Confederations Cup 2009 Results

He finished the first phase of the 2009 Confederations Cup and the semifinals are served, with some surprise that has given us the championship. Italy is out after losing to Egypt and be buffeted by Brazil in just 8 minutes. Spain faces the United States .

Group A ended this clasificicación:

• Spain, 9 points
• South Africa, 4 points
• Iraq, 2 points
• New Zealand, 1 point

Spain won all their group matches with eight goals scored and none against, to break records for victories consectuvias (goes by the fifteenth), while South Africa, host, got into the semifinals thanks to a draw against Iraq zero and victory against New Zealand 2-0 to tie together Iraq against Oceania.

Group B, meanwhile, ended thus:

• Brazil, 9 points
• United States, 3 points.
• Italy, 3 points
• Egypt, 3 points.

Which was to be the 'Cinderella' of the group, U.S., Egypt managed to rout was found to have a goal-average (difference between goals for and against) better than the other two sets with which it shares punctuation. And is that Italy, which had to play the first in Brazil theory, only managed to score 3 goals in three games, all against the United States. Despite having the same goal difference, the United States have qualified for most goals scored.

Thus, the semi-finals start on Wednesday at 2030 (in Spain we can see by Telecinco or internet) with the match between Spain - United States, and will continue on Thursday at the same time between Brazil and South Africa. Is she is finally final between Spanish and Brazilian dream?