Not really my cup of tea but anyone missing their football at the moment, then full strength teams such as Brazil, Argentina and Spain can be seem playing live for the next two weeks in the Confederations Cup and every game will be streamed live on the BBC Sport website and either on the Red Button or BBC Three.
These are the games -
Group A:
South Africa v Iraq (14 June, 1500 BST)
New Zealand v Spain (14 June, 1930 BST)
Spain v Iraq (17 June, 1500 BST)
South Africa v New Zealand (17 June, 1930 BST)
Iraq v New Zealand (20 June, 1930 BST)
Spain v South Africa (20 June, 1930 BST)
Group B:
Brazil v Egypt (15 June, 1500 BST)
USA v Italy (15 June, 1930 BST)
USA v Brazil (18 June, 1500 BST)
Egypt v Italy (18 June, 1930 BST)
Italy v Brazil (21 June, 1930 BST)
Egypt v USA (21 June, 1930 BST)
Semi-finals:
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B (24 June, 1930 BST)
Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A (25 June, 1930 BST)
Third-placed play-off:
Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg (28 June, 1400 BST)
Confederations Cup final:
Ellis Park, Johannesburg (28 June, 1930 BST)
Anyone interested to know what the Confederations Cup is - then the following article is a good read. The Confederations Cup is probably best remember as the tournament that Marc-Vivien Foe died playing in some six years ago - RIP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8088226.stm
