Brazil v Italy Live - Confederations Cup 2009
Many Italians and Brazilians will be tuning in Sunday June 21st at 2:30 PM EST to watch a massive match taking place in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 in South Africa.
This is the 3rd match in the qualifying group which contains Brazil, Italy, USA and Egypt. The funny thing is that with 2 games played there is a possbility that each team can still qualify or get eliminated.
The standings at this point are: Brazil 6 pts, Italy 3 pts, Egypt 3 pts, USA 0 pts.
Outcome Scenarios:
Brazil v Italy Match - June 21st at 2:30 pm
If Brazil wins Italy - Brazil will have 9 pts and Italy will remain with 3 pts. Brazil will win the group and most likely avoid Spain in the Semi-Final. Italy will be eliminated.
If Brazil vs Italy results in a Tie - then Brazil will win the group and Italy will remain on 4 pts. If Egypt win their game with the USA then Italy will be eliminated and Egypt will secure second place and be rewarded with a semi-final encounter with Spain.
It Brazil vs Italy results in an Italian victory, then, Italy and Brazil will both have 6 pts.. And goal differential and head to head results will be used to determine who advances.. If Egypt win and also secure 6 pts. There will be a 3 way tie.. and it will come down to goal differential between these 3 teams.
USA vs Egypt Live Match at June 21, 2:30 pm EST
USA still has a remote mathematical chance of qualifying.. for this to occur, the US Soccer team will need to win the USA vs Egypt match. and will need Brazil to beat Italy. This scenario would leave the group looking like this: Brazil 9 pts, Italy 3 pts, Egypt 3 pts, USA 3 pts. And it will come down to the goal differential of these teams. USA will need to score a massive amount of goals in order to pull out of their negative differential.. right now current with 1 goal scored and 6 suffered leaving them with a -5 goal differential. Egypt have scored 4 and suffered 4 with a 0 goal differential. The Italians have scored 3 and suffered 2 with a +1 goal differential. So if the USA score 5 goals and italy lose by more than 2 goals.. then they have a chance.. however the way Egypt have been playing i think this will be an unlikely scenario.
This will be one of the most anticipated matches of the tournament.. and the reward for 2nd place will be to face a killer Spain team that has now gone undefeated since Nov of 2006.
Do yourself a favor and tune into these matches on Sunday June 21st for a great afternoon of international footbal.
Watch Brazil v Italy live at 2:30pm June 21st.
Watch USA vs Egypt live at 2:30pm June 21st.
