Pretoria — Brazil will not have an easy game this afternoon when it locks horns with the United States of America (USA), who are determined to remain in the FIFA Confederations Cup.

The USA will have to win this match to guarantee their stay in the tournament, if not they will be knocked-out of the Confederations Cup.

The two teams will battle it out at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Tshwane at 4pm today.

The US will also use today's match to prove that they are not participating on the eight nation's tournament to donate points, but to win the cup.

However, in order to avoid humiliating defeat against Brazil, the US need to use three defensive midfielders in the middle of the park and their defenders need to be solid.

In doing so, they should approach today's match more aggressively as that may lead them into the referee's book.

The US is at the bottom of Group B with only one goal and they are regarded as the underdogs in this group.

During their first encounter match against the 2006 World Cup champions, Italy, the US national team failed to hold their 1-0 lead. They were the first to score through a penalty.

In the second half, the US were out of touch for the better part of the match, particularly after Ricardo Clark was shown a red card for his hard tackle, which led to the Italians beating the US 3-1.

However, Brazil's top striker Kaka, who scored two goals during terrific encounter against the formidable Egyptians in their opening Group B match, is expected to amaze the crowds this afternoon.

The 2006 Confederations Cup champions are on the second position of Group B with 3 points following their hard won victory against Egypt on Monday.

The Brazilians were lucky to win the match 4-3 as the Egyptian team was distributing some telling passes and creating goal-scoring opportunities.