Good game in the Confederations Cup final today, but in the end Brazil was the better team. Somehow U.S. kept numbers up defensively and it took Brazil into the second half to penetrate, although American keeper Tim Howard helped keep his team on top with some spectacular saves in the first half.
The score could have been higher. With the U.S. still up, 2-1, in the 61st minute, Howard reached back into the goal to knock out a ball off the head of Kaka. The ball went up, struck the underside of the crossbar, bounced down on the line and out. But replays seemed to show that it had completely crossed the line when Howard first played it. The referee did not think so and play went on.
Thirteen minutes later Brazil tied it and then scored the game winner on a header off a corner minute in the 84th minute,
Despite the disappointment, no reason for the U.S. to be ashamed, especially after a terrible start in the tournament and the epic 2-0 shutout of Spain in the semifinals.
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