Chinese Super League clubs Jiangsu Suning and Henan Jianye saw their respective players Australia defender Trent Sainsbury and Cameroon forward Christian Bassogog start for their national teams.
The top two teams go through to the semi-finals and there is one round of matches remaining in the group on Sunday, with Germany facing Cameroon and Chile playing Australia.
The move has paid off with forward Lars Stindl scoring in both Monday's 3-2 win over Australia and Thursday's 1-1 draw with Chile leaving him as the Confed Cup's top-scorer.
Loew's young side has so far been convincing in Russian Federation.
Germany, with only three players from its 2014 World Cup-winning team, played catch-up most of time against the more experienced Chileans, but earned the draw after Lars Stindl scored from close range in a counterattack just before halftime.
They dominated Australia for the first hour in Sochi, then weathered a Socceroos fight back, while in Kazan against Chile they showed guts in fighting back after conceding an early goal.
In the other Group B match to take place today, Australia and Cameroon took a share of the spoils as their match also finished 1-1.
Australia face Chile at Moscow's Spartak Stadium with a draw good enough for the Copa America champions while the Socceroos need a win by three clear goals to reach the last four.
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"We controlled large parts of the game and they were pretty risky, we lacked some composure in front of goal", said Australia coach Ange Postecoglou.
"My job is to stay professional, it's not about 100 caps, it's about beating Chile and trying to do good things for our country". We've made it hard for ourselves but nothing changes for us, we try to win every game we play, regardless of the opposition and the circumstances.
"It's a great opportunity to play against one of the world's great teams and a great opportunity to create something special".
Tim Cahill, the country's all-time leading scorer with 48 goals, came on as a substitute but the 37-year-old could not break the deadlock on his 99th global appearance.
According to the AP's Rob Harris, the planes are only about 230 feet off the ground when they descend over the practice field, but Federation Internationale de Football Association says there's no danger to the passengers above or the players below.
Alexis Sanchez became Chile's all-time leading scorer when he grabbed an early goal in their 1-1 draw against Germany at the Confederations Cup on Thursday.
Chile pressed the Germans from the opening whistle and took the lead in the 6th minute.
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