Confederations Cup news

Confederations Cup 2009: Italy has been eliminated in the South African competition after a very deep loss against Brazil. The match finishes 3-0. Italy – Brazil: after the incredible loss against the Egypt, Italy was seeking for an important victory. Lippi chooses Toni forward, supported by Iaquinta and Camoranesi. In the midfield Montolivo plays from [...]

Confederations Cup 2009: in the second match of Group B Italy, the World Champion, suffer an historical loss from Egypt for 1-0. Now the qualification to semi-finals is at risk. Egypt – Italy: with respect to the match against USA, Giuseppe Rossi is in the field since from the first minute, with Iaquinta and Quagliarella; [...]

Confederations Cup 2009: Italy beats USA 3-1. A very hard match for Italy that should recover a 1-0 made by USA. Thanks to Giuseppe Rossi, who scored two great goals in the second half. United States – Italy : the Italian adventure of the Confederations Cup starts in Pretoria. Lippi chooses Iaquinta and Gilardino in [...]

Confederations Cup 2009: in the first day of the competition Spain beats with an impressive 5-0 the New Zealand, and players showed to everybody how strong they are. New Zealand – Spain: at Rustenburg, the prediction of the result seems to be expected, but Spain needs just few minutes to win the game; in the [...]

Confederations Cup 2009: 7 are the players from italian teams listed in the Brazil roster for the Tournament. Ronaldinho and Adriano are out. Alex (Chelsea) and Alexanderson (Manchester United) are injured. Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur), Victor (Gremio) Defenders: Maicon (Inter Milan), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Alex (Chelsea), Juan (AS Roma), Lucio (Bayern [...]

Confederation Cup 2009 South Africa: the Head Coach Bob Bradley officialized the roster of the USA for the tournament in South Africa who is going to start on June 14th. The top scorer, Landon Donovan, scorer of the Los Angeles Galaxy, has been listed. Jozy Altidore (11 national appearances, 6 goals), the young forwarder of [...]

Confederation Cup 2009 South Africa: the national team manager Marcello Lippi named the 23 players that will play the FIFA competition in the next days. Ten days before the beginning of the Confederation Cup, the TM Lippi named the 23 players who are going to play in the tournament. One of the news is the [...]