Wednesday 24 June 2009

Confederations Cup Final

Former Manchester United defender Gerard Pique wants the prestige of playing Brazil

Spain won all three of their group matches, concluding with a 2-0 win over South Africa which puts them into a semi-final clash with the USA on Wednesday, the other semi final will be played Thursday evening between Brazil and South Africa, which sets up a potential final between two of the biggest footballing nations in the world and Pique who as part of Barcelona's treble winning squad this season and he has said that defeating the South American stars would give the match more precedence

But that Spain must not think about the final yet as they have a semi final to play first, it is clear' he continued ' that a win over Brazil in the final would hold more value and prestige' he continued ' We know the level of Brazil and that it is one of the best in the world'

Qualifying for the semi final stage Brazil scored three times in beating World Champions Italy

Spains three Group A victories meant that the European Champions have won fifteen straight games, the winning streak stretches back to the first game of Euro 2008 against Russia

Beating the USA in the semi final would stretch their unbeaten run to 36 games, an astonishing run for Vincente del Bosque's team

Gerard Pique did warn the rest of the side about the United States, the American side did beat African Champions Egypt 3-0 to reach this far, Pique concluded the press conference by saying 'The US played a superb match yesterday' they managed to beat Egypt, that proves they high -level players'

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