3-0 
The 2013 Confederations Cup kicked-off today with host nation Brazil taking on Japan. The Confederations Cup is like a preview/warm up for the 2014 World Cup and Brazil won the previous tournament in South Africa, beating the United States in the final. As the host nation, there is a lot of pressure on Brazil and their young superstar Neymar who just signed a huge deal with Barcelona this off season.
The young forward got off to the perfect start today, scoring a fantastic goal on the first shot of the tournament. Fullback Marcelo delivered the service that was brought down with a chest-trap by Fred at the edge of the box. The chest-trap was laid off perfectly for Neymar who blasted a volley shot past the keeper for the only goal of the first-half (3').
Similar to the first-half, Brazil grabbed another goal just minutes into the second-half. This time from the right side, fullback Dani Alves played a driven cross into the box that Paulinho was able to settle with his first-touch before firing a shot at goal. The shot was towards the middle of the goal, but Japanese keeper Eiji Kawashima was slow to react and allowed the ball to slip under him and into the net (48').
One final goal was scored in stoppage-time for Brazil when Oscar was able to drive down the field and get defender Uchida turned around. Oscar then slipped substitute Jo in-on-goal for an easy finish and a final score of 3-0 (90 +3').
Tomorrow Mexico will face Italy, then World Cup Champions Spain will take on Uruguay for two very exciting matches.
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