Late Kaka Penalty Secures Brazil Confederation Cup Win Over Egypt

Suffering from a hamstring problem Amr Zaki was forced to sit out today's Confederations Cup match between Brazil and Egypt. Chelsea defender Alex and Manchester United's Anderson were also left out due to injury, but with Kaka and Robinho starting, the game promised to be an eventful one.

It took only five minutes for Brazil to open the scoring, Kaka finding the net after finding his way through three Egyptian defenders with his impressive skill. His low drive into the bottom right corner quickly brought the game to life.

Things barely got restarted before Aboutrika bombed down the right before whipping in a beautiful cross right onto the head of Mohamed Zidan, the striker duly burying the ball behind Julio Cesar to bring the scores level once again.

Egypt were allowed to enjoy the spoils of their equaliser for all of four minutes before Luis Fabiano found the net with a beautiful glancing header from Elano's 30-yard free kick. Brazil took the lead again.

Having previously narrowly missed out on converting from an Elano corner, Juan made sure he didn't make the same mistake twice, as eight minutes from time, the defender nodded past Essam El-Hadary to bring the score to 3-1. It looked like Brazil had the game wrapped up as the game stopped for half-time.

Ten minutes into the second half, Maowad provided a wonderful cutback down the left flank and teed up Middlesbrough man Mohamed Shawky to belt a shot straight into the net. Shawky's impressive drive brought the score to 3-2, and more importantly, brought life back into the Egypt side.

Brazil had barely kicked off before Aboutrika - who had a fairly unsuccessful first half - picked up on some slopping passing by Brazil and instantly sent Mohamed Zidan through to score. Aboutrika really showed his class after the restart in helping the bring the scoreline even for the second time.

The game trudged on into the late stages with both teams searching for the winning goal, but the Brazilian skill was well matched by the strength of the Egyptians.

It took until 88 minutes before the game would be decided. A Brazilian shot was saved on the line by Egypt substitute Ahmed Al-Muhammadi, who was subsequently sent off. Who else but Kaka would place the ball on the spot and bring the score to 4-3.

Four additional minutes was not enough for Egypt to find yet another equaliser, but it was not for Ahmed Eid's lack of trying. Eid's powerful drive from the edge of the box fooled Julio Cesar, but the 'keeper's chest kept the ball from entering the net, making sure Brazil ended the game with a win.

Stephen Crawford, Goal.com

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