between Brazil and Argentina in twenty years
Brazil and Argentina signed a draw without goals for the playoffs World Cup 2010, in a game in which predominated the strong markings in the marrow and in which both teams showed a lack of creativity.
Both Dunga as Alfio Basile changes in their respective alignments, with the aim of improving the image that gave both sets in their order commitments from the past week, when the "verdeamarilla" lost by 2-0 against Paraguay and the "albiceleste" tied at home to Ecuador.
Both strengthen the wide area. The Brazilian bet by giving entry to strong men such as Julio Baptista in the average tip and Adriano in the lead, while the Argentine team tasked to handle Jonas Gutierrez to accompany Riquelme, and the tip to Julio Cruz, to the detriment Sergio Agüero. With more offensive vocation, Brazil took the baton of the party, but found many difficulties to overcome the strong mark of Argentines in the middle of the field.
Robinho leaves the only flashes of Brazil
First Anderson and then Diego, which replaced it in the first half after being hanks ankle, were marked closely by a couple of flyers made up of Argentines Fernando Gago and Javier Mascherano, who disarmed so efficiently to the Brazilians in the line of creation. The Argentines allowed only two attacks with danger in the first half, the result of two quick actions led by Robinho.
In the first, the Madrid haggling in front of the area and he served the ball to Julio Baptista, who remató to bocajarro but encountered a providential hand of El Pato Abbondanzieri. The reject it fell to Robinho, who remató the body of goalkeeper. On the next play, Robinho received a ball long in the banda, which pilló the defense to contrapié argentina.
The striker arrived at the baseline and passed in one to one against Argentine goalkeeper outside the large area. However, to exit the race, the striker was surrounded and disarmed by three zagueros rivals. In the first half, Argentina only created danger in an auction head of Julio Cruz, a center of Gabriel Heinze, who stopped Julio Cesar smoothly.
Lionel Messi was very strong and, in the first half, only got rid of the Brazilian defenders once, in which remató very diverted. The hard markings and the constant absences on both sides returned to hinder the movement of the ball in the second half, although in the opening stages both teams searched the area harder rival.
Julio Cruz had a clear chance after a service Riquelme, but his shot was lost dry above the larguero. July Batista replied with a shot from lack poisoned forcing lucirse to Abbondanzieri, while Messi, on the opposite side, had a good time, but faded in the bottomline.