FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2013
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[I]June 15th-30th, 2013[/I]
Qualified teams:
[B]Group A[/B]
Brazil (2014 World Cup host)
Japan (2011 AFC Asian Cup winner)
Mexico (2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winner)
Italy (UEFA Euro 2012 runners-up)
[B]Group B[/B]
Spain (2010 World champions)
Uruguay (2011 Copa Am
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Really excited to see the Brazil team, especially Neymar.
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Here's Italy's preliminary squad.
GK
Agazzi (Cagliari), Buffon (Juventus), Marchetti (Lazio), Sirigu (Paris St. Germain)
D
Abate (Milan), Antonelli (Genoa), Astori (Cagliari), Barzagli (Juventus), Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), De Sciglio (Milan), Maggio (Napoli), Ogbonna (Torino), Ranocchia (Inter)
M
Aquilani (Fiorentina), Bonaventura (Atalanta), Candreva (Lazio), Cerci (Torino), De Rossi (Roma), Diamanti (Bologna), Giaccherini (Juventus), Marchisio (Juventus), Montolivo (Milan), Pirlo (Juventus), Poli (Sampdoria)
F
Balotelli (Milan), El Shaarawy (Milan), Gilardino (Bologna), Giovinco (Juventus), Osvaldo (Roma), Sau (Cagliari)
Agazzi, Bonaventura and Sau are the new entries.
No major surprise here except maybe Antonelli at LB over Pasqual who's had a great season in Florence.
Agazzi is also a surprise to me 'cause I never liked him and there are a lot of better GKs in Italy if you ask me (especially Consigli).
A bunch of youngsters who could have made the squad (Verratti first of all) were left out so they can play the U21 European Championship.
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Tinpot tournament. Not to be taken seriously.
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[QUOTE=pinhead]Tinpot tournament. Not to be taken seriously.[/QUOTE]
You should instead, for the sheer fact that Conf Cup winners never win the World Cup that follows :D
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[QUOTE=pinhead]Tinpot tournament. Not to be taken seriously.[/QUOTE]
Spain and Brazil took it pretty seriously last confed cup.
Lucio was crying when they won it. Spain's defenders felt depleted after Dempsey's nail-in-the-coffin goal.
**** USA should've won that tournament.
Anyways, what's cool now with CONCACAF, they're the winners of each Gold Cup Tournament play each other to see who gets to go to the Confederations Cup instead of the winner of the Gold Cup two years before the Confederations Cup.
you mad bro?
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Re: FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2013
[QUOTE=pinhead]Tinpot tournament. Not to be taken seriously.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't take it seriously too if I was english since they'll never make it there to begin with :lol
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And OFC's winner should have to play a playoff against another confederation's country to get a slot in this like the world cup because they are terrible. How the **** does New Zealand not win the OFC cup anyway.
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Really upset not one of Lucas or coutinho made the squad but it just shows how much depth Brazil have.
Want to see how Neymar plays in a major tournament.
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Julio Cesar - Alves - Silva - Dante - Marcelo - David Luiz/Paulinho - Hernanes - Oscar - Hulk/Moura - Fred - Neymar
ridiculously talented but lacks leadership... scolari should have picked at least one out of ronnie/kaka
still should be the favourites alongside spain ( are they going to play their regulars? )
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[QUOTE=daj0264]Really upset not one of Lucas or coutinho made the squad but it just shows how much depth Brazil have.
Want to see how Neymar plays in a major tournament.[/QUOTE]
Then you'll have to wait till the next World Cup.
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[QUOTE=BrickingStar]I wouldn't take it seriously too if I was english since they'll never make it there to begin with :lol[/QUOTE]
Take that back.
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[QUOTE=kaiteng]Seriously, YEAH!! :cheers:
(But how comes New Zealand choked that badly?)
The last Confed Cup was entertaining with all those "upsets", and I hope this one will too. Mexico vs Spain in the final![/QUOTE]
Steevy Chong Hue will score 4 goals in group stages.
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What a strike from Neymar. Impeccable technique to first time from outside the box.
Brazil 1-0