FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 Brazil - Competition Overview and Reports

This blog will closely follow this year's FIFA Confederations Cup to be played in Brazil from 15 to 30 June. Please find our unofficial referee observers' reports for each match uploaded here. You can easily access it by calling up "FIFA Refereeing" and "Confederations Cup" below the blog's header. 
Referee appointments are going to be published in form of separate threads though.

Matchday 1

15 June 2013
Match 1, Group A – Estádio Nacional, Brasília (BRA) – 21:00 CET
BRAZIL		3:0		JAPAN
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)					observer report

16 June 2013
Match 2, Group A – Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) – 21:00 CET
MEXICO		1:2		ITALY
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI)					observer report

17 June 2013
Match 3, Group B – Arena Pernambuco, Recife (BRA) – 00:00 CET
SPAIN		2:1		URUGUAY
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (JPN)					observer report

17 June 2013
Match 4, Group B – Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (BRA) – 21:00 CET
TAHITI		1:6		NIGERIA
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)					observer report

Matchday 2

19 June 2013
Match 5, Group A – Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza (BRA) – 21:00 CET
BRAZIL		2:0		MEXICO
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)					observer report

20 June 2013
Match 6, Group A – Arena Pernambuco, Recife (BRA) – 00:00 CET
ITALY		4:3		JAPAN
Referee: Diego Abal (ARG)					observer report

20 June 2013
Match 7, Group B – Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) – 21:00 CET
SPAIN		10:0		TAHITI
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (ALG)					observer report

21 June 2013
Match 8, Group B – Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador (BRA) – 00:00 CET
NIGERIA		1:2		URUGUAY
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)					observer report

Matchday 3

22 June 2013
Match 9, Group A – Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador (BRA) – 21:00 CET
ITALY		2:4		BRAZIL
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB)					observer report

22 June 2013
Match 10, Group A – Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (BRA) – 21:00 CET
JAPAN		1:2		MEXICO
Referee: Felix Brych (GER)					observer report

23 June 2013
Match 11, Group B – Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza (BRA) – 21:00 CET
NIGERIA		0:3		SPAIN
Referee: Joel Aguilar (SLV)					observer report

23 June 2013
Match 12, Group B – Arena Pernambuco, Recife (BRA) – 21:00 CET
URUGUAY		8:0		TAHITI
Referee: Pedro Proença (POR)					observer report

Semifinals

26 June 2013
Match 13 – Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte (BRA) – 21:00 CET
BRAZIL		2:1		URUGUAY
Referee: Enrique Osses (CHI)					observer report

27 June 2013
Match 14 – Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza (BRA) – 21:00 CET
SPAIN		7:6 pso		ITALY
Referee: Howard Webb (ENG)					observer report

Third Place

30 June 2013
Match 15 – Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador (BRA) – 18:00 CET
URUGUAY		2:3 pso		ITALY
Referee: Djamel Haimoudi (ALG)					observer report

Final

01 July 2013
Match 16 – Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (BRA) – 00:00 CET
BRAZIL		3:0		SPAIN
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)					observer report