| Pello |
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| 30/06/2007 01:17 |
Re: Copa America 2007
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Argentina played really well yesterday and defeated the Americans by 4-1. The Americans started ahead and the Argentineans took a while to impose their rythm, but in the second half they commanded the game and showed they're really the favourites for the title.
I have to say some credit should go to the Americans.
They field what basically is a C-team. Still, they were very tactically disciplined and stumped the Argentinians for much of the game by meeting them high up on the pitch, blocking much of their one-touch passing lines and effectively removing Messi from the action.
(The game actually reminded me of Argentina - Sweden in 2002 where a superior Argentinian team were tactically outsmarted by the Swedes and Argentina were sent home after barely managing a draw.)
Eddie Johnson posed more of a threat than I had expected but unfortunately he didn't really challenge the Argentinian defenders with his pace - even on the penalty situation he looked like he had squandered a great chance by overthinking it, before being knocked over.
Things kinda fell apart after Argentinas second but if Argentina has this much trouble breaking down the US I don't really see them cruising in this tournament.
The US have a chance of squeezing through to the next round by getting three against a clearly weak Colombian side but I don't see them going very far.