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From June 17th to July 2nd, the 2017
Confederations Cup acts a dress rehersal for the
2018 FIFA World Cup
to be held in Russia.
2017 Confederations Cup - Schedule and Results
Saturday, June 17th:
Group A:
Russia vs New Zealand (Saint Petersburg, 2:0)
1:0 (Michael Boxall, 31, own goal)
2:0 (Fedor Smolov, 70)
Easy start for the hosts in Saint Petersburg.
Sunday, June 18th:
Group A:
Portugal vs Mexico (Kazan, 2:2)
1:0 (Ricardo Quaresma, 34)
1:1 (Javier Hernandez, 42)
2:1 (Cedric Soares, 86)
2:2 (Hector Moreno, 90+1)
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) tried to take over
the event in Kazan, disallowing one Portugal goal and giving us a long
wait to decide if the Soares goal would stand.
In the end, Mexico had the final say; when Hector
Moreno equalised from a corner in stoppage time.
Group B:
Cameroon vs Chile (Moscow, 0:2)
0:1 (Arturo Vidal, 81)
0:2 (Eduardo Vargas, 90+2)
Another VAR decision, just before half-time, saw
Chile's Eduardo Vargas have his goal scratched from the FIFA website;
for offside.
Are referees being reduced to little more than
whistle blowers; a few seconds after the event?
In the final minutes of the match in Moscow, Eduardo
Vargas did get the better of a VAR decision as the referee signalled
that the video executives had spoken.
Monday, June 19th:
Group B:
Australia vs Germany (Sochi, 2:3)
0:1 (Lars Stindl, 5)
1:1 (Tom Rogic, 41)
1:2 (Julian Draxler, 44pen)
1:3 (Leon Goretzka, 48)
2:3 (Tomi Juric, 56)
VAR helped the referee decide to let the second
Australia goal count, as Germany made hard work of an easy game.
Wednesday, June 21st:
Group A:
Russia vs Portugal (Moscow, 0:1)
0:1 (Cristiano Ronaldo, 8)
Russia took way too long to get into the game, after
an early Cristiano Ronaldo header; and missed out on the chance to
qualify for the semi-finals. The hosts will need to beat Mexico, in Kazan.
Group A:
Mexico vs New Zealand (Sochi, 1:2)
0:1 (Chris Wood, 42)
1:1 (Raul Jimenez, 54)
1:2 (Oribe Peralta, 72)
New Zealand weren't totally out of the running and
had a number of opportunities to pocket the full three points. The
difference in the scoreline reflected the lack of finesse in the their
finishing.
A mass slapping fest towards the end of the game
meant the Video Assistant Referees took a while to try and sort out who
did what to whom; and relay the information to the referee.
Due to the lack of conclusive decision-making, VAR still needs plenty of
fine-tuning.
Thursday, June 22nd:
Group B:
Cameroon vs Australia (Saint Petersburg, 1:1)
1:0 (Andre Zambo Anguissa, 45)
1:1 (Mark Milligan, 60pen)
They huffed and they puffed, but they didn't blow the
house down.
Group B:
Germany vs Chile (Kazan, 1:1)
0:1 (Alexis Sanchez, 6)
1:1 (Lars Stindl, 41)
Saturday, June 24th:
Group A:
Mexico vs Russia (Kazan, 2:1)
0:1 (Alexander Samedov, 25)
1:1 (Nestor Araujo, 30)
2:1 (Hirving Lozano, 52)
Group A:
New Zealand vs Portugal (Saint Petersburg, 0:4)
0:1 (Cristiano Ronaldo, 33pen)
0:2 (Bernardo Silva, 37)
0:3 (Andre Silva, 80)
0:4 (Nani, 90+1)
Portugal and Mexico qualify for the semi-finals.
Portugal |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7/2 |
+5 |
7 |
Mexico |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6/4 |
+2 |
7 |
Russia |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3/3 |
-- |
3 |
New Zealand |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1/8 |
-7 |
0 |
Sunday, June 25th:
Group B:
Germany vs Cameroon (Sochi, 3:1)
1:0 (Kerem Demirbay, 48)
2:0 (Timo Werner, 66)
2:1 (Vincent Aboubakar, 78)
3:1 (Timo Werner, 81)
Group B:
Chile vs Australia (Moscow, 1:1)
0:1 (James Troisi, 42)
1:1 (Martin Rodriguez, 67)
Germany and Chile qualify for the semi-finals.
Germany |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7/4 |
+3 |
7 |
Chile |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4/2 |
+2 |
5 |
Australia |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4/5 |
-1 |
2 |
Cameroon |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2/6 |
-4 |
1 |
Semi-Finals
Wednesday, June 28th:
Portugal vs Chile (Kazan, 0:0)
No goals in 120 minutes of football.
Chile won the game on penalties as Claudio Bravo
saved all three of Portugals spot kicks. Arturo Vidal, Charles Aranguiz
and Alexis Sanchez all converted their penalties for Chile.
Thursday, June 29th:
Germany vs Mexico (Sochi, 4:1)
1:0 (Leon Goretzka, 6)
2:0 (Leon Goretzka, 8)
3:0 (Timo Werner, 59)
3:1 (Marco Fabian, 89)
4:1 (Amin Younes, 90+1)
2017 Confederations Cup Final
Sunday, July 2nd:
Chile vs
Germany (Saint
Petersburg, 0:1)
0:1 (Lars Stindl, 20)
Third Place
Portugal vs Mexico (Moscow,
2:1 aet)
0:1 (Luis Neto, own goal, 54)
1:1 (Pepe, 90+1)
2:1 (Adrien Silva, 104pen)
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