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Confederations Cup - Who wins?

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From each group, two teams will advance to the semis on June 24/25.

The winner of one group plays the runnerup from the other group in each semi, then the winners of those games play for the Cup.

Group A:
South Africa
Iraq
New Zealand
Spain

Group B:
USA
Italy
Brazil
Egypt
 
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Should have been 1-0 South Africa. They got really unlucky there, perfect header and his own teammate kept the ball out of the goal accidently.
Really looking forward to USA v Italy tomorrow, should be a really good measurement on how good/bad we are especially after Brazil on Thursday, I just don't want them to get embarassed.
 
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osuteke;1482952; said:
Should have been 1-0 South Africa. They got really unlucky there, perfect header and his own teammate kept the ball out of the goal accidently.
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Rather fitting in my opinion given the god awful free kicks RSA put forth in numerous set pieces. It was as if the guy was just kicking it at no one or no place in particular.

That poor bastard who got in the way of the goal is lucky he's not Columbian. :wink2:
 
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Buckeye513;1482983; said:
FIFA needs to ban air horns.
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You've got that right.

Brazil beat Egypt 4-3 on a PK at the end of regulation time. They were up 3-1 at the half, gave up back-to-back goals within a minute of each other early in the second half, and then got the PK by Kaka to win it.

The PK was as legit as it gets. Off a corner, the ball was kicked just inside the post about 4 feet off the ground. The keeper wasn't near it, and the Egyptian defender who was standing about a yard away from the post leaned a little, and stuck an arm out to clear the ball, which hit him just above the elbow.

The interesting thing to me was that the referee initially signaled another corner kick for Brazil, who protested of course. After the replay was shown, he red-carded the defender and awarded the PK. I don't know if he got help from the assistant referee on the sideline, or whether somebody told him the call into his headphone, since he was wearing one. I don't think FIFA will admit to the call coming from off the field, but it looked to me that it might have.
 
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BB73 said:
The interesting thing to me was that the referee initially signaled another corner kick for Brazil, who protested of course. After the replay was shown, he red-carded the defender and awarded the PK. I don't know if he got help from the assistant referee on the sideline, or whether somebody told him the call into his headphone, since he was wearing one. I don't think FIFA will admit to the call coming from off the field, but it looked to me that it might have.
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The US got a handball in the [strike]El Salvadore[/strike] Honduras CONCACAF WC Qualifier about a week ago. The center referee did not originally award it, but you could tell he talked into his headset and confirmed the handball with the linesman. Now whether those mics are hooked up to other outside sources , I am unsure of, and we'll likely never know.

I'm excited for the US today. No they may not perform well (at all), but I'm glad they got into this very tough competition as a good warm-up for the 2010 WC. It will be a good test to go against 3 top teams in the world (and maybe even advance to play some more...:crazy:). I'll be wearing my US jersey and cheering hard. I think our National Team often plays to the level of the competition (both good and bad), so while they may get "embarrassed", it also would not surprise me to see them get some results. Two out of the three teams in the group are as top class as it gets and Egypt is a very very good squad as well, but the US knows how to play physical, smart, hustle, and cause problems for opponents.

I hope they come out fired up and not scared, but either way it should be a learning experience for next year. USA!
 
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The two groups aren't exactly equal in difficulty. The worst team in USA's group, Egypt, might be better than the three other teams in Spain's group.
But one of the analyst made a good point, if your USA you love the group you're in. It benfits them much more in preparing for the World Cup, Spain is really getting nothing from the games in their group.
 
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OHSportsFan9;1484256; said:
Spain wins 1-0 over Iraq to start the 3rd day of matches. Good game.

New Zealand vs. South Africa is the 2nd match of the day. :sleep1:
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The SA game is being played in Rustenberg, in the middle of nowhere. Kind of like being played in Logan.
 
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