justboy68
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Teams not from South America being invited to compete in that regions tournament is barmy to be honest. It's like Real Madrid being invited to play in the FA cup one season.
Or Swansea in the English leagues..Teams not from South America being invited to compete in that regions tournament is barmy to be honest. It's like Real Madrid being invited to play in the FA cup one season.
As someone with a Guyanese father I often wonder how Guyana would fare if they were in Commebol. Would they concede double digit goals every match?Or Swansea in the English leagues..
They kind of have to. They only have 12 countries in South America, and only 10 of them are competitive. Guyana and Suriname are the other two but they are represented in the CONCACAF. Its only logical for the Copa America to invite nations to the tournament.
Well they played Colombia in a friendly 3 years ago and lost 7-1.. their last International fixture was in 2012.As someone with a Guyanese father I often wonder how Guyana would fare if they were in Commebol. Would they concede double digit goals every match?
Not a merger. The Copa America centenary in the US is a straight up cash grab, similar to why the Mexican NT plays many matches in the U.S. and the Gold Cup is always played here every time even when another country hosts some matches.The 2016 Copa America will be held in the USA, but that's some sort of merge with the Gold Cup I think.
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Premier SportsWhat UK channels are showing the games???
Valencia is not in the Ecuador squad. Angelo Henriquez is in Chile's, however.Hopefully Di Maria has a great tournament and restores confidence to himself.
Him, Valencia and Rojo. Anyone else from United?
Rojo, Di Maria and Henriquez.I've updated post #3 and #4 with all the final squads.
European teams with at least two players at the Copa:
6 - PSG
4 - Man City, Barcelona, Juventus, Fiorentina, Napoli
3 - Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Torino, Porto
2 - Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Eintracht Frankfurt, Rayo Vallecano, Genoa, Sampdoria, AC Milan, Atalanta, Monaco, Benfica, Zenit, Shakhtar Donetsk
YouTube is streaming all of the games live.What UK channels are showing the games???
Oh wow... Real football? Happy days!YouTube is streaming all of the games live.
How else do you create three groups of four with 10 teams? Two of 5 is far too many group games.Teams not from South America being invited to compete in that regions tournament is barmy to be honest. It's like Real Madrid being invited to play in the FA cup one season.
But as it stands, he's a Manchester United player. To leave him off a list starts making it opinion and not fact!
It will have to go unwatched. I am not paying yet another subscription.Premier Sports
Okay fine, I have edited that list. Happy now?But as it stands, he's a Manchester United player. To leave him off a list starts making it opinion and not fact!
I can't believe LVG wouldn't give him a shot.
Thrilled!Okay fine, I have edited that list. Happy now?
He should've been given a chance to prove himself this forthcoming pre-season. Selling him for the fee that was reported last month is just daft.
Streamed live on YouTube mate.It will have to go unwatched. I am not paying yet another subscription.
Anyone fancy having a go at some starting XI's? How strong will the lineups be?
Possible Brazil XI:
Jefferson
Danilo - Luiz - Silva - F.Luis
Elias - Fernandinho
Willian - Coutinho - Neymar
Firmino
That's a big disappointment.Anyone else think its shocking that neither BT or Sky Sports attained the broadcasting rights for this, its a showpiece event and Premier Sports gets it, its laughable. Surely BT could have put it on ESPN if they didn't want it on their main channels.
Having followed a few of the South American leagues over the last couple of years, I have to say the absolute ineptitude of the goalkeepers across the continent is a stand-out feature.Just looking at that reminds me how fecked we are for goalkeepers. Who was the last great South American goalkeeper? Chilavert? Julio César had a very short peak.
Brazilians love a rubbish keeper.Why are Brazil still not playing Diego Alves in goal? He's been great in La Liga for a few years now.
In a nutshell, yes. It doesn't help that we have a tendency to go with experience over ability, we have seen some outstanding keepers in our Youth teams but they never make it at their clubs because rubbish experienced ones somehow hold on to their spots. Right now, the two reserve keepers at Peñarol are being sought after by European teams while the starting keeper is a fecking calamity. Bizarre.Having followed a few of the South American leagues over the last couple of years, I have to say the absolute ineptitude of the goalkeepers across the continent is a stand-out feature.
That, the surprisingly sparsely populated stadiums and the excessive dribbling.
Stereotype hat-trick ftw!
They were runnners-up at the last World Cup, they're better than Brazil.Really don't know why that is. This is the first Argentina generation in a long time that you can say is genuinely more gifted than their brazilian counterparts, yet when they play them they play like the inferior side from a talent perspective. IMO its a simple case of not utilising what you have to its fullest. After they got beat by germany in 2010 they seemed to go into a shell and preferred pragmatic football instead of the flashy, more attack based stuff that they should be using. Give this side to an offensive genius of Tele Santana's ilk then you'd see some of the best football we've ever witnessed.
Cool. I was gonna make a thread but this would be better. I'm in.Sure. I'll post it in this thread and threadmark it.
Suffered an ACL tear against Real Betis a few weeks ago. Probably out for the rest of the year.Why are Brazil still not playing Diego Alves in goal? He's been great in La Liga for a few years now.