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Copa America SF: Brazil v Argentina

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#1 ·
Messi's day of judgment in the Argentina shirt.
 
#11 ·
Would love to see Egypt play in Copa America some day.
 
#15 ·
Qatar didn't field their B team as far as I know.

Doubt we would take Copa America lightly if we get invited to it.
 
#17 ·
After two years, Jesus scores in a cross by Firmino. Argentina was managing to keep the game tense and without flow, but in a sequence of 3 argies defenders coming after the brazilian players like bulls, instead of occupying space, Brazil managed to find space to finish.
 
#18 ·
First half over, Argentina overall better, with Messi well, but one of their main flaws in the first half, the attempt to make the game more physical and intimidating, costed them the blunder in basically the only move done correctly by Brasil (when Alves finally played with the brazilian player moving to the wing instead of trying his ridiculous lobbies) and 1 x 0.
 
#24 ·
game over, Argentina paid for mistaking their fight with a bit of brutality and when they had to go more physical, in the second goal, they went soft. Otamendi style of defending fails again. And heck, nothing more effective to kill your team intensity than Di Maria coming in.
 
#27 ·
It was the first game where they swapped more often their position. Before Firmino was often stuck in the middle and seemed to lack some agility as well (probally, tired). The best momments of Tite's teams before the cups, he had Jesus and Neymar moving around and not wingers constantly open in the flank. It was in the cup that he decided to stick William in the wing, which was pointless, since neither Jesus or Firmino are the kind of centerfoward to be in the area fighting for crossings.

But yet, this is also due to Argentina defense. They have no covering (not different from the World Cup), once you break their mid and fowards pressure on the ball, you have some sort of video-game thing, with the defenders doing an "Ota", individual tackles in sequence, but nobody position correctly to close the spaces.
 
#28 ·
Irmãos Brasileiros,

Brasil vs Peru on Sunday. I see the Peruvians taking this one. I smell another France 98 final result coming up.

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o último guerreiro!!!

Guerrero 2
Cueva 1

Brasil 0 - Peru 3 :grin2::x:x
 
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