Idiotic defending from David Luiz as he pulled captain Diego Lugano to the floor resulted in a penalty to Uruguay. Veteran Diego Forlan took it, and he put the ball down the right hand side of the goal, but Julio Cesar brilliantly saved it.
It was a very steady game, Hulk having the only good chance, smacking it over the bar after good play between the Zenit man and Fred.
Then, Marcelo chipped a long ball to Neymar and he exquisitely chested the ball and shot, but it was saved. Fortunately, Fred was in the right place at the r
ight time to shin the ball into the net.
After half time, Uruguay attacked and scored via Cavani's low drive into the bottom corner. The Napoli striker intercepted a shambolic pass from Thiago Silva.
A substitution which lit up the crowd was Bernard coming on for Hulk. The had and instant impact as a quality low cross from the Tottenham target was volleyed over the bar by Fred.
A bullet header from Paulinho sparked wild celebrations in Brazil. Uruguay had a few last minute set pieces which were nervy times for the Brazilians but they held on.
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