Another
week, another dose of the beautful game. Over to Brazil,2013,the Confederations
Cup, and as expected,the odds were stacked against Nigeria and minnows
Tahiti,which really is not a country by itself,but an overseas country of the
French Republic.
With
back to back defeats to the tune of 1-6 to Nigeria, 0-10 to Spain and 0-8 to Uruguay, the scores
against Tahiti seem to have a striking resemblance to a cricket score than to a
football score!
Regardless
of their scoreline,you really need to give it up to the oceanic nation, who are
currently the 2012 OFC Nations Cup Champions,hence qualified for the
confederations much to the chagrin of New Zealand and Australia, though the
latter is no longer a member of the Oceania Football Confederation. Not to
mention their ever attacking display even when the scoreline did not favour
them,well, which was most of the time.
As
for me,i pit the final to be Brazil against world champions Spain as i really
do not fancy the Italians reaching the final and it will be even harder now that Super Mario has been
ruled out of the tournament as a result of an injury.Atleast he has been of
utmost behaviour in Brazil.


However,
Man United have a history of ‘so close yet so far signings’ with the likes of
Ronaldinho in 2003 and Lucas Moura in 2012. Whether history will repeat itself
with young Thiago Alcantara remains to be seen.
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