FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 / Group A

This article includes the games of the preliminary round Group A at the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2013 with all the statistical details.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	009: 200	+7	09
2.	Italy	3	2	0	1	008: 800	± 0	06th
3.	Mexico	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	004: 900	−5	00

Brazil - Japan 3: 0 (1: 0)

Brazil		Japan
	June 15, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST ) in Brasília ( Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha ) Spectators: 67,423 Referee: Pedro Proença ( Portugal )   Match report
	Júlio César - Dani Alves , Thiago Silva , David Luiz , Marcelo - Luiz Gustavo , Paulinho , Oscar - Hulk (75th Hernanes ), Neymar (74th Lucas Moura ), Fred (81st Jô ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari	Eiji Kawashima - Atsuto Uchida , Maya Yoshida , Yasuyuki Konno , Yuto Nagatomo - Makoto Hasebe , Yasuhito Endō (78th Hajime Hosogai ), Keisuke Honda (88th Takashi Inui ) - Hiroshi Kiyotake (51. Ryoichi Maeda ), Shinji Kagawa , Shinji Okazaki Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni ( Italy )
	1-0 Neymar (3rd) 2-0 Paulinho (48th) 3-0 Jô (90th + 3 ')
		Makoto Hasebe (45th + 1 ')
	Player of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)

Mexico - Italy 1: 2 (1: 1)

Mexico		Italy
	June 16, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Rio de Janeiro ( Estádio do Maracanã ) Spectators: 73,123 Referee: Enrique Osses ( Chile )   Match report
	Jesús Corona - Carlos Salcido , Héctor Moreno , Maza  , Gerardo Flores - Gerardo Torrado , Jesús Eduardo Zavala (86th Raúl Jiménez ), Andrés Guardado , Giovani dos Santos , Javier Aquino (53rd Hiram Mier ) - Chicharito Trainer: José Manuel de la Torre	Gianluigi Buffon - Ignazio Abate , Andrea Barzagli , Giorgio Chiellini , Mattia De Sciglio - Daniele De Rossi , Andrea Pirlo , Riccardo Montolivo , Claudio Marchisio (68th Alessio Cerci ), Emanuele Giaccherini (88th Alberto Aquilani ) - Mario Balotelli (85th Alberto Gilardino ) Coach: Cesare Prandelli
	1: 1 Chicharito (34th, foul penalty)	0: 1 Andrea Pirlo (27th) 1: 2 Mario Balotelli (78th)
	Héctor Moreno (47th), Giovani dos Santos (58th)	Andrea Barzagli (34.), Mario Balotelli (79.), Daniele De Rossi (81.)
	Player of the Match: Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Brazil - Mexico 2: 0 (1: 0)

Brazil		Mexico
	June 19, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Fortaleza ( Estádio Plácido Aderaldo Castelo ) Spectators: 50,791 Referee: Howard Webb ( England )   Match report
	Júlio César - Dani Alves , Thiago Silva , David Luiz , Marcelo - Luiz Gustavo , Paulinho , Oscar (62nd Hernanes ) - Hulk (78th Lucas Moura ), Neymar , Fred (82nd Jô ) Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari	Jesús Corona - Hiram Mier , Héctor Moreno , Maza  , Jorge Torres Nilo (70th Pablo Barrera ) - Carlos Salcido , Gerardo Torrado (88th Raúl Jiménez ), Gerardo Flores (58th Héctor Miguel Herrera ), Andrés Guardado , Giovani dos Santos - Chicharito coach: José Manuel de la Torre
	1: 0 Neymar (9th) 2: 0 Jô (90th + 3 ')
	Thiago Silva (44th), Dani Alves (76th)	Andrés Guardado (21st), Héctor Moreno (89th), Maza (90th)
	Player of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)

Italy - Japan 4: 3 (1: 2)

Italy		Japan
	June 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CEST) in Recife ( Arena Pernambuco ) Spectators: 40,489 Referee: Diego Abal ( Argentina )   Match report
	Gianluigi Buffon - Christian Maggio (59th Ignazio Abate ), Andrea Barzagli , Giorgio Chiellini , Mattia De Sciglio - Riccardo Montolivo , Andrea Pirlo , Daniele De Rossi , Alberto Aquilani (30th Sebastian Giovinco ), Emanuele Giaccherini (68th Claudio Marchisio ) - Mario Balotelli Coach: Cesare Prandelli	Eiji Kawashima - Atsuto Uchida (73rd Hiroki Sakai ), Maya Yoshida , Yasuyuki Konno , Yūto Nagatomo - Makoto Hasebe (90th + 1 ' Kengo Nakamura ), Yasuhito Endō , Shinji Okazaki , Keisuke Honda , Shinji Kagawa - Ryōichi Maeda (79th. Mike Havenaar ) Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni ( Italy )
	1: 2 Daniele De Rossi (41.) 2: 2 Atsuto Uchida (50., own goal) 3: 2 Mario Balotelli (52., hand penalty) 4: 3 Sebastian Giovinco (86.)	0: 1 Keisuke Honda (21st, penalty kick) 0: 2 Shinji Kagawa (33.) 3: 3 Shinji Okazaki (69.)
	Gianluigi Buffon (20th), Daniele De Rossi (36th)	Makoto Hasebe (52nd), Yasuyuki Konno (90th)
	Player of the Match: Shinji Kagawa (Japan)

Japan - Mexico 1: 2 (0: 0)

Japan		Mexico
	June 22, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Belo Horizonte ( Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto ) Spectators: 52,690 Referee: Felix Brych ( Germany )   Match report
	Eiji Kawashima - yuto Nagatomo (77. Kengo Nakamura ), Yasuyuki Konno , Yuzo Kurihara , Hiroki Sakai (59. Atsuto Uchida ) - Yasuhito Endo , Hajime Hosogai , Keisuke Honda - Shinji Kagawa , Shinji Okazaki , Ryoichi Maeda (65 Maya Yoshida ) Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni ( Italy )	Guillermo Ochoa - Diego Antonio Reyes , Héctor Moreno , Jorge Torres Nilo , Hiram Mier - Gerardo Torrado , Andrés Guardado (71st Carlos Salcido ), Giovani dos Santos (78th Pablo Barrera ), Jesús Eduardo Zavala - Raúl Jiménez (90th Javier Aquino ), Chicharito coach: José Manuel de la Torre
	1: 2 Shinji Okazaki (86.)	0: 1 Chicharito (54th) 0: 2 Chicharito (66th)
	Hiroki Sakai (38th)	Guillermo Ochoa (90.)
	Player of the Match: Chicharito (Mexico)

Italy - Brazil 2: 4 (0: 1)

Italy		Brazil
	June 22, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST) in Salvador da Bahia ( Arena Fonte Nova ) Spectators: 48,874 Referee: Ravshan Ermatov ( Uzbekistan )   Match report
	Gianluigi Buffon - Ignazio Abate (30th Christian Maggio ), Leonardo Bonucci , Giorgio Chiellini , Mattia De Sciglio - Alberto Aquilani , Alessandro Diamanti (72nd Stephan El Shaarawy ), Riccardo Montolivo (26th Emanuele Giaccherini ), Claudio Marchisio , Antonio Candreva - Mario Balotelli Coach: Cesare Prandelli	Júlio César - Dani Alves , Thiago Silva , David Luiz (33rd Dante ), Marcelo - Luiz Gustavo , Hernanes , Oscar , Hulk (76th Fernando ), Neymar (69th Bernard ) - Fred Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari
	1: 1 Emanuele Giaccherini (51.) 2: 3 Giorgio Chiellini (71.)	0: 1 Dante (45th + 1 ') 1: 2 Neymar (55th) 1: 3 Fred (66th) 2: 4 Fred (89th)
	Claudio Marchisio (40.)	David Luiz (8th), Neymar (28th), Luiz Gustavo (44th)
	Player of the Match: Neymar (Brazil)