The Confederations Cup - should you care?
Friday, 12 June 09, 07:46 PM · Comments(0)
By Michael Sinnerton
With the football season seemingly in, whatever the opposite of full swing is, countries as varied as Brazil and Iraq have the chance to test their footballing might in 2010's dress rehearsal.
Like a dress rehearsal however some people will see the confederations cup as likely to be full of mistakes and not really worth watching - but with Spain, Italy and Brazil all previewing their 2010 line-ups the competition must be worth at least a sneaky peak.
The other competitors are USA (Concacaf), Iraq (Asian Cup), New Zealand (OFC Nations Cup), South Africa (Hosts), and Egypt (African Nations) - hardly the most inspiring list admittedly but several have players to watch out for. America have the seemingly poor, but actually quite decent Landon Donovan as well as the football manager legend that is Freddy Adu. Jozy Altidore is the new great hope, currently at Villarreal, and his progress could be interesting.
Egypt have a host of good players, some of whom could be making their way to the Premiership, with Mohamed Aboutrike perhaps the best known unknown at the tournament. Iraq, who have failed to qualify for the World Cup seem a relatively pointless addition, as you could say are New Zealand but the games are likely to be entertaining and free scoring with relatively little to lose all round.
All in all, any tournament that can boast Italy (the World Champions), Brazil (favourites for the next world cup) and Spain (European Champions) must be worth a watch, if only to see Fernando Torres and David Villa together.
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