VBI
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I think Argentina will finally end this hoodoo of theirs at the Copa America next year, although I do not expect it to lead to a golden era or anything, more a last hurrah for some of the current squad. The format for this tournament, the aging of star players in rival teams, and the fact that they are co-hosts are huge factors. If they finish in the top two spots in their Group, which they should, both the quarter and semi matches will be played in Argentina and only the final would be in Colombia. Home advantage is astonishingly important in the Copa America, in the modern era, Brazil have won it twice the two times they've hosted it, Chile and Colombia both won their first ever tournaments as hosts, Uruguay won one of their two modern wins as hosts. In fact, Brazil's wins were all as hosts or during that run of tournaments when the smaller nations (Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Venezuela) all hosted events when Brazil had an extremely strong set of players.
Argentina can't keep missing out, surely.
I wouldn't be surprised to see France, Netherlands and England establishing themselves as the current top teams in Europe over the next few years.
Argentina can't keep missing out, surely.
I wouldn't be surprised to see France, Netherlands and England establishing themselves as the current top teams in Europe over the next few years.