OT - Copa America Quarterfinals
Just one thing: Colombia, not Columbia
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Colombia beat Brazil 1-0, not 2-1.
I am a Colombia fan (lived in Bogotá for 3 years in the mid-90's), and can tell you Colombian fans have been very disappointed thus far. The cafeteros back into the KO round with 1 goal in 3 games, not what they were expecting to achieve with the Falcao-James connection.
They may actually sit Falcao to start the Argentina match and go back to the World Cup line-up that was so productive for them.
Colombia looks schizophrenic right now - they lose to Venezuela, then beat Brazil, then tie Peru. Which squad will show up to face Argentina??
I was surprised Falcao was playing over Bacca, but now with Bacca suspended I'd be really surprised to see Falcao dropped.
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"Their star player Arturo Vidal (juventus) was arrested for drunk driving after crashing his Ferrari while leaving a casino after the second group game, has not been suspended"
Can't say I'm surprised.
If they win the Copa, I'm pretty sure he receives a "get out of manslaughter free" Monopoly card in case he needs it down the road (see what I did there?).
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Chile's year was 1913. Then those bastardos up north opened the Panama Canal.
(I'll grant they've been on an upswing since about 1992, compared to their Copa peers.)
I have been watching. Seeing teams like Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay give the top more known teams a run has been eye opening. Can't believe the depth of talent on these teams. We need to get the usmnt down that way more often to lift our competition level. Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean islands are not going to help us get there. Excited for us to play the euro teams in friendlies but this tournament is what we need. Excited for next years event to see how we do.
The United States has been invited to play in past Copa Americas but always sent a B team and never really took it seriously. Its a shame they haven't been in the last two tournaments because it'd be by far the most competitive games they'll play other then a world cup. Next summer should be interesting the Conmebol teams are super competitive.
The Mrs is Peruvian and I follow their National Team relatively closely. They've looked great so far in this tournament and I expect them to beat Bolivia. And then Chile/Peru would be a great semifinal featuring lots and lots of Police in Riot Gear.
Solid recap here, OP. Thanks for posting.
Fellow Peruvian here. We've came so close in 2011 and I think this is our year!
Yes, 2011 was a great tournament for Peru. I only wish they could have carried that momentum into WC Qualification.
Lima-based Mgoblogger here. I thought Peru looked sloppy against Venezuela, until Pizarro managed to come through in the clutch once again. A very solid performance against Colombia yesterday. Colombia very easily could have/should have been down to 10 men in the second half, but Peru held on admirably. I hope they don't take Bolivia lightly and go through to what would be an epic semifinal against Chile.
Yea after watching the Peru performance against Colombia, and how they played vs Brazil, I think they would go into a game with Chile confident they could keep a clean sheet. They have awesome defenders and really impressed me yesterday.
im in santiago for the summer and have made it to three matches; Chile really seemed to gel during that game against Bolivia, and if they make it past Uruguay they should be in the final. Brazil looked more fluid yesterday than they did against Colombia, and without Neymar no less (it was awesome to see him dominated by Sanchez and then suspended in the game against Colombia). My money is on a Argentina-Chile final.