NFT: Copa America Prediction

Argentina

Jon in NYC : 6/26/2016 7:55 pm : link

2-1. Brace for Messi.

Chile

Aspano! : 6/26/2016 8:06 pm : link

3-2

Argentina 3-1

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 8:07 pm : link

This game is as juicy as it gets.

MG is the man with this stuff

B in ALB : 6/26/2016 8:15 pm : link

as we all know.

But I'm going with 2-1 Argentina.

Surprised to learn

Aspano! : 6/26/2016 8:20 pm : link

That Andrew Zimmern also refs major soccer matches.

Higuain has done that before in a final for Argentina

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 8:30 pm : link

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Argentina 2-1

section125 : 6/26/2016 8:33 pm : link

Boy do they move the ball quickly.

harsh to give a red there -

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 8:37 pm : link

he was standing his ground IMO. Changes the game.

That's a foul, but not a yellow

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 8:37 pm : link

Ref fucked this game up.

a second yellow, but obviously then

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 8:37 pm : link

a red.

That said, I was worried about Chile before that

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 8:38 pm : link

Their defense is having a very difficult time.

Horrible yellow

Big Rick in FL : 6/26/2016 8:40 pm : link

Yeah there was contact, but that shit happens. He turned around & put his hands up. I can't see Argentina losing up a man with 60 minutes left.

Looked worse in real time.

section125 : 6/26/2016 8:40 pm : link

I could see why he called it. Diaz had a couple warnings after his yellow. So may have had a bit of a precedent... But it looked like Diaz had no place to go.

I don't know about this ref

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 8:44 pm : link

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yellow on Messi now for diving

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 8:48 pm : link

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Both teams are trying to play physical

Big Rick in FL : 6/26/2016 8:49 pm : link

Let them play. I have no rooting interest in this game at all, but I'd be fuming if I was a Chile fan.

red on Argy now!

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 8:50 pm : link

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I guess he's trying to keep it under control

Big Rick in FL : 6/26/2016 8:50 pm : link

That was a really dirty foil right there. At least it looked like it in real time.

Holy crap - foul city.

section125 : 6/26/2016 8:51 pm : link

and the big get even.

Lmao

giantBCP : 6/26/2016 8:51 pm : link

At this ref.

This match is crazy

dpinzow : 6/26/2016 8:51 pm : link

Rojo tackles Vidal but that's probably not a red. Both teams are down to 10 but arguably neither player should have been sent off

Predictable

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 8:51 pm : link

You knew the ref wanted to even this game up.

Is anyone else having broadcast problems?

SwirlingEddie : 6/26/2016 8:51 pm : link

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agree with Machnik that it looks like the ref

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 8:52 pm : link

was trying to even up the sides.

RE: Predictable

Aspano! : 6/26/2016 8:53 pm : link

In comment 13010145 Go Terps said:

Quote:

You knew the ref wanted to even this game up.

Agreed - he fucked up with the Chile red so he had to correct the