The 2013 Confederations Cup
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So Uruguay just won by the looks of it last night, its between them and Nigeria to qualify now
No games tonight, tomorrow nights games are Brazil-Italy (both are already through) and Japan-Mexico (both are already out)
Also, these protests are getting serious now, there was a massive one outside the Maracana before the Spain-Tahiti game in which one person died, there was rumours that the rest of the tournament would be abandoned but FIFA have denied that...
No games tonight, tomorrow nights games are Brazil-Italy (both are already through) and Japan-Mexico (both are already out)
Also, these protests are getting serious now, there was a massive one outside the Maracana before the Spain-Tahiti game in which one person died, there was rumours that the rest of the tournament would be abandoned but FIFA have denied that...
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The protests are meaningless when it comes to changing the political scenario, people can't even agree on what they are demanding. I'm dead serious, many are just seizing the opportunity to do some noise and some of them are just there to loot stores. 
Tahiti was just adorable, they had breakfast with kids from a slumber in Rio, gave native presents to manifest and publicize their culture and are the underdog of the underdogs in this competition. Seriously, we were rooting so hard for them that we literally were shouting at the office.
Tahiti was just adorable, they had breakfast with kids from a slumber in Rio, gave native presents to manifest and publicize their culture and are the underdog of the underdogs in this competition. Seriously, we were rooting so hard for them that we literally were shouting at the office.
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This has picked up a lot. Dodgy refereeing...
Or maybe not.
Or maybe not.
Ross
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Not certain yet, if Nigeria beat Spain and Uruguay beat Tahiti by 12 goals or more, Uruguay top the group. Of course very unlikely and what's even more unlikely is if the above happens and Spain lose by 8 goals or more, they drop to third and Uruguay and Nigeria go through.Brazil 4-2 Italia.
Brazil wins the group, and Italia meets Spain.
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12 goals against Tahiti shouldn't be too hard and as far as I remember, USA beat Spain in the last confederations Cup. Nigeria are probably about the same calibre.
lol j/k, they have no chance.
lol j/k, they have no chance.
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Gus Poyet sacked whilst on the BBC. Somewhat awkward half time. 
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I'd say the same, they had the opportunity to shoot from under the bar post twice and still didn't score. Nevertheless, Nigeria has a quite young squad( averaging 23y-o if I'm not mistaken) , they may improve in due time.
Spain was Spain, decisive when they wanted to be, they did show pretty lame defensive consistency but the game was not worth much for them, so I presume they never turned the dial all the way to eleven in this match.
If they don't have the ball, they can't attack and can't defend well, though taking the ball from the spaniards is already a pretty harsh challenge by itself.
To me Tahiti is ( was ) playing the Conf. Cup as a prize for their efforts so far, imagine if you were in their position ( eg. not being a professional footballer and having a regular day job ) and playing in a legendary stadium against the current world champions. I'd say they were having a ball.
