Brazil's Fred, right, and Italy's Giorgio Chiellini challenge for the ball just before Fred scores during the soccer Confederations Cup group A match between Italy and Brazil at Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador, Brazil, Saturday, June 22, 2013. — AP SALVADOR, Brazil — Neymar scored his third goal in three matches and Fred added two others as Brazil defeated Italy 4-2 to finish top of Group A of the Confederations Cup on Saturday. Substitute defender Dante opened the scoring from close range in first-half injury time, but Italy equalized through Emanuele Giaccherini in a breakaway in the 51st. Neymar scored in the 55th with a well-placed free kick shot into the top corner of the net as Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon could only watch, and Fred added to the lead from inside the area in the 66th before Italy pulled closer again with Giorgio Chiellini in the 71st. Italy almost equalized when an 80th-minute header by Christian Maggio exploded off the crossbar, but Fred sealed the victory from a Buffon parry in the 89th. — AP
