Copa America

[Gunga Din]

starts tonight. i really enjoy this tournament. USA hosts this year and extended the comp to 16 teams.

 

anyone going to be sitting up in the small hours watching?

[growler]

Are Phil and bob there? Or indeed anyone else?

[Gunga Din]

Are Phil and bob there? Or indeed anyone else?

 

 

phil is. bob isn't. 

[Cheesecake]

Mexico v Uruguay on Monday would be worth a watch, not going to bother with tonights or the other weekend matches.

 

no doubt the weekend games will all now be 9 goal thrillers followed a bore all draw on Monday....

[Hassony]

Suarez is injured though

 

Might watch the Brazil game tomorrow

[Benitez]

I'll watch some game for sure. Probably wouldn't be if I had to stay up till the small hours for them to start like! Waiting till 9.30 for the first game tonight is bad enough

 

Not actually taken the least bit of notice of this competition before. Still, its competitive footy in the summer, so all good. 

Edited June 3, 2016 by Benitez

[Cheesecake]

balls, didn't know Suarez was injured - is he out for the duration? I read elsewhere that Neymar is out completely.

[Hassony]

Think Suarez should be OK later on

[Nebraska Red]

Coutinho played the whole 90  and did well. Brazil had a new team out for the most part and again struggled to create decent chances.

[Nebraska Red]

The Mexican fans were  warned prior to the game about chanting gay slurs at the goalie, which they  ignored. FIFA have threatened fines and matches played behind closed doors.

 

Uruguay are not half the team without Suarez. They did get screwed over by the refs though in a 3-1 loss.

[Benitez]

at least the game last night was pretty entertaining. The other matches I watched in the tournament so far (granted, only like 2 and a half games) where utterly dire. 

[Nebraska Red]

Coutinho just scored a cracker to give Brazil a 1-0 lead.

[Boca]

He's got another

[ShaunOfTheRed]

Hat trick for the lad.

[Bootle Buck]

His price just went way up!!

[PhilM]

balls, didn't know Suarez was injured - is he out for the duration? I read elsewhere that Neymar is out completely.

 

Isn't Neymar out because he's playing for Brazil in the Olympics instead?

[Nebraska Red]

This Messi lad looks like he could be a decent player. 30 minute hat trick last night.

[EC_Red]

Brazil knocked out.

 

To the most obvious of hand ball goals that the referee and his assistants missed.

Edited June 13, 2016 by EC_Red

[Nebraska Red]

Hard to believe that none of the officials saw that blatant handball. The decision not to use the "behind the goal guys" is now in question. Of course the goal scorer came out and said it his thigh and went in. Because it was Brazil that suffered, the call for video replay in the penalty box will be louder in the coming weeks.

 

To be fair, Brazil were bloody awful, but to go home on a deliberate handball is a joke.

[yellow jumper]

vai se foder dunga

[yellow jumper]

you're seeing more and more in international football the link between a national standard and investment in coaching and success in that arena. it's where the real gap exists for brazil now. 

[Benitez]

Hard to believe that none of the officials saw that blatant handball. The decision not to use the "behind the goal guys" is now in question. Of course the goal scorer came out and said it his thigh and went in. Because it was Brazil that suffered, the call for video replay in the penalty box will be louder in the coming weeks.

 

To be fair, Brazil were bloody awful, but to go home on a deliberate handball is a joke.

 

 

Indeed, they where dreadful. And how Dunga didn't pick Firmino in THAT squad is bizarre.  Although all things considered, probably a good thing he wasn't part of it. 

[Nebraska Red]

USA through to the semis after beating Ecuador in a game that saw 2 red cards, one for A Valencia, and a bunch of yellows that sees 3 USA players out of the semi final where they will most likely face Argentina. USA team actually played some decent footy against an Ecuador team who were always ready for a scrap.

[Benitez]

Apart from the Colombia game, USA have played pretty well, deservedly through to the semi finals. i don't get the stick Jürgen Klinsmann has had over the last year or two. He seems do a very good job, admittedly I'm not keeping that close an eye, but it's not like he's got a whole lot of quality players there to work with.

 

Although that John Brooks who plays in central defense for them (and Hertha Berlin), has looked good in this tournament.

[BDB]

Went to the game last night.  Crowd was good - 47K they announced, more than at the Argentina - Bolivia game on Tuesday.

 

Brooks played very well.  US Defended pretty good, Ecuador really seemed to only start trying to attack in the 2nd half.

 

Jones got sent off for putting his hands on an opponents face. New rule they are using - straight red