Rio de Janeiro, (EFE). – Spain, reigning world and European champion, and Brazil, host and five times world champions are favorites for the title of the Confederations Cup , which is held from Saturday in six Brazilian cities today face the winners of the continental tournament. The debut of the red will occur before the celestial champions of the Copa America. The Spain-Uruguay can be by televison Telecinco Sunday at 00:00.
Brazil and Spain are top seeds in their respective groups, will use their maximum strength in the competition and have different reasons for striving to lift the trophy on 30 June in the final to be played at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
Both are measured only in a possible semifinal or final, went along with Nigeria and Japan national teams with better results in the last matches before the Confederations.
Italy arrived with doubts deepened with a 2-2 draw in a friendly which gave Rio de Janeiro to Haiti.
Mexico and Uruguay are more concerned with World Cup qualifiers, his priority right now, with results that cast doubt on its presence in Brazil will host the World Cup in 2014. And Tahiti is considered the Cinderella of the group to have only one professional player.
A study released today by the Brazilian consulting Pluri showed that Spain and Brazil are the most valuable selections among the eight that will compete in the tournament.
According
Pluri, the 23 players listed on the Spanish coach, Vicente Del Bosque, have a combined market value of 648 million euros, while the Brazilians are worth 446 million euros. Behind are Italy, Uruguay, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria and Tahiti, in that order.
The team convened by Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari exhibited doubts cleared up a week ago with a convincing 3-0 win over France in a friendly on Sunday in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre.
was Brazil’s first victory over a world champion in the last four years and the first over France in two decades.
Brazilians
is a matter of honor to retain the title of Confederations Cup winners who won four years ago with a win at home, and to give them confidence to 2014.
Spain, after chaining a World Cup and two European titles, hopes to win the competition for the first time in its history and demonstrate the strong contender to meet in Brazil in 2014.
it came to the Cup with virtually the same group that won the World Cup in South Africa, with the exception of Carles Puyol and Xabi Alonso, two injured veterans, and reinforced by Javi Martinez and Fernando Torres, seeking a new opportunity, and Roberto Soldado, who hopes to shine in his first major international competition.
Mexico, which is in Group A along with Brazil, Italy and Japan, fails at its best to play the Confederations.
After Tuesday’s goalless draw against Costa Rica in full Azteca Stadium that left in the third place in the World Cup qualifiers, his priority is to recover for the next parties that provide quota for Brazil 2014.
Italy, European runner and number 8 in the world rankings, qualified for the tournament only because Spain, European champion, had already guaranteed quota for being a world champion.
Japan, despite being the only one guaranteed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with Brazil, is considered to be the weakest in Group A lack of experience in this tournament.
Spain’s main rival in Group B seems to Uruguay, who won with merit the 2011 Copa America host after eliminating Argentina and defeat in the final to Paraguay combative.
Uruguay’s main high offensive power credential represented by players like Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani and Diego Forlan.
Nigeria Saturday intending to land in Brazil amid the crisis caused by the refusal of players to play the Confederations after learning that the bonus promised would be halved.
African Green Eagles were champions this year and are flying in the playoffs, but will have to overcome its internal crisis if you want to advance the semi-finals.
Tahiti Group B is completed, the main objective, supported by some members of the delegation, is to avoid being thrashed.
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