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    2015 Copa América

    Disgusting thuggery again not penalized.
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    2015 Copa América

    No chit chat. If we cannot pick this defence to pieces I will be amazed.....Beausejour and Isla......
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    2015 Copa América

    Hardly defensive. 8-2 on aggregate against Paraguay in the qualifiers. Sabella built a solid defensive unit. And that is what wins tournaments. Unfortunately Messi was not fully fit and neither were Aguero or Higuain. And then di Maria was ruled out of the semi-final and final. I think di Maria...
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    2015 Copa América

    What was shocking to see not just once but three times Martino unable to order his defensive unit to sit back allowing three on two, five on three. Brazil love that sort of situation and are better at finishing those. Martino isn't a bad coach but he made several glaring errors last night. His...
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    Argentina

    He certainly did. Demichelis ? Hardly building for the future. Lucas Orban can count himself very unlucky as well. He has been impressive this season. Lamela should not be there on form either. There is also no viable alternative for Mascherano either.
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    Argentina

    u20 squad. Driussi is still a doubt. GK: Augusto Batalla (River Plate), Jose Devecchi (San Lorenzo), Agustin Rossi (Estudiantes) DF: Emanuel Mammana (River Plate), Lucas Suarez (Quilmes), Nicolas Tripichio (Velez Sarsfield), Tiago Casasola (Fulham), Leandro Vega (River Plate), Facundo...
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    Fifa report into alleged corruption clears Qatar to host 2022 World Cup

    South American football is as corrupt as it comes when talking about the head of the respective federations be it Leoz at Uruguay or Humberto Grondona (thankfully no longer with us) at Argentina and the head of the CBF. None of this is new news. Various media in South America reported...
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    Argentina

    They underperformed due to lack of match fitness and sharpness. It was a real shame. That said the preliminary 30 man squad has some bizarre inclusions. Demichelis for one. Fernandez ? Martino has barely allowed form to have a bearing on selection. He should have at the very least brought in...
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    Argentina

    Mancuello (Independiente),Ramiro Funes-Mori (River Plate) and Maxi Rodriguez are also added to the squad. All three are in excellent form. However given the opposition sending in Mammanna, Silva (Lisbon) and adding in a Dybala/Vietto should have been a formality. I was pleased by Rulli's...
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    Argentina

    This is the nail hit on the head as always by you Zanela. Banega has hardly ever sparkled for the seleccion along with Tevez. Kranevitter has far more potential longer term than him and indeed is rated by the coaching staff at River on a par with Mascherano. These sorts of games well before any...
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    Argentina

    Goalkeepers: Sergio Romero (Sampdoria) Nahuel Guzmán (Tigers) Geronimo Rulli (Real Sociedad) Defenders: Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia) Lucas Orban (Valencia) Ezequiel Garay (Zenit) Facundo Roncaglia (Genoa) Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) Mateo Musacchio...
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    Paulo Dybala

    Because you can see the future ? He is nothing like Lavezzi as a player for a start. The same sort of prophets were writing him off a season ago in when he was in serie B with Palermo.
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    Argentina

    What a patronizing load of clap trap. Their shitty teams ? At least they support their local clubs and have a real link to them and don't jump on a bandwagon. When they see Messi perform week in and week out they have a right to expect he performs like that for the seleccion. What they saw...
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    Argentina

    Rubbish. Injuries robbed Aguero and Higuain of match fitness and sharpness during the WC. And Messi was labouring as well.
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    Luciano Vietto

    Take the blinkers off. Higuain was out for a month with injury prior to the World Cup and Aguero was never fully fit. It showed. Had they been fully fit the team would have been far more dangerous. Not to mention Messi had his own perfect chance to score along with Higuain and Palacio.
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    Marcos Rojo

    Really ? Sporting Lisbon fans were very disappointed to lose him. He was their best defender and their defence since his departure has been poor. Considering he was playing out of position at the WC he had an excellent tournament.
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    Maxi Rolon

    Quite impressive in Argentina's u20 championship winning side this month. His brother was also pretty decent. http://www.sport-english.com/en/news/barca/barca-youngster-maxi-rolon-shines-for-argentina-south-american-u20-event-3903750
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    Luciano Vietto

    Likewise Zanela along with Dybala. Just to see how they perform in tandem with Messi. Both may have to wait another two years before becoming regulars in the national team and only if they keep improving and maintaining their standards. But with Correa around as well looking sharp the future is...
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    Argentina

    South America CONMEBOL u20 champions......Correa outstanding aong with Martinez, Mammana and several others. Gio Simeone led the scoring with nine goals as a poacher but showed the reason why he is not deemed as talented as his younger siblings by missing a sitter in the decider against Uruguay.
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    merging the gold cup and the copa america

    Can you imagine some of the scores in these matches ? I could see Argentina knock in ten or more goals a game against all sides barring Jamaica and Canada in pot three downwards. So would teams like Brazil, Argentina, Colombia even bother to field full strength teams for these matches ? Are the...

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