#2 Preview of the World Cup
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With the World Cup fast approaching and just a year away, the Confederations Cup is an important tournament for teams to get their players clicking together and ready before the World Cup. Italy in 2009 used the tournament as a post-season entertainment and ended up losing to both Egypt and Brazil, which set the tone for their World Cup performance, where they were eliminated in the group stages itself.
For Germany, this tournament will be crucial for their future tournament chances but they have tough competition with the likes of Portugal, Chile and even Mexico. It showcases the top teams from all over FIFA’s six confederation competitions and will allow Russia to fine-tune their hosting skills.
The three weeks during the tournament will be a dry run of sorts for the upcoming 2018 World Cup. Back in 2009, it allowed South Africa to see how well the state of their media, transportation, ticket sales and even their marketing campaign was before the World Cup actually started. It allowed them to fine tune, any mistakes what so ever before the start of the World Cup and will also afford Russia the same opportunities.
