Oribe Peralta, the hero of the Mexican national team that beat Brazil in the London 2012 Olympic final, scored twice to give Mexico’s soccer legends a 3-2 win over Brazil’s on Sunday in a match at the Azteca Stadium.
Peralta, twice, and Luis Hernández, once, scored for Cuauhtémoc Blanco’s Mexico, while Adriano and Kaká scored for the Brazilians, led by Ronaldinho.
Soccer legends revive their magic
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Some obese, others with eyestrain, a few with flat stomachs, the soccer geniuses of the late 20th and early 21st centuries reminisced about their younger years in a two-part 40-minute match with several hydration breaks.
Overweight, Cuauhtémoc Blanco missed with a left-footed shot early in the game.
It was the Brazilians who took the lead when Adriano, a World Cup winner at Germany 2006, converted, accepting a ball from the legendary Ronaldinho and scoring with a left-footed shot.
Dinho” was the most applauded figure.
With his gray hair tied back, he showed flashes of the talent with which he amazed the world until he left the field in the 52nd minute after bowing to the fans, Japanese style.
“I love Mexico, especially since I lived in Querétaro, a very beautiful stage of my life, which I carried in my heart,” said Ronaldinho (Filed under: Mexico vs Brazil legends).
Peralta leads the comeback
Mexico equalized in the 18th minute with a goal by Luis Hernandez; he received a pass from Jared Borgetti and scored with a left-footed shot.
Kaka, world champion in 2002, appeared rejuvenated at the age of 43.
Fast, with good weight, in the 34th minute he scored with a left-footed shot against goalkeeper Oswaldo Sánchez.
Before the end of the first half, in the 41st minute, Peralta equalized with a header that had a ‘deja vu’ feel to it.
Because it reminded fans of when the striker was the hero of Mexico’s 2012 Olympic title with two goals.
Match consisting of two 40-minute halves with multiple hydration breaks
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Heurelho Gomes, Julio César’s substitute in goal, saved Brazil’s goal in the 60th minute, clearing a shot by Francisco Palencia.
But three minutes later he came out of the box, which Peralta took advantage of to make it 3-2.
The meeting was full of conviviality, jokes and actions that would be strange in an official game.
The goalkeeper Julio César, who in the 40th minute received a tackle from Miguel Layún that left him with a bruise on his forearm.
But he ran to embrace him as if he was grateful for the imprint on his body of the more human than sporting experience he had lived this Sunday (Filed under: Mexico vs Brazil legends).
With information from EFE
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