It was a clear case of a penalty , '' he said , adding that his team let a two-goal lead slip because they were tired . `` We had two tough -LRB- World Cup -RRB- qualifiers , 23 hours of travel and the time difference . The players have not been sleeping well so obviously we are quite happy with the win . '' Substitute Giuseppe Rossi scored a brace to help world champions Italy stage a second-half recovery against 10-man United States and claim a 3-1 victory in their tournament debut in Pretoria . South Africa are staging the tournament as a warm-up for next year 's World Cup finals -- with Egypt struggling to qualify for 2010 after their recent 3-1 defeat against Algeria . But it looked as though Egypt were going to deny five-times world champions Brazil an opening victory in their defense of the Confederations crown after a fightback that saw Mohamed Zidan also score twice . Brazil were leading 3-1 at halftime with first-half strikes from Kaka -LRB- 5 minutes -RRB- , Luis Fabiano -LRB- 12 -RRB- and Juan -LRB- 37 -RRB- with Zidan heading home Wael Gomaa 's cross on nine .
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Kaka converted a penalty in time added on to give holders Brazil a dramatic 4-3 win over Egypt who filed an official complaint after their Confederations Cup opener at Bloemfontein on Monday . Kaka celebrates after his last-gasp penalty gives holders Brazil an opening win in their Confed Cup victory . Substitute Ahmed al-Muhamadi was red-carded after handling on the goalline in a desperate attempt to deny Brazil -- and Real Madrid 's recent $ 92million signing Kaka rifled home from the spot for his second goal of the game . But the decision by English referee Howard Webb to award the penalty upset African Nations Cup winners Egypt . They were unhappy that Webb initially blew for a corner but changed his mind after the fourth official , Australia 's Matthew Breeze , spoke to him after reportedly seeing television replays . `` Since when do the regulations say it is a penalty based on the monitors or on the television ? '' asked Egypt 's deputy coach Shawki Gharib . `` Egypt is going to file a complaint against the penalty . '' Brazil coach Dunga saw nothing wrong with the decision . ``