This match did not cause such a huge stir in Kazan as, say, the game that took place in the city last Saturday. But the atmosphere big football not gone anywhere from the capital of Tatarstan. First of all, through the efforts of the restless Chileans, who arrived in Kazan in incredible numbers. Bauman Street, the Kremlin, and all other points of attraction for tourists were painted red "la roja", as the Chileans themselves call their team. And the weather was just perfect for both hiking and playing football. If in previous days Kazan was periodically covered by tropical showers, now, as if by order, the sun shone all day. However, by the time the teams took to the field, none of the fans needed sunglasses - the match started at nine in the evening, when it was already getting dark in the city. And the stands were filled almost to capacity - 40855 spectators watched this semi-final live.

Starting global surprises did not conceal. Both coaches threw into battle all the strongest they could count on. Exploration did not take much time - the first scoring chance arose at the Portuguese gate already in the seventh minute. It was Sanchez who cut the defense of the European champions with a perfect pass, but Vargas could not throw the ball over goalkeeper Rui Patricio. The answer was instantaneous and very similar in plot. This time, Cristiano Ronaldo acted as an assistant, who brought Sandra Silva to a lethal position. But here, too, the goalkeeper, the captain of the Chileans, Claudio Bravo, showed himself brilliantly.

Such a promising beginning of the continuation, however, did not receive. The Portuguese until the middle of the half had a little more possession of the ball, without deriving much benefit from this. Then the Chileans looked more active, who made a couple of good approaches to someone else's goal, but nothing more. As a result, a goalless draw after the first half looked quite a fair result.

After the break, the initiative finally passed to the Latin American team. Rui Patricio did not sit without work - Vidal struck a very dangerous header, then Vargas almost scored the most beautiful goal at the tournament. The Portuguese, as expected, the main danger came from Ronaldo. But Bravo reacted clearly to his tight shot into the near corner, choosing the right position. And after a free kick in the performance of Cristiano, the ball flew over the crossbar. The longer the teams failed to score, the more cautious they became. And brought the same joint efforts to overtime.

Alexis Sanchez could have decided the match at the start of extra time, but headed just to the left of the target. After that, the pace of the game finally dropped. It seemed that the teams were not averse to immediately proceed to the penalty shootout. But they had to run back the prescribed 120 minutes. And in the end, the ball somehow miraculously did not hit the gates of the Portuguese, who, after the blows of Vidal and Rodriguez, were rescued first by the bar, and then by the crossbar. But fate returned the favor to Chile. Claudio Bravo did something fantastic in the penalty shootout. He repelled three hits in a row from the "point" and brought Chile a historic victory.

Football Confederations Cup 2017 has entered its decisive stage. Next in line are the playoff matches, which will begin with the semi-finals. In total, four meetings will take place at this stage - two games of the 1/2 finals, a match for 3rd place and the final. Next, we will talk in more detail about who reached the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup 2017, about the schedule of matches of the semi-finals and about the semi-final pairs themselves.

Confederations Cup 2017: semi-final schedule

The first semi-final of the Confederations Cup Portugal - Chile will be held on Wednesday, June 28, in Kazan at the Kazan Arena stadium. The meeting of the Portuguese national team with the national team of Chile will begin at 21:00 Moscow time, and the Iranian referee Alireza Fagani will serve this game.

It should be noted that the Portuguese national team, which took first place in Group A, has already played at this tournament in Kazan - in their opening match, they parted ways with the Mexicans (2:2).
But the Chilean team, which advanced to the semi-finals from second place in Group B, will play in Kazan for the first time. We add that the Kazan Arena stadium, which will host this match, can accommodate 45,000 spectators.

In turn, Germany and Mexico made up the second semi-final pair of the 2017 Confederations Cup. The match Germany - Mexico will be held on Thursday, June 29, in Sochi at Olympic Stadium"Fisht", accommodating 41 thousand spectators. The beginning of this meeting is at 21:00 Moscow time.
The Germans, by the way, have already played two games in Sochi, and won both, both times scoring three goals (with the Australians - 3:2 and with the Cameroonians - 3:1). Mexico national team in Sochi group stage also visited and also won - New Zealanders (2:1).

