Faraoh beat italia 1-0

Egypt gave themselves a good chance of qualifying for the Confederations Cup semi-finals with a surprising but merited win over world champions Italy. Mohamed Homos scored the only goal, rising to meet a well-delivered corner to direct a header in off the far post. Despite not creating many clear-cut chances Egypt matched the Italians for work-rate and application. Vincenzo Iaquinta struck the bar late on for Italy and Egypt keeper Essam El Hadari made a string of good saves. After the embarrassingly one-sided earlier Group B contest between Brazil and USA, this was a much more evenly contested affair between two sides who came into the match having both scored three in their opening games of the competition I am surprised Egypt are not doing as good in the World Cup qualifers, they look amazing! Ever since 2006, Italy look like a team in free fall. Fact Jack ..................................................................................... Fifa Confederations Cup fixtures Thursday, 18 June 2009 Egypt v Italy, Gp B, 19:30 USA v Brazil, Gp B, 15:00 ________________________________________ Saturday, 20 June 2009 Iraq v New Zealand, Gp A, 19:30 Spain v South Africa, Gp A, 19:30 ________________________________________ Sunday, 21 June 2009 Egypt v USA, Gp B, 19:30 Italy v Brazil, Gp B, 19:30 ________________________________________ Wednesday, 24 June 2009 Winner Gp A v Runner-up Gp B, SF, 19:30 ________________________________________ Thursday, 25 June 2009 Winner Gp B v Runner-up Gp A, SF, 19:30 ________________________________________ Sunday, 28 June 2009 Loser SF1 v Loser SF2, F, 14:00 Winners SF1 v Winners SF2, F, 19:30