Brazil beats world champion Spain 3-0 to win Confederations Cup

Fred scored two goals and Neymar added another as host Brazil convincingly defeated world champion Spain 3-0 to win the Confederations Cup on Sunday as protesters clashed with riot police outside the Maracana Stadium.

Fred put Brazil on the board less than two minutes into the match, Neymar added to the lead just before half-time and Fred netted his fifth goal in five matches early in the second half to give Brazil victory. The win for the host nation was surprisingly easy against the current world champion.

Sergio Ramos missed a penalty kick for Spain in the 55th, sending his low shot wide.

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Italy Will Not Quit The Confederations Cup As Prandelli Clarifies Balotelli “Joke.”

Cesare Prandelli has said Italy will not quit the Confederations Cup due to the huge protests that have swept the country.

An estimated 1.25 million people took to the streets in scores of cities on Thursday evening to call for better public services and to criticise the cost of organising the Confederations Cup and next year’s World Cup.

Many of the protest marches, which began last week, have culminated in violent clashes between demonstrators and riot police, but Prandelli said the Italy squad had no plans to leave the country.

“Our officials have absolutely not proposed going home,” he said during a press conference in Salvador, the day before Italy’s final Group A game against hosts Brazil.

FIFA Confederations Cup: Nigeria vs Uruguay [20/06/2013] At 11pm

Stephen Keshi's men were underwhelming in their 6-1 victory over part-time Tahiti though he claimed they weren't at their best as against the Mexicans but they will face a sterner test against the South Americans, who are in desperate need of points (a do or die game) tomorrow at 11pm.

Who will carry the day?

NIGERIAEnyeama
Ambrose • Oboabona • Omeruo • Echiejile
Ogude • Mikel • Mba
Oduamadi • Ideye • Musa

URUGUAYMuslera
Pereira • Godín • Lugano • Cáceres
Ramírez • Gargano • Pérez • Rodríguez
Suárez • Cavani

Now, I want Confederations Cup –Mikel

Mikel Obi tells MTNFootball.com  his next target is to make another history by winning the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Did you believe from the onset Nigeria would be champions again?

Yes. We had it at the back of our mind to win right from the training camp in Portugal. We were driven to write our names in gold, make Nigerians happy and with hard work, God made it possible for us.

After the first two games, where the Eagles drew with Burkina Faso and Zambia, millions of Nigerians lost hope in the team. Was that the same feeling in the team?

There was no point in the competition that I, for one, felt we won’t win it. I told you before we went for the tournament that there are no small teams in football again. I knew it won’t be an easy task for us, so we prepared for it and kept believing in ourselves even when things looked difficult.