Copa América 2024
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Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
Winning ugly.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
Maybe we win WC 2026 with Messi in crutches.
Feña14
G.O.A.T.
Yo Shakira, what that mouth do bby?
Her hips might not lie, but her lips do. Was out there miming more than prime Charlie Chaplin.
dapchai
Legend
pique got tired of her hips and lips
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
@Federer and Del Potro and @Kralingen :
Have you noticed how Argentina started to play better after Messi was substituted?
Have you noticed how Argentina started to play better after Messi was substituted?
dapchai
Legend
his injury hampered him for much of the match tbf. feel for the guy
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
This was not his tournament.
dapchai
Legend
in 10 years i don't think anyone would care much abt that tbh, they would only talk abt his copa-wc-copa wins in a row.
btw, what do you think of these copa wins as an argentine? afaik argentina have won sth like 16 editions which is a lot.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
It's a tournament with many years being played. We couldn't win it for 28 years (1993-2021), losing so many finals, three of the four last of them in penalty shootouts, so we're glad to have won two straight.
dapchai
Legend
i think argentina have always been about to win copa and wc at some point, like they've always been a serious contender in any big tourney they participated. a bit surprised that they hadn't won copa for 28 years.
i'm quite impressed at your national squad recently. ppl talk a lot about messi but there are di maria, lo celso, de paul, mac allister, tagliafico, montiel, otamendi, romero, and of course dibu. very strong players and they team up really well. congrats on your great national success.
Daniel Andrade
Hall of Fame
Completely normal reaction
What a poor quality tournament all-round, in terms of the standard of football, quality of the pitches, general organistation etc.
I do think that this 16 team format, also used in in the Centenario event in 2016, should become the permanent Copa America format though, albeit with the tournament returning to be held in South America / CONMEBOL nations.
The 12 team format that has traditionally been used, with 2 guest teams and 3 groups of 4, was imbalanced and not very good. And the CONMEBOL-only format in 2021, with 2 groups of 5 teams and 8 teams out of 10 progressing to the knockout stages (meaning that the group games were largely a waste of time), was also terrible.
I do think that this 16 team format, also used in in the Centenario event in 2016, should become the permanent Copa America format though, albeit with the tournament returning to be held in South America / CONMEBOL nations.
The 12 team format that has traditionally been used, with 2 guest teams and 3 groups of 4, was imbalanced and not very good. And the CONMEBOL-only format in 2021, with 2 groups of 5 teams and 8 teams out of 10 progressing to the knockout stages (meaning that the group games were largely a waste of time), was also terrible.
pedro94
Semi-Pro
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Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
This is literally you right now lol
Nah I only wanted Colombia to win because I thought they were playing really well entering the final. Messi rolling onto the pitch so that play had to stop was what I was laughing at.
I had no serious rooting interest once USA lost. Though I would have preferred to see Brazil lose with Vini Jr playing. And would have preferred to see Brazil-Argentina final for the @Sudacafan memes
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I wanted Colombia to win yesterday as well, because I have a soft spot for them (though Ecuador are my favourite CONMEBOL team), a couple of my best friends are Colombian, and also because I wanted them to win their first ever Copa América with a 'full field' (their one previous triumph came on home soil in 2001 with Argentina absent due to security reasons).
In terms of organisation, I recall that it was also bad at the 2016 Centenario event in the US. It wasn't just the gaffes in terms of playing the Chilean anthem instead of the Uruguayan one, misspelling Colombia as 'Columbia', but crazy scheduling with teams needing to fly between East and West for different group games (Uruguay in-particular had brutal schedule there), and some of the same issues that we've seen over the past few weeks. It did do very well in terms of TV ratings in the US though - I'm not sure what the ratings have been like for this tournament).
In terms of organisation, I recall that it was also bad at the 2016 Centenario event in the US. It wasn't just the gaffes in terms of playing the Chilean anthem instead of the Uruguayan one, misspelling Colombia as 'Columbia', but crazy scheduling with teams needing to fly between East and West for different group games (Uruguay in-particular had brutal schedule there), and some of the same issues that we've seen over the past few weeks. It did do very well in terms of TV ratings in the US though - I'm not sure what the ratings have been like for this tournament).
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
I missed those gaffes.
And I think that 90% of the English speaking people in the world spells Colombia incorrectly.
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I’m not Colombian and am from an English speaking country, and I find that misspelling to be pretty irritating !
Regarding Argentina, I said before that I thought it was a big shame that Mascherano never won any major international silverware, with him on the losing side in 5 different finals.
Yes he was very skilled in the dark arts, but so many other players have been as well, so I can’t really hold that against him. It’s like how I wish that Nalbandian had won the Davis Cup in tennis.
IMO he was definitely Argentina’s best player at both the 2004 Copa América and 2014 World Cup (including in the final itself when he more than held his own vs. Kroos and Schweinsteiger). I enraged some Messi fans I know with the 2014 World Cup take, but I absolutely stand by that - it was blatant IMO. Plus he was excellent at the 2007 Copa América, and played very well individually in the 2016 Copa América Centenario final.
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Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
I am more than happy that you can thank God and live in peace with this outcome.
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He’s a highlights player propped up by PR.
SempreSami
Hall of Fame
More pertinently, did anyone stick a flare up their bum?
pedro94
Semi-Pro
Did you see the size of his ankle?
What's wrong with stopping the play? Additional time is a thing last time I checked..
Federer and Del Potro
Bionic Poster
That wasn't the same play. Him rolling on the pitch was in the first half.
Nothing wrong with it, just a cheeky way to not have to play 10 on 11.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
They were there to thrash Argentina.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
Awful, and Argentina's President said nobody should apologize, and he then fired the official who apologized, which I don't know what's more awful.
We are breeding a new class of very rich and ignorant sportsmen in our beloved country.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
It would not sell.
