Argentina vs Colombia Copa America 2021 Semi-Final: (July 6th)

Looking forward to the match.. Very disappointed by Muriel's match. So that's an easy sub for Cuadrado. Tesillo, is such a liability and doesnt quite know what to do with the ball. At this point, I know Rueda has to keep him but expect every attack to be on his flank.

Other than that, the MF of Barrios and Cuellar are just what this team needed for balance.

 

So what can we take away from this match since the last time we faced them?

At home we made 2 stupid mistakes ironically just as Ecuador did today which naturally cost them as Argentina calmly took full advantage and exploited them.

Now arguably in this Copa Argentina has been in proper form compared to US.

The challenge here that either team faces is nerves; Argentina knows that we are not pushover and them getting to the finals puts a lot of pressure on them especially since Messi has lost 4 finals in a tournament which 3 was from a Copa America.

I say that in order for us to win our players need to keep that consistent mindset that they had against Uruguay today where they push and make Argentina play carefully against us. I do legitimately think that we can make the finals so long as we don't play as passively even if we score early and we don't make stupid mistakes.

Cuadrado is well rested deservedly not having played for over two weeks by the time we face Argentina. No traveling required AND we've had more rest time compared to Argentina so physical-wise we should be significantly less fatigue than them.

 

I hope Borre keeps his starting spot and we sit Muriel with him coming off the bench.

 

Would you keep Muriel on though? The guy has been a non-entity this tournament.

 

Díaz showed a lot of confidence today with the ball the way JC used to in 2012 when earning his stripes.

I like borre as a starter bc he brings physicality and looks for ways to distribute the ball.

Muriel, off the bench, simply plays harder in my eyes and with penalties as a possibility I would prefer him as a penalty taker given his track record, bc as I’ve said - he will never play 90 minutes.

I said same thing about Fabra/Tesillo - I don’t get it.

Cuellar and Barrios are looking good together. Uribe and Lerma (and cAntillo too??) have their work cut out for them but that is the kind of healthy competition we will need over the next two years. All things considered, I won’t cringe if uribe, Cuellar, or Lerma start next to Barrios in the future. Barrios is on his way to 120 caps when it’s all said and done.

Duvan needs to keep doing what he’s doing. He is itching for a goal and he just needs to keep taking shots.

Mina needs to keep his head on straight for next few days. Played solid today but mentally he has to focus on sticking it to Messi who apparently gave him a hard time while at Barca.

No margin of error on Tuesday is allowed

 

Not sure about this, mate. Except for Messi (who willingly plays every match he can for both club and country) Argentina is actually well rested since vs Bolivia the coach fielded an entire team of substitutes and he had also rotated a bit in the game vs Paraguay before that.

 

We all want Fabra who has 0 minutes …

he isn’t benching Tesillo

I want Cuadrado benched but he won’t. The team yesterday finally played like a team. Best they have played in the 7 games under Rueda. They didn’t abs couldn’t score but at least we had a mf.

I really hope Zapata finally scores gets that shit off his chest then takes a huge shot on Argentina and then Brazil.

I like most of you keep waiting for that magical moment where Duvan and Muriel play like they are wearing Atalanta jerseys.

as much as I hate Argentina and want us to win. Would make me way way to hopeful that we could have a chance and beat Brazil

beating Brazil in Brazil with Neymar crying would be incredible

 

Borre's job wasn't to score goal or torment defenders, it was to apply pressure and provide defensive cover which he excelled at. He did great at the role he was assigned to.

but that is the formation I would use, just give it a shot. I think the argie's will be by far our toughest opponent in the whole tournament. Even more so than Brazil.

 

was that Peru? I forgot already

 

You know I keep thinking back to when we faced Chile in 2016 and how we cost ourselves a spot in the finals due to our typical stupid game costing mistakes.

I do wonder how the players think about the chance for us to play in the final agai. For the first time in 20 years. There has to be emotion there in them.

 

Ouch...I remember me and Jmezzy attended the ones against the USA and Paraguay.

 

The players are gaining confidence and Rueda is getting results. Tactically our NT has a lot of order and discipline in their defensive shape (off the ball). We were lacking this before. Cuadrado will force the Argentinians to add some caution in MF. If on the other flank we have Diaz and if we have Cuellar stringing the 2 together, that makes for a solid MF. Upfront, Rueda knows Argentina's defense is absolutely vulnerable. Good game and kind of playing with house money at this point.

 

So looking back at the game we did not put enough pressure with their players since they had soo much freedom to actually move about. Mind you we were tight before we went down 0-2 but there were too many moments where they could have capitalized on any chances that they had.

Thankfully the defenders and Ospina did step up and didn't let anything else in but I wonder how we can compress Argentina's players from properly flowing to our final third in order to hinder their attack properly. Stalking and covering certain players like Messi will restrict us unless we capitalize on counterattacks and actually make them count.

 

Game details:

Date: Tuesday July 6, 2021

Kickoff Time: 9:00 PM EST

Location: Estadio Mane Garrincha (Brasília, Brasil)

Channels: TUDN, Fox Sports 1, FS1, Caracol TV Canal 1

 

yeah I guess I kinda see it. The white people can't dance one is my favorite, always leaves me dead