Copa America 2019

Discussion in 'Copa America 2019' started by Danko, Oct 31, 2018.

  1. praxis.en

    praxis.en Member

    May 13, 2015
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    my god Cuadrado!
    until when is he going to be titular?
     
  2. Daninho777

    Daninho777 Member

    Sep 23, 2009
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Argentina were bad, everyone will say Messi and Agüero did nothing but their defence and midfield is just woeful. Not to take anything away from Colombia though, they will be tough for anyone to beat. I have them as favourites right now. Especially because I don’t think Uruguay will have a good tournament and I’m not convinced by Brasil.
     
  3. Guinho

    Guinho Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes, bless their hearts
    Estonia
    May 27, 2001
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's been a while since I've watched Colombia and I forgot how thoroughly ugly they are. Ayayayay.
     
  4. Century's Best

    Century's Best Member+

    Jul 29, 2003
    USA
    Queiroz leaving his mark on Colombia already. The clear tactical winner vs. the much less experienced Scaloni.
     
  5. vancity eagle

    vancity eagle Member+

    Apr 6, 2006
    Great win for Colombia.

    Argentina were woeful. Just sleep walking through the entire game.
     
  6. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    I was impressed with Qatar vs Paraguay. They're clearly not the kind of team to give up easily even when down 2-0. And as for Uruguay vs Edcaudor...yikes being down a player after giving up a goal is not looking good...
     
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  7. guri

    guri Member+

    Apr 10, 2002
    The VAR sucks. The new rule of not calling the offside until the the play is done sucks. This Brazilian ref sucks. These morons are killing the game.
    And I'm saying this while my team is winning...
    :thumbsdown:
     
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  8. Dominican Lou

    Dominican Lou Member+

    Nov 27, 2004
    1936 Catalonia
    Everyone wants and expects Colombia to be more offensive because they have so many technical players but being defensive and capitalizing on the counter is working out lovely for them.

    Brazil's still the favorite but I have Colombia as the 2nd best right now.
     
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  9. Dominican Lou

    Dominican Lou Member+

    Nov 27, 2004
    1936 Catalonia
    Agreed.

    At the very, very least they could give an accurate amount of extra time to make up for all those VAR reviews. But no, it's still 3-4 minutes like always.

    Peru-Venezuela should have had 8 minutes of extra time.
     
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  10. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    I blame the refs and their systems. I've seen enough times when things like that get settled within a minute and i've seen it go as long as 5 minutes after half time that the ref decides to call the players back into the field.

    Quite frankly this is user-error and not VAR itself which is frustrating.
     
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  11. celito

    celito Moderator
    Staff Member

    Palmeiras
    Brazil
    Feb 28, 2005
    USA
    Club:
    Palmeiras Sao Paulo
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
  12. guri

    guri Member+

    Apr 10, 2002
    If the refs are not ready then it shouldn't be used in any major tournament. How many leagues in South America are using VAR right now? How many around the world?
    It's laughable to expect something other than what we're seeing now. Use it for a couple of years. Get the kinks out. See what works and what doesn't. Get some uniformity throughout and then apply it in the big tournaments.

    Look at the new rule of not calling the offside until the play is done! It's moronic! Why have "profesional" linemen at all? What are they gonna do? We can pick someone from the stands to call the ball out of bounds like travel soccer leagues.
    Who comes up with these ideas?
     
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  13. HomietheClown

    HomietheClown Member+

    Dusselheim FC 1971
    Sep 4, 2010
    Club:
    --other--
    Just like any new technology in life there will be growing pains at first and things should get better as the years go by.

    Right now there are some moments of confusion and moments of long stoppages of play but some see it as more drama and more things to talk about.
    As long as VAR gets the calls right on a higher percentage than if we had no VAR then I am all for it. Flow of the game can be sacrificed for justice on the field.
     
  14. HomietheClown

    HomietheClown Member+

    Dusselheim FC 1971
    Sep 4, 2010
    Club:
    --other--
    You may think it sucks but it is needed.
    If a linesman makes a mistake and lifts his flag and there is a whistle by the Ref and a goal is scored and then nullified that to me is more egregious. The Linesman should only lift up his flag if he is 100% certain there is an offside.
    This new rule makes it much easier for the VAR people to determine if a goal should count or not without any whistles or stoppages because of borderline calls.
     
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  15. bigsoccertst1

    bigsoccertst1 Member+

    United States
    Sep 22, 2017
    So, which Copa America group will produce the 3rd worst team in the tournament?

    After seeing Group A matches, I think only 2 teams will advance there.

    The tournament will lose competitiveness if 3 teams advance from that group.
     
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  16. SiempreCrema

    SiempreCrema Moderator
    Staff Member

    Deportivo Independiente Miraflores
    Peru
    Feb 4, 2015
    Club:
    Universitario de Deportes
    Nat'l Team:
    Peru
    We fell in love with football for the flow of the game and the emotion. I don't mind VAR if its used well like in the World Cup, but this Copa has been the worst use of it I've seen so far.
     
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  17. SiempreCrema

    SiempreCrema Moderator
    Staff Member

    Deportivo Independiente Miraflores
    Peru
    Feb 4, 2015
    Club:
    Universitario de Deportes
    Nat'l Team:
    Peru
    I think Group B. Maybe I am biased and want Peru to go through but Paraguay and Qatar will both lose to Argentina and Colombia I reckon.
     
  18. bigsoccertst1

    bigsoccertst1 Member+

    United States
    Sep 22, 2017
    It should not be a problem qualifying as 2nd in Group A.

    Something tells that not everyone will beat Bolivia in Group A. That will be the other team to be eliminated along Bolivia.

    Qatar should get some slack during its 3rd match. All that money paid for CA TV rights will be hard to ignore.
     
  19. guri

    guri Member+

    Apr 10, 2002
    Baloney...
    This rule gives cover to gutless linemen afraid of making a decision. That's their job. That's why they're paid handsomely.
     
  20. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Japan's Olympic squad is pretty decent against the defending champions. We may have a very interesting olympics next year for the japanese when they host.
     
  21. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Chile up by a goal with a nice header before HT.
     
  22. Dominican Lou

    Dominican Lou Member+

    Nov 27, 2004
    1936 Catalonia
    Chile showing that Copa America mettle.
     
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  23. sidspaceman

    sidspaceman Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 20, 2002
    AMÉRICA DE CALI
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    we got the forums up and running a little late this year.
     
  24. praxis.en

    praxis.en Member

    May 13, 2015
    Club:
    America de Cali
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    estos todos crecidos por meterle una docena a tailandia...en el mundial femenil. plop
     
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  25. vancity eagle

    vancity eagle Member+

    Apr 6, 2006
    I think I am going to stop watching football. Honestly this is becomming a joke. Bolivia awarded a penalty for their attacker shooting the ball at the Peru defenders face from literally less than a meter away, and the defender blocked his face with his hand. If he had no hands the ball would have hit straight into his face, what was he supposed to do, just let the ball smash into his face. How on earth is that a penalty ? To add insult to injury, the player is carded FOR PROTECTING HIS FACE. These rules are horrible, what a farce football is becomming.

    It just seems to be a contest of lets just dash somebody a penalty to make things interesting.

    What ever happend to ball to hand rule ? Or intent ? Or if the hand is AWAY from the body ?

    Do these rules no longer apply ? Is it just any handball is a PK period ?

    I mean why even try to score anymore when you can just shoot and aim for somebodys hand. That is much easier and much more effective way of scoring.

    I'm getting sick of this garbage.
     

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