I must say i have been enjoying this tournament over the last couple of weeks or so. i had decided i was going to support the USA in the competition and see how it went.
the draw was quite one sided with favourites Spain having one of the weakest groups ever with New Zealand,Iraq and host nation South Africa.
the other group was harder by far. With world champions Italy, Brazil Egypt and my adopted team for the next couple of weeks the USA.
group one went to form with Spain gliding through slamming four past New Zealand in 20 mins in the first game.South Africa joined them although i thaught they were pretty crap and look a good bet to become the first host nation to go out in the group satge of the world cup next year.
Group two was far more interesting.it the first round of games Italy came from behind to beat the USA scoring two goals in the last 20 Min's for a totally undeserved win.. in the other game Brazil won 4-3 against African champions Egypt. in the second round of games Brazil destroyed the USA 3-0 to go through to the semi finals.the group was blown open by Egypt beating Italy 1-0.
for the usa to get through to the semi finals they needed to beat Egypt and for Italy to lose to Brazil with a three goal swing, and that's what happened!!!! USA 3- Eygpt 0 combined with Brazil 3-0 Italy sent the sates through with only 3 points!
on to the semi finals! Spain v USA and South Africa v Brazil!
All the build up to the first semi seeded to be about how many Spain would win by ha ha. The USA Didn't let Spain settle, rattled them and totally deserved there win! in the other semi Brazil beat South Africa 1-0 with a free kick 2 mins from time!
So after dumping the world champions and European champions The USA are one game from becoming the champions of champions! can they beat Brazil? i hope so and why not after the last couple of weeks?
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