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href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8120561.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45983000/jpg/_45983763_fabgetty466.jpg" align="" width="466" height="260" alt="Luis Fabiano scores his second" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a></div> <div class="widesummary"> Brazil deny the USA another shock victory by coming back from two goals down to win the Confederations Cup final 3-2. </div> <div class="sabull"> <a class="tsl" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8123258.stm">Confed Cup final as it happened</a> </div> <div class="wideav"><a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8123523.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" align="left" width="20" height="13" alt="" border="" vspace="0" hspace="0">Highlights - Brazil win Confed Cup<br clear="all"/></a></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> bbc.fmtj.apps.slideshow.createSlideShow({ containerId : "topStorySlideShow", images : [ {src:"/media/images/45983000/jpg/_45983763_fabgetty466.jpg", alt:"Luis Fabiano scores his second" }, {src:"/media/images/45983000/jpg/_45983761_fabianoc466ap.jpg", alt:"Luis Fabiano celebrates scoring one of his two goals" }, {src:"/media/images/45983000/jpg/_45983762_casey466getty.jpg", alt:"Conor Casey is devastated as Brazil celebrate" }, {src:"/media/images/45983000/jpg/_45983764_braziltrophygetty466.jpg", alt:"Brazil with the Confederations Cup" } ] }); </script> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="5" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br/> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="466"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="226"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="14"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="14" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="226"> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="horizontalList"> <span class="nlp"> KEY INFO: </span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/tables/default.stm">World Cup tables</a> | <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8087418.stm">Teams at 2010 World Cup</a> | <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8076956.stm">June transfers</a> </div><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br/> <div class="footballbg"> <div class="o"> <div class="nlp"> 2009-2010 season football fixtures </div> <div class="horizontalList"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/fixtures/default.stm">Premier Lge</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/fixtures/default.stm">Champ</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/fixtures/default.stm">Lge 1</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/fixtures/default.stm">Lge 2</a> | <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7453880.stm">English clubs</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/fixtures/default.stm">SPL</a> | <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7454014.stm">Scots clubs</a> </div><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="1" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" class="" hspace="0"><br/> </div> </div> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="466"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="226"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="14"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="14" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="226"> </td> </tr> </table> <div class="o"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="466" height="20" alt="" border="0"> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="466"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="gdedfdb" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="446"> <div> <div class="mph"> Comment and analysis </div> </div> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="446"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="126"> <div class="promobottombg"> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8122244.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45980000/jpg/_45980383_pearce116.jpg" align="" width="126" height="71" alt="Stuart Pearce" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a> <a class="shl" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8122244.stm">Pearce's England end penalty pain</a> <br/> </div> <div class="o"> Stuart Pearce's penalty practice pays off in Sweden </div> </div> </td><td valign="top" class="gdedfdb" width="34"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="34" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="126"> <div class="promobottombg"> <div class="mvb"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrischarles/2009/06/review_of_the_week_30.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45977000/jpg/_45977590_newcastlekit126.jpg" align="" width="126" height="71" alt="Steven Taylor models Newcastle strip " border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a> <a class="shl" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chrischarles/2009/06/review_of_the_week_30.html">Review of week</a> <br/> </div> <div class="o"> Newcastle's new 'deckchair' kit, plus 'Liverpool sign Bent' </div> </div> </td><td valign="top" class="gdedfdb" width="34"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="34" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="126"> <div class="promobottombg"> <div class="mvb"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/8115088.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45966000/jpg/_45966348_johnterryclap.jpg" align="" width="126" height="71" alt="John Terry" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a> <a class="shl" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/8115088.stm">Sport quotes of the week</a> <br/> </div> <div class="o"> John Terry on being Dad of the Year </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </td><td valign="top" class="gdedfdb" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td> </tr> </table> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="466" height="20" alt="" border="0"> </div> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="466"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="446"> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="446"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="126"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="34"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="34" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="126"> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="34"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="34" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="126"> </td> </tr> </table> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="10"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td> </tr> </table> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="466"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="226"> <div