Confederations Cup 2013

[persianfire]

Bleh, only exciting part was in extra time. Otherwise it put me to sleep.

[Asghar Agha]

Bleh, only exciting part was in extra time. Otherwise it put me to sleep.

I actually slept half of the match.

[Shogun_Rua]

Bleh, only exciting part was in extra time. Otherwise it put me to sleep.

I actually slept half of the match.

lol yeah the first 90 mins were pretty boring but extra time and penalties made up for it.

[KC McElroy]

It's a shame that a team that was selected as the worst World Cup winner of all time has made it to another final with their anti soccer but at least it's not the Italians who stooped low enough to field imports from Africa. Not that it even matters which team made it, Brazil will kill either one of them.

[Khashayar]

I thought the first 45 minutes where great, second half slowed down a bit. Overall good match and happy to see Spain not dominating possession throughout.

[Kaveh Ahangar]

Italy deserved to win on the balance of the first 90 minutes, but it was all Spain for the last 30 minutes (extra-time).

I can see Brazil being put in their place on Sunday.

[Camran khan]

As usual Spain wins on penalties after being the weaker side for 120 minutes, just like their game in the Euro 2012 against Portugal..
I hope Brazil wins the final.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Spain wins the final, then their coach has won everything possible for a national team, right? (World cup, Euro and confederations cup)
Not that it is some incredible achievement with that squad lol.

[EKBATAN]

what an injustice! Italy by far played better than Spain and had way better chances on goal.


Who can dominate possession on Spain?? not even germany, holland, portugal can do that....curious to see how Brazil will do. They do have the advantage that Spain is prob tired as hell.



and blame the boringness on Spain with their stupid slowing down the game crap. I'm glad italy just showed what FLUKE the Euro final was.

[Hosseini]

lol what? Spain was destroying in extra time. The Italians were happy to escape extra time and take it to penalties. The game was slow as hell though in the first/second half, and most of the time moved at walking pace.

what an injustice! Italy by far played better than Spain and had way better chances on goal.


Who can dominate possession on Spain?? not even germany, holland, portugal can do that....curious to see how Brazil will do. They do have the advantage that Spain is prob tired as hell.



and blame the boringness on Spain with their stupid slowing down the game crap. I'm glad italy just showed what FLUKE the Euro final was.

[Asghar Agha]

lol what? Spain was destroying in extra time. The Italians were happy to escape extra time and take it to penalties. The game was slow as hell though in the first/second half, and most of the time moved at walking pace.

during the last 30 minutes, Spain completely dominated the match. The rest of the match was boring as hell.

[soniq]

I had a laugh at this one:

BREAKING: Neither Spain nor Italy can break Buffon/Casillas, match continues 3 weeks after kickoff
EDIT: Spain and Italy can't stop scoring on PK's after 120 minutes, score approaching ∞-∞

[Kaveh Ahangar]

[Asghar Agha]

It's a shame that a team that was selected as the worst World Cup winner of all time has made it to another final with their anti soccer but at least it's not the Italians who stooped low enough to field imports from Africa. Not that it even matters which team made it, Brazil will kill either one of them.

I don't think Brazil will kill Spain. Actually I was very disappointed by Brazilians when they played Uruguay.
Whatever can be said about Spain (I'm really not a fan of Spain), I watched their U21 team. Their players are excellent.
Spain's national team will dominate the world of football for the next 15 years.

[KC McElroy]

I don't think Brazil will kill Spain. Actually I was very disappointed by Brazilians when they played Uruguay.
Whatever can be said about Spain (I'm really not a fan of Spain), I watched their U21 and U23 teams. They are both excellent.
Spain's national team will dominate the world of football for the next 15 years.

I doubt it. They play very boring and anti soccer and I can't see it lasting.

[Asghar Agha]

I doubt it. They play very boring and anti soccer and I can't see it lasting.

No doubt that it's boring. But check the latest results of their U21. These players will make part of the next national team.

U 21

Final
Italy		2-4		Spain
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN) – Stadium: Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem (ISR)

Semi-finals Highlights
Spain		3-0		Norway
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (UKR) – Stadium: Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya (ISR)

Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Spain		3-0		Netherlands
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (ROU) – Stadium: Ha Moshava, Petah Tikva (ISR)

Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Germany		0-1		Spain
Referee: Pawel Gil (POL) – Stadium: Netanya Municipal Stadium, Netanya (ISR)

Final tournament - Group stage (Group B)
Spain		1-0		Russia
Referee: Matej Jug (SVN) – Stadium: Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem (ISR)
U23