Copa America

[daztrueblue91]

Yeah I agree, I was about to stick it on Aguero but noticed he'd been subbed a lot of times around the 70mins mark so waited, was hoping they were going to bring Tevez on (which would have made sense with a chance of pens as he's decent at pens too). That peno miss was just as bad as his 2 yard miss!

I remember a poster on here saying that Kun was getting stick from some of the Argentinian supporters over his WC final performance. If that was true I can't imagine the shit they are going to give Higuain.

Missing the crucial penalty in the shoot out is bad enough for any player, even more so a striker, but to miss a sitter that would have gave his side the trophy, on top of his very good chance in the WC final is unforgivable.

That's three crucial moments in a year that could/should have made Argentina the dominant force in world football rather than serial losers that he has been a major cause of.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Think it's very hard, when you are getting clattered by evey man and his dog. Getting no protection to boot.

 

[Larry Stranger]

Messi is definitely not the same player we see with him with a Barcelona shirt. He's not even a quarter of a player in fact. One may state, Neymar and Suarez are better players than Lavezzi and Higuain. But the fact remains, the shear ability with Messi in a Barca shirt is he is able to create chances out of the blue and score, not the same with him on an Argentine shirt. It's sad really.

To me it's more about Barca's other players like Pique and Busquests. Those players are key in ball distribution. Argentina couldn't even get him the ball and when he did get it he was swarmed by 3 or 4 Chile players. Messi had no outlet especially when Di Maria went out. I think Busquetes gets overlooked a lot, but really is an important piviot in Barca's possession play. Argentina doesn't have the players to play out well when under pressure. Banega is probably their best midfielder and I didn't understand Tata for playing Biglia instead of Banega from the start.

 

[kiam06]

Bit dodgy Chile winning it. I'll say no more as I'm not that interested.