The ninth FIFA Confederations Cup was held in brazil from
15 to 30 june in 2013. This was the seventh edition of the competition since
1997. The winning team got a prize money of 4.1 million $ where as the runners
up were awarded with 3.6 million $.
Brazil set themselves as the hot favourites for the 2014
world cup as they beat Spain by 3-0. Two first-half goals, first within 2
minutes from Fred and second one before the break from Neymar. Two minutes in
the second half, it was Fred’s magic again who put the ball in the net. In the
54 minute Jesus Navas was fouled by Marcelo in the penalty box and the referee
didn’t waste a single moment to point to the spot for a penalty shot for Spain.
Pique made things go from bad to worse when he was given a red card for a foul
on Neymar.
Since we had seen some issues where there was a concern
for the use of goal line technology, so the FIFA 2013 Confederations Cup was
the first national team tournament to use this technology. After having trail systems on 2 April 2013
FIFA announced that the German company GoalControl had been chosen as the
provider for the official goal line technology to be used in this tournament.
Neymar shoots the ball into
the roof of the net
Thiago Silva points his
finger to Spanish goalkeeper
Pique was offered a red card
Pop star Shakira watches her boyfriend been sent off
Players
from both the teams have a clash in the first half
David Luiz’s tremendous
clear
David Villa sits on the
ground after Spain were defeated
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