Confederations Cup semi-finals

The presentation of the pairs of the 1/2 finals of the Confederations Cup will begin with the confrontation between Portugal and Chile. Speaking of indicative lineups, we note the fact that due to two yellow cards received in the group stage, the meeting will be missed by the leading defender of the Portuguese Pepe.
In general, the Portuguese national team, which is coached by Fernando Santos, usually plays according to the classic 4-4-2 formation. At the gate - Rui Patricio. Line of defense: on the left - Rafael Guerreiro, on the right - Cedric, in the center - Bruno Alves and Pepe, but the latter will be replaced, apparently, by Luis Neto from Zenit. The middle line is as follows: on the left flank - Andre Gomes, on the right - Bernardo Silva, in the center of midfield - Adrien Silva and William. Finally, the tandem of forwards is Cristiano Ronaldo and Andre Silva.

Chile team will play with Portugal the strongest squad. And the team of Juan Antonio Pizzi has the following (4-4-2 scheme): in the "frame" - Johnny Herrera; defenders quartet from left to right - Jean Beausejour, Gonzalo Jara, Gary Medel and Mauricio Isla; defensive midfielder - Marcelo Diaz, under the attackers - Arturo Vidal, on the left - Pablo Hernandez, on the right - Charles Aranguiz; forwards - Alexis Sanchez and Eduardo Vargas.

As in the first semi-final, the team from Europe is considered the favorite of the second game for reaching the final between Germany and Mexico. Head coach Germany national team Joachim Loew checks the nearest reserve at the Confederations Cup and allows all the players from the application to play. Germany's starting line-up for the game with Mexico will presumably be as follows (3-6-1 scheme): goalkeeper - Marc-Andre Ter Stegen; a trio of defenders - Niklas Suele, Shkodran Mustafi and Mattias Ginter; two defensive midfielders - Sebastian Rudy and Emre Kahn, wingers - left Jonas Hector, right Joshua Kimmich, insiders under the striker - Julian Draxler and Leon Goretzka, advanced forward - Lars Stindl.

The Mexicans, led by the Colombian coach Juan Carlos Osorio and in the dispute for reaching the semi-finals knocked out the Russian team, came to the game with the Germans with one loss - two yellow cards Suspended midfielder Andres Guardado. Their tentative starting lineup is seen as follows (4-3-3 formation): at the gate - Guillermo Ochoa; defenders - Miguel Lajun on the left, Diego Reyes on the right, Hector Moreno and Nestor Araujo in the center of defense; midfielders - Jurgen Damm, Hector Herrera and Jonathan dos Santos; forward trio - Carlos Vela, Javier Hernandez and Hirving Lozano.

https://www.site/2017-06-29/germaniya_vyshla_v_final_kubka_konfederaciy_po_futbolu

Germany reached the Confederations Cup final

Today, June 29, in Sochi at the Fisht stadium in the second semi-final of the Confederation Cup football team Germany beat Mexico. According to the correspondent of the site, the 2014 world champions beat the 2015 North American champion with a score of 4:1.

The Germans scored the first goal at the very beginning. In the sixth minute, the captain of the Mexican national team, Hector Moreno, made a mistake in the center of the field, the ball was intercepted by Leon Goretzka and ran to the counterattack. Not having completely crossed the center of the field, he gave a pass to the right flank to the oncoming Benjamin Henrichs. He, in turn, having caught up with the ball, returned it to Goretzka, who by that time was already at the radius of the penalty area. And the German midfielder without processing, sent the ball into the far corner with one touch. Mexican goalkeeper Guilherme Ochoa was powerless.

Literally in the next attack, the Germans again built a goal. Striker Timo Werner gave a penetrating pass between Moreno and Alanis to the same Goretzka. He went one on one with Ochoa and outplayed him. Score 2:0. In the 19th minute, he could have become completely devastating, but Werner's shot was beaten off by the Mexican goalkeeper. Two quick goals allowed the German national team to give the initiative to the Mexicans, and act on the counterattacks themselves.

Wards of Juan Carlos Osorio tried to attack, but the opponents did not allow it. long shots players in green uniforms were taken over by the Bundesteam defenders. The ball almost did not reach their penalty area. There were also attempts to aggravate the situation with the help of the flanks, but it did not end in anything useful.

The Mexicans managed to carry out a good attack in the 33rd minute. Giovanni dos Santos shot into the far corner, but Ter Stegen hit the ball with his foot, and in finishing off his head, Giovanni's brother Jonathan failed to beat the goalkeeper. An even more dangerous moment happened three minutes later. All the same Giovanni dos Santos gave a pass, which Kimmich failed to intercept, to Chicharito in the penalty area, but he sent the ball from eight meters just above the gate. Then there was another free-kick in the performance of Hector Herrera, but Ter Stegen dragged this shot too. There were no more moments, and the first half ended with the score 2:0.

FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Official Twitter

In the second half, the Germans failed to beat the number. The Mexicans were pushy and continued to attack. But they couldn't score. What can you say about their opponent. In the 59th minute, Julian Draxler sent a penetrating pass to penalty area to Jonas Hector, Guilherme Ochoa was already running towards the ball, but Hector managed to pass to Timo Werner. The striker sent the ball into the empty net. 3:0.

But this did not stop the onslaught of the Mexicans. In the 77th minute, Raul Jimenez struck with a header. Ter Stegen did not reach the ball, but the crossbar rescued him. But the effort paid off. In the 89th minute, a miracle shot was made by Marco Fabian. He quickly, while the players of the German national team got up into the wall, played a free kick with Hector Herrera and hit the far corner from 30-35 meters. But the comeback didn't happen. Amin Younes widened the gap again in the 91st minute and put an end to the match. 4:1.

The stadium was attended by 37923 spectators. best player match recognized Leon Goretzka, who made a double.

FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Official Twitter

Thus, in the match for third place will meet the national team of Portugal and the national team of Mexico. They have already played in the group stage. Then the match ended with the score 2:2.It is already known that the match will miss the captain of the Portuguese team, Cristiano Ronaldo. He left the national team due to the fact that he had twins from a surrogate mother. The game will take place on July 2 in Moscow at the Otkritie Arena stadium. Beginning at 17:00 Yekaterinburg time.Germany and Chile will meet in the final. They also played in the group stage. Their match ended with the score 1:1. The game will take place on July 2 in St. Petersburg at the Krestovsky stadium at 23:00 Yekaterinburg time.

Germany and Chile will play in the final of the Confederations Cup. The match will take place on Sunday, July 2 at 21:00 in St. Petersburg. The Germans will play in the final of the Confederations Cup for the first time, earlier in this tournament they highest achievement was a semi-final in 2005. Head coach of the German national team Joachim Löw called reaching the final of the tournament "a grandiose result".

The finalists of the Confederations Cup have already played each other in the group stage of the tournament, the match, held in Kazan on June 22, ended in a draw - 1:1.

How did the teams play in the semi-finals?

Germany defeated the Mexicans 4-1 in the semi-finals. In the 8th minute of the match, the 22-year-old midfielder of the German national team Leon Goretzka scored the fastest double in Confederations Cup history. He scored the first goal two minutes earlier. In the 59th minute, the striker of the German team Timo Werner scored another goal. Mexicans in the 89th minute through the efforts of a midfielder Marco Fabiana were able to win back one goal, but in the added time to the second half they conceded from Amin Younes.

In the semi-finals, the Chileans played with the Portuguese. The main and extra time of the semi-final match ended in a draw 0:0. The Chileans won 3-0 on penalties.

Who will play in the match for third place?

The match for third place will take place on July 2 in Moscow, the Mexicans will play with the Portuguese. Portugal team leader Cristiano Ronaldo will not enter the field. The football player will go home to the newborn twins. The football player became the father of two twins on June 8.

© www.globallookpress.com