Dream match may be dress rehearsal for World Cup final

BRAZIL and Argentina may have stumbled along the way but they eventually lived up to their star billing by making it through to this evening’s Confederations Cup final.

This dream match-up between the South American footballing superpowers is seen by many as a potential dress rehearsal for the World Cup final back in Germany next year.

Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, who singled out Juan Roman Riquelme and Juan Pablo Sorin as Argentina’s dangermen, acknowledged: “This final brings together the two favourites for the World Cup.”