<p>in order to advance to confederations cup semifinals, the US had to beat Egypt by at least 3 pts and Brazil had to beat Italy by the same margin</p>
<p>that happened…how weird is that?</p>
<p>IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING THING I HAVE EVER SEEN almost.</p>
<p>I didn’t see the whole match but Davies’ goal was a complete fluke.</p>
<p>And why isn’t Italy advancing? They have the same -2 goal margin as us and beat us head-to-head.</p>
<p>I know that was awesome…pretty much knew Brazil would beat Italy, but who knew it would all work out so well for the US.</p>
<p>holy hell, it actually HAPPENED???</p>
<p>I know right… If someone asked me before the tournament what the chances of U.S. advancing in expense of Italy and Egypt were, I would be like ZERO. After Egypt lost 3-4 to Brazil and won against Italy – I would be even more confident… But I guess Egypt just relaxed way too much against the U.S. and Zidan’s absence didn’t help. Italy isn’t advancing because it scored one goal less – three as opposed to U.S.’ four. If points and goal differences are the same, the team with highest number of scored goals advances.</p>