Tuesday, June 16, 2009

More goals on day two of Confederations Cup

By Yamkela Xhaso
16 June

More goals were scored in the Confederations Cup tournament last night when Brazil beat Egypt 4-3 in what can only be described as a controversial victory in Bloemfontein last night.

Egypt had the crowd breathless as they drew 3-3 with the Brazilians, but then came the decision by the referee that changed matters.

He gave Brazil a penalty after changing his mind about whether an Egyptian cleared a header off the goal line with his hand and Brazil ran out the winners.

In Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, Italy beat the United States by 3-1. Things could have been very different had the referee not red-carded a USA player for a very ordinary looking foul.

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