‘Confederations Cup’ Archives
Confederations Cup Final: United States 2-3 Brazil
The tournament that even makes the UEFA Cup look worthwhile has finally served its purpose of knackering out some of England's opponents for next year's World Cup. United States 2-3 Brazil The Confederations Cup final got off to a brilliant start after ten minutes when the United States moved ahead of the Samba Boys as Clint Dempsey turned [...]
Confederations Cup semi-final: South Africa 0 – 1 Brazil
Were Brazil a bit crap or were South Africa a lot better than anyone could have possibly hoped? A bit of both, but it was left to big Dani Alves to settle the match with a quality free-kick in the 88th minute.
Confederations Cup semi-final: Spain 0-2 United States
The Americans stunned the European champions to end their amazing 35-match unbeaten streak. In spite of the pre-match hype, it was the United States who made the early running, big Charlie Davies sending an overhead volley narrowly wide after only six minutes. Two minutes later Clint Dempsey then saw his shot drift just wide of Casillas’ [...]
Confederations Cup thriller
Brazil 3-0 Italy An unimaginative and ineffective Italy looked truly crap the first half against Brazil; when the floodgates opened the Samba Boys capitalised big time. Luis Fabiano picked up Maicon’s wayward shot and fired a low drive into Buffon’s far post to grab the opener after 37 minutes. Two minutes from the break Luis Fabiano [...]
Confederations Cup stunner
Egypt 1-0 Italy After a goalless first half, Egypt took the lead over Italy five minutes before the break with a fine leap and header from Mohamed Homos. Rene Gattuso lost his shorts at the start of the second half. In the closing stages Italy piled on the pressure, but Egyptian goalie El Hadary proved up to the task making a series of quality [...]
Confederations Cup excitement
By 'excitement' I of course mean drudgery, probably a new meaning of 'excitement' that you hadn't previously come across. Spain 1 - 0 Iraq Spain showed why they are one of the favourites for the world cup after trouncing mighty Iraq, stretching their unbeaten streak to 34 matches thanks to David Villa’s second half header against [...]
The tragic of the Confederations Cup
The only good thing about this crock of shit tournament is that it means a few decent teams that England might have to play at the World Cup will be absolutely buggered come next summer. South Africa 0 - 0 Iraq The English language doesn't contain words to describe how bad this matach was. The opening stages were scrappy as neither side [...]
