Italy and Japan played each other as part of the 2013 Confederations Cup in the Pernambuco Arena, Recife. Italy triumphed 4-3 in the craziest game of Confederations Cup 2013, so far.
Attendance - 40,489
Referee - Diego Abal
Line ups:-
Italy (Head Coach: Cesare Prandelli)-
1 Buffon, 2 Maggio (20 Abate, 59'), 3 Chiellini, 5 De Sciglio, 7 Aquilani (10 Giovinco, 30'), 9 Balotelli, 15 Barzagli, 16 De Rossi, 18 Montolivo, 21 Pirlo, 22 Giaccherini (8 Marchisio, 68')
Substitutions not used: 12 Sirigu, 13 Marchetti, 4 Astore, 6 Candreva, 11 Gilardino, 14 El Shaarawy, 17 Cerci, 19 Bonucci, 23 Diamanti
Japan (Head Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni)-
1 Kawashima, 4 Honda, 5 Nagatomo, 6 Uchida (21 Sakai, 73'), 7 Endo, 9 Okazaki, 10 Kagawa, 15 Konno, 17 Hasebe (14 Nakamura, 92'), 18 Maeda (11 Havenaar, 79'), 22 Yoshida
Substitutions not used: 12 Nishikawa, 23 Gonda, 2 Inoha, 3 Sakai, 8 Kiyotake, 13 Hosogai, 16 Kurihara, 19 Inui, 20 Takahashi
Goals:-
Japan - Honda (pen) - 21'
Japan - Kagawa - 33'
Italy - De Rossi - 41'
Italy - Uchida (og) - 50'
Italy - Balotelli (pen) - 52'
Japan - Okazaki - 69'
Italy - Giovinco - 86'