The Confederations Cup 2013 soccer tournament continues Saturday with two games; Italy vs Brazil, and Japan vs Mexico. Both games kick off at 3 p.m. ET and should be fantastic games. In particular, Brazil and Italy will be fighting it out to see who will top the group and potentially avoid World Cup and European champions, Spain.
Both games will kick off simultaneously at 3 p.m. ET and can be watched online through free live stream via the link provided below.
Mexico will be favorites to win the game with Japan, with both sides already knocked out but playing to avoid finishing last in the group. However, Japan will provide stiff competition, as Italy will vouch for after their fiercely contested 4-3 win against the Japan side in the last game.
Japan and Mexico first met against one another in 1996 in an international friendly match that Japan won 3-2. However, since that time the two sides have met three further times and Mexico have won each of those encounters. The last meeting between the two sides was in 2005, also in the Confederations Cup. Japan took an early lead in that game, but Mexico fought back and eventually won 2-1.
But this may be a big chance for Japan to record another win against Mexico, as El Tri have won only one of their past 11 games – winning one, drawing eight, and losing two.
Meanwhile, Brazil and Italy will face off in a mouth-watering encounter. They are the two most successful footballing nations in World Cup history. Brazil have won the World Cup five times compared to Italy's four titles. All other nations in the world combined have only won the World Cup 10 times.
These two countries have a fierce history, facing each other 15 times, with Brazil winning 7 times, and Italy winning 5 times, and there being 3 draws.
However, in recent history Brazil have come out on top – now on a six match unbeaten run against Italy – a record stemming back to 1982.
Both games will kick off at 3 p.m. ET and the Brazil vs Italy game can be watched online through free live stream by clicking here.
Meanwhile, the Japan vs Mexico game can be watched online through free live stream by clicking here.