class="wtrb"> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/default.stm">Premier League</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/8123484.stm">Birmingham boss denies rift talk</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/default.stm">Championship</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/8122162.stm">Hall signs new Coventry contract</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/default.stm">League One</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/8123002.stm">Welsh agrees new Glovers contract</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/default.stm">League Two</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hereford_united/8114177.stm">Bulls boss Trewick lands quartet</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_conf/default.stm">Non-league</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/g/gateshead/8123008.stm">Brittain completes Gateshead move</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_of_wales/default.stm">Welsh football</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/8119883.stm">De Vries' Swans deal edges closer</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/default.stm">Irish football</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/8121190.stm">McDonald interviewed for IFA post</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/default.stm">African football</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8122588.stm">Toure to stay at Barca until 2012</a> </div> </div> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="14"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="14" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="226"> <div class="wtrb"> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_prem/default.stm">Scottish Premier</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/8111043.stm">Gannon verbally accepts Well job</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/default.stm">Scottish League</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8123073.stm">Livi investment plea from Massone</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_cups/default.stm">Scottish Cups</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/8119300.stm">Queen's Park braced for cup woe</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/default.stm">FA Cup</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8115805.stm">FA faces Setanta cash shortfall</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/default.stm">Carling Cup</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/8102230.stm">Clubs discover Carling Cup fate</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/default.stm">Europe</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/8122158.stm">Blackburn eye Van Nistelrooy move</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/default.stm">Internationals</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8123258.stm">Confed Cup final as it happened</a> </div> <div class="nlp"> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/default.stm">Women's football</a> </div> <div class="arr"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/women/8088939.stm">England line up pre-Euro fixtures</a> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="466" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="" hspace="0"><br/>  <div class="qbox416"> <blockquote>  <a class="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A53735231">Is Ruud past it at 33, or could he still do a job at Ewood Park?</a>  </blockquote> <div class="info">Peter Scrivener - BBC Sport</div>  <div class="links"> <a class="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/ArticleSearch?phrase=Football&contenttype=-1&show=20">Discuss football on 606</a> </div>  </div>  <div class="purplebg"> <div class="o"> <div class="nlp"> Tips & tactics </div> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="466"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="226"> <div class="picheadline"><a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/your_game/7355463.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44581000/jpg/_44581793_charlotte66.jpg" align="left" width="66" height="49" alt="" border="0"></a> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" align="left" width="5" height="49" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/your_game/7355463.stm">Your Game freestyle tricks - Head Stall</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/your_game/7355463.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_text.gif" align="left" width="57" height="13" alt="" border="" vspace="5" hspace="0"></a> <br clear="all"/></div> </td><td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="14"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="14" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="226"> <div class="picheadline"><a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/skills/7296958.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44722000/jpg/_44722727_rona499.jpg" align="left" width="66" height="49" alt="Learn the Ronaldo chop" border="0"></a> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" align="left" width="5" height="49" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/skills/7296958.stm">Brazilian soccer skills: The Ronaldo chop</a><br/> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/skills/7296958.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_text.gif" align="left" width="57" height="13" alt="" border="" vspace="5" hspace="0"></a> <br clear="all"/></div> </td> </tr> </table> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="466" height="10" alt="" border="0" vspace="" hspace="0"><br/> </div> </div> </td><td valign="top" width="320"> <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="320"> <tr> <td valign="top" class="gffffff" width="14"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="14" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="306"> <div class="o">    <div class="o"> </div> </div> <div class="wgreylinebottom"> <div class="picheadline2"> <a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8122976.stm"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090629053617im_/http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45983000/jpg/_45983199_pearce_index.jpg" align="" width="66" height="49" alt="Stuart Pearce" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a> <a class="lp" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/default.stm">INTERNATIONALS</a><br/> <a class="tshsplash" href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8122976.stm">Eriksson backs Pearce for England</a> <div class="wideav"><a href="/web/20090629053617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/8123167.stm"><img 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