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[BrazilBlue]

I'm very excited about the Copa America starting on the 1st of July in Argentina. My money is on Brazil to lift the Copa for the 9th time in their History. Mexico are also apart of this years tournament. All of the games will be live on Setanta Sports. Argentina start off as hosts and play the 1st game of the tournament against Bolivia. It kicks off at 1.30AM. GMT.


3 players to watch out for on each team



Argentina Javier Pastore, Ever Banega, Lionel Messi

Colombia Fredy Guarín, Cristián Zapata, Radamel Falcao

Costa Rica Júnior Díaz, Álvaro Saborío, Bryan Ruiz

Bolivia Edvaldo Hermoza, Rudy Cardozo, Marcelo Martins

Brazil Lucas, Ganso, Neymar

Paraguay Antolín Alcaraz, Cristian Riveros, Roque Santa Cruz

Ecuador Diego Calderón, Antonio Valencia, Felipe Caicedo

Venezuela Rondón, Alejandro Moreno, Francisco Flores

Uruguay Edinson Cavani, Martín Cáceres, Luis Suarez,

Chile Arturo Vidal, Alexis Sanchez, Diego Rubio

Peru Juan Manuel Vargas, Jefferson Farfán, Carlos Zambrano

Mexico Giovani dos Santos, Javier Hernandez, Andrés Guardado

[footballoholic]

BrazilBlue, on 22 June 2011 - 03:13 PM, said:

3 players to watch out for on each team

Argentina Javier Pastore, Ever Banega, Lionel Messi

Haven't heard of this guy. Is he any good?

[BrazilBlue]

footballoholic, on 23 June 2011 - 06:46 AM, said:

Haven't heard of this guy. Is he any good?

Yeah he is expected to be a big star one day, I think Barcelona are trying to sign him.

[ace]

I always thought that Guardado would be a star by now. Actually, when I heard ManU was signing a player from Mexico last summer, I was almost certain it was him.

[undertow]

The only important thing is that Brazil goes out in the group stages, so we can get Ramires and Luiz back in time for the pre-season and the Asian tour.

[PraetorianGuard]

I'm sure Dunga would be more than happy to do that.

[BrazilBlue]

PraetorianGuard, on 24 June 2011 - 01:24 AM, said:

I'm sure Dunga would be more than happy to do that.

Dunga isn't the Brazil manager anymore, It's Mano Menezes

[footballoholic]

BrazilBlue, on 24 June 2011 - 02:08 AM, said:

Dunga isn't the Brazil manager anymore, It's Mano Menezes

Is Ramires a nailed on starter for Brazil? I believe that Sandro from Sp*ds is his competition?

Edit: Just read a piece saying that Ramires will almost certainly start, but David Luiz will probably be on the bench.

Here it is

Edited by footballoholic, 24 June 2011 - 07:11 AM.

[BrazilBlue]

footballoholic, on 24 June 2011 - 07:06 AM, said:

Is Ramires a nailed on starter for Brazil? I believe that Sandro from Sp*ds is his competition?

Edit: Just read a piece saying that Ramires will almost certainly start, but David Luiz will probably be on the bench.

Here it is

All the players selected for the Brazil squad are all expected to play the full tournament. Mano Menezes said he is taking the Copa very seriously and he is not interested in listening to European clubs complaining about their players not returning. All players are free to return to the clubs on Tuesday the 27th of July. That is the day Ramires and Luiz will fly back to London

[Castiel]

Kinda sucks that Brazil are so good and will probably get to the final with quite a few key members of our squad being Brazilian. Also its unlikely we'll get the Neymar situation resolved while he's on international duty - be it Madrid or us.

[ace]

I thought they had asked Spain to join this tourney to replace Japan? Or was that just rumoured and then they picked up Mexico instead?

[BrazilBlue]

ace, on 24 June 2011 - 06:15 PM, said:

I thought they had asked Spain to join this tourney to replace Japan? Or was that just rumoured and then they picked up Mexico instead?

Mexico is an invited nation along with Costa Rica. Invited nations are only allow to use an Olympic squad. Young players U-22.

[BrazilBlue]

2 of our best young players getting ready for the Copa

[ace]

Who is on the right? Is that Ganso? Lucas?

[footballoholic]

Its Ganso.. or thats what FM tells me.

Did someone take a sh*t on Neymar's head though?

[BrazilBlue]

ace, on 29 June 2011 - 10:26 PM, said:

Who is on the right? Is that Ganso? Lucas?

That is Neymar on the left and Ganso on the right. They both play for Santos FC and the Brazil national team

[BrazilBlue]

Here is a player that you need to keep an eye on. 24 year old, Arturo Vidal from Chile. He is a very versatile Midfielder who can play almost any position with the same high quality. I predict he will be signed by a Champions league team after a good Copa America.

Edited by BrazilBlue, 30 June 2011 - 12:12 PM.

[Zola]

Where can I watch matches?

Streaming just?

[The Moos]

BrazilBlue, on 30 June 2011 - 12:11 PM, said:

Here is a player that you need to keep an eye on. 24 year old, Arturo Vidal from Chile. He is a very versatile Midfielder who can play almost any position with the same high quality. I predict he will be signed by a Champions league team after a good Copa America.

Isn't Vidal the player who is rumoured to be heading to Juventus?

[BrazilBlue]

Zola, on 30 June 2011 - 01:35 PM, said:

Where can I watch matches?

Streaming just?

Setanta Sports have every game live