On June 17, the second round of the FIFA World Cup started in Group A at the World Cup in Brazil. In the city of Fortaleza, at the Castelan stadium, the national teams of Brazil and Mexico met. The winners of the meeting could secure access to the decisive stage of the playoffs of the most important football tournament of the four years.
Before the start of the match, more than 50 thousand spectators of the stadium in Fortaleza could witness and participate in the massive singing of the Brazilian anthem without musical accompaniment. At the World Cup in Brazil, it has already become a very beautiful and solemn tradition. After that, all spectators were in anticipation of the game itself, in which pentacampions were considered favorites.
One of the main contenders to win the tournament (Brazilians) started the game by taking the ball for themselves. However, the attacks were not so deliberate and devastating. It must be admitted that the Brazilian team did not succeed in everything that the stars of world football from this amazing country can show. However, some of the most dangerous moments were still at the gates of Mexico.
Neymar, after a brilliant serve from the flank, punched his head for sure, but the magnificent Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa made perhaps the most spectacular save of all the games played in the tournament. The goalkeeper, stretched out to the string, catches the ball sent by the Brazilian from the very ribbon of the goal. On the replay, it was seen that the sports equipment almost crossed the goal line in the air. Ochoa also saved in one more supergolic moment, when he parried a blow from several meters to his goal.
The Mexicans were eager to threaten Cesar with long shots, but the Mexican players lacked accuracy a bit. The first half ended in a goalless draw.
The second half also took place in the attacks of the Brazilians, and the Mexicans continued to fire at Cesar's gate exclusively from outside the penalty area, but the latter's strikes were not enough to reach the centimeters - the ball flew dangerously close to the goal.
Guillermo Ochoa also made a couple of outstanding saves in the second half. So, he repulsed a strike from Neymar from close range, and at the end of the match, after a corner, the captain of the Brazilians Silva struck his head with seemingly for sure. However, a brilliant goalkeeper stood in the way of the ball again.
The result of the meeting is the second goalless draw in the tournament. The Brazilians and the Mexicans are gaining four points each after two rounds and topping the Group A table in the world championship. And the hero of the meeting was the goalkeeper of the Mexican national team Guillermo Ochoa, who made four super-rescues of his goal.
