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Soccer fans celebrate thrilling USA v/s Portugal match at Rio's Fan Fest

Rio de Janeiro, June 23 (ANI): Thousands of soccer fans gathered in Rio de Janeiro's FIFA Fan Fest on the city's landmark Copacabana, where they were given an exciting show as the USA and Portugal came out of their Group G match with a drama-filled 2-2 draw. Supporters cheered and jumped as each side scored their goals, with Portuguese substitute Silvestre Varela grabbing the dramatic stoppage-time equalizer to secure the draw and keep his team's hopes alive. Just as it looked as though the Americans had secured a come-from-behind victory to qualify for the second round, Varela scored with a flying header from a Cristiano Ronaldo cross. The result means that after two games the U.S. are in second place, level with Germany on four points. Jun 23, 2014
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FIFA World Cup 2014 Results: Ronaldo, Varela Combine to Save Portugal in Humdinger Against USA

Cristiano Ronaldo was staring at the abyss, the abyss that waits gleefully to swallow you up, with criticism, ridicule and pain cranked up a few thousand notches more, before the superstar forward decided to, at the very least, prolong his fall into that abyss, by picking up the ball on the right, putting in a perfect-as-they-come cross for Silvestre Varela to head home easily to save Portugal's blushes against the USA. Jun 23, 2014