Confederations Cup - Brazil

[betplom]

spain brazil what the people wanted

not the Italian people.


fuck 'em, the Italians played not to lose instead of going for the win.

 

[Tron]

fuck 'em, the Italians played not to lose instead of going for the win.

They lost to the best side in the world to PK's. common guy.

Tough loss. Buffon was outstanding. Oh well.

 

[Potato]

Potato thinks GERMANY is currently the best team in the world.

 

[betplom]

They lost to the best side in the world to PK's. common guy.

Tough loss. Buffon was outstanding. Oh well.

I wanted to be entertained with an offensive display, instead the Italians passed the ball back to midfield on a some of their corner kicks. No intensity or interest in trying to score. Watched the first half then took a nap at halftime.

 

[roguejuror]

that's eternal italy plom catenaccio

yall heard the crowd pop with Bernard yesterday for brazil? next big euro star

 

[Tron]

Plom, The Italians can't beat you but you can lose to them.


That's all you need to know.

God Bless.

 

[Tron]

Also (and Juror might agree), the Italians were very offensive minded in the 1H but just couldn't get it in the back of the net.

 

[roguejuror]

for sure the 1h was almost an inverted roles of what was expected with italy pushing and spain waiting back

a couple of boos in the 2h from the crowd for both of them

plommer for extra time they both took out their strikers

 

[betplom]

I prefer watching Euro league play, tournaments not so much.

 

[Tomato]

omg that result was perfect

cleaned up

and the final and 3rd place game are both PK games

 

[reno cool]

when is the final? sounds like a good tournament. what the hell is it? Confederations? what does that mean?

 

[roguejuror]

sunday 1pm your time

confedarations, all regions have nation tournaments eurocup europe, copa america south america, concacaf gold cup north america y caribbean, etc each champion plus the world cup champion plus a couple of guest nations play the mini tournament one year prior to the world cup in the host country in preparation of the big event

 

[Potato]

Qualified teams
2013 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
Brazil CONMEBOL Hosts 30 October 2007 7th
Spain UEFA 2010 FIFA World Cup winners 11 July 2010 2nd
Japan AFC 2011 AFC Asian Cup winners 29 January 2011 5th
Mexico CONCACAF 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 25 June 2011 6th
Uruguay CONMEBOL 2011 Copa Amrica winners 24 July 2011 2nd
Tahiti OFC 2012 OFC Nations Cup winners 10 June 2012 1st
Italy UEFA UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up1 28 June 2012 2nd
Nigeria CAF 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winners 10 February 2013 2nd

1Italy was awarded a spot in the competition because Spain had won both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. Since both competitions award their winners a place in the FIFA Confederations Cup, the runner-up of UEFA Euro 2012 received an invitation to the tournament.

 

[reno cool]

oh, thnx fellas, sounds pretty good. Kind of strange that looks like some teams qualified years ago.

they should have a tournament where the winners of their national leagues compete.

and in hockey,the BlackHawks should play who ever won the KHL cup. that would be cool

 

[roguejuror]

they do it's called the champions league

 

[roguejuror]

Uruguay slightly favorite, I think I'll just watch this one.

 

[Saulty]

Potato thinks GERMANY is currently the best team in the world.

Spain is still #1.

 

[roguejuror]

I'll take a gamble on O2.5 +130 for Brazil Spain. Gonna be a good one.