Brasil were almost out of the WC14!

What a match yesterday!Brazil vs Chile in the round of sixteen. Brazil went to the match thinking that it would be an easy prey for them but the match went somewhat different when Chile replied with so much expressions in the match.Not even in 120 mins Brazil were able to defeat Chile but it took a penalty shootout to decide the match for the Homeboys finally.The crowd in the stadium yesterday was worthwhile to see..it seemed as if that the whole Brasil was present there.But it was not all joyous moments for them for the whole match,it was only after the 120 mins that they could enjoy because Chile's performance yesterday was spell-bounding.Lets see what happened in the match.

Brazil was full of excitement,passionate from the beginning of the match and why they should not be as they were playing in front of their thousands supporters and that too in their home.They started the game well with frequently creating attacking positions with few on target shots as well.The whole stadium went to roaring when David Luiz scored the first goal for Brasil as well as his first career goal for the team-it was a good corner kick from Neymar when the goal was executed.Though Brasil's dream run didn't last for long as the man who Brasil feared the most Alexis Sanchez scored the equaliser by scoring a beautiful goal down the goal post.The match went 1-1 into the half time.

In the second half it was like a war going on between the two south American team.Both the team were playing their best and were at their peak.Shots were coming out,tackles were made and tough decision were also taken by referees plus the electric environment created by the presence of the fans in the stadium.But somewhere in around 70 mins Brasil started taking more attacking position and they were playing full counter attacking but somehow or i must praise Chile's Goalkeeper Bravo who had saved each and every shot so brilliantly that it was as if he was a goal stopping machine.Just two minutes left in the game when Pinnila with a great run shot the ball...for a second the whole stadiums got silenced heart beat stopped but it was relieved when the ball hits the post and got rebound.

 

The match went into the extra time but both the team were unable to produce goals though exciting moments came when the ball was near the goal posts for both the team but everybody was eager for a penalty shootout and at last it came to penalty shootout only to decide the match.Lots of agonising moment,Players were nervous ,managers were shivering,crowd were praying when david luiz took the first penalty shot and it was taken calmly into the goal.There was a relief.After that it was Julius Caesar who saved two great penalty for his team that decided the match though hulk's and marcelo's miss also was a point of worrying at the dying minutes even but when Chile's jara hit the ball into the bar it was all over for chile and Brasil went to the quarter final of 2014 world cup.

The stadium was full of tears,tears of happiness of the brazil fans-tears of anguish form chile's fans but the only question which is eating our brain out is that can brazil recover from this experience quickly enough?

                                                                                                                                Anuttam Chatterjee