The Official Copa America 2007 thread...

blutgraetsche wrote:That's what you get for having just 12 teams in the competiton.

Like I said earlier: Get rid of the Gold Cup, and start a new Copa America for both North and South America, with 16 teams qualifying for it. This will solve the problem, and most probably improve the importance and image of the competition.

exactly

the whole process of the Copa America is weird anyway, I mean, "inviting" countries into your confederation's tournement is just utterly bizzare. Japan even played in the Copa once :shock , although of course with Mexico and the USA playing it doesn't quite look so alien.

The Gold Cup is a waste of time too. It always ends up with a final between Mexico and the USA who are streets ahead of any of the other nations in that confederation

i must admit that the triple DMs isnt looking to bad. brazil look more structed and seems to have a more clear idea of how to attack.

Is it a good match so far, would it be worth watching? The last matches by Brazil were pretty dull...

Is it so exciting nobody answers me?

It's not a bad game so far. Both sides are creating a couple of chances and Brazil very nearly scored just now. There isn't much free flowing football but I've seen worse and it's worth watching in my opinion.

who will mexico play in the 1/4

Sheffield gunner wrote:It's not a bad game so far. Both sides are creating a couple of chances and Brazil very nearly scored just now. There isn't much free flowing football but I've seen worse and it's worth watching in my opinion.

Thanks. But somehow I´m still too lazy to get up and turn the TV on...

chrissicross wrote:
Thanks. But somehow I´m still too lazy to get up and turn the TV on...

Guess you are suffering from the same disease Klose had in the second half of the season, when he, quote, "couldn't even lift the toys of his kids".

horror show, the first half.

We demand Diego! I swear I will never shake my arse to samba music again if Dunga doesn't play Diego!

blutgraetsche wrote:

chrissicross wrote:
Thanks. But somehow I´m still too lazy to get up and turn the TV on...

Guess you are suffering from the same disease Klose had in the second half of the season, when he, quote, "couldn't even lift the toys of his kids".

Yeah, maybe Wurst Uli could cure me as well with 10m per year?

10m EUR a year for lifting toys? Great deal I have to say. Put on your Lederhosen and head for Bavaria chrissi!

todo wrote:horror show, the first half.

you really think? it has been better then the other games they have played. there is more of a plan now allthough it can get better.

blutgraetsche wrote:10m EUR a year for lifting toys? Great deal I have to say. Put on your Lederhosen and head for Bavaria chrissi!

I don´t own a Lederhosen anymore since a traumatic incident in my childhood...

Who was the Brazilian player playing forward on the left side...he was terrible in that 1st half, always lost the ball when he got it from Gilberto the left-back. I wasn't watching too carefully, but I think it was Baptista, wasn't it?

Penalty for Brazil after Robinho goes down. The defender held Robinho but there was very little contact and Robinho went down very easily.

Robinho scores the penalty, but it was a weak penalty again. The goalkeeper should probably have saved it.

todo will not like that....


Forget it, no Diego today.

Kleber comes on for Gilberto at left back.

Surely there's a better penalty taker than Robinho among those 11 players out there? That was an pathetic penalty again - they could pay dearly if he ends up missing one in the knockout stages.

What has Afonso done to Dunga, seriously? I just don't get it.

kas wrote:Surely there's a better penalty taker than Robinho among those 11 players out there? That was an pathetic penalty again - they could pay dearly if he ends up missing one in the knockout stages.

i dont get why he takes. i dont remember seeing him take any for us. he seems to be quite bad at them. allthough i gues if he just gets them in there isnt much to say.

kas wrote:Surely there's a better penalty taker than Robinho among those 11 players out there? That was an pathetic penalty again - they could pay dearly if he ends up missing one in the knockout stages.

I would suggest Baptista but he missed all three he took for us last season! Gilberto scored quite a few but he isn't a particularly good penalty taker.

Diego is on for Baptista!

Sheffield gunner wrote:Diego is on for Baptista!

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Samba!

blutgraetsche wrote:

Sheffield gunner wrote:Diego is on for Baptista!

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Samba!

No Afonso Alves today though unfortunately, they're about to bring someone else on.

I don't even know whether I can describe that piece of play by Vagner a couple mins ago as a chance - he was through on goal, and from there any half-decent international striker would have outpaced the one defender alongside him, or showed some tricks and cut inside the defender and made a good shot on goal, if not score. But with Vagner Love, as soon as he got the ball I knew it would not be a goal. What a tragedy that this guy is leading the line for a nation with a proud history of strikers.

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WTF must Vagner Luuuuuuuv do to get benched? Run amok and brake the bones of a defender? Or just score a goal?

Whatever, I'll stick to samba....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaMCjbjMhiE


and hope that Diego shows his class.

Already in the few mins he's been on the pitch, Diego has impressed me the most - he is willing to track back and tackle, he is ready to accept the ball and is mobile around the attack like a no. 10, and is always trying to play a positive, direct, pass as quickly as possible.

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What a boring match. I almost fell asleep at one point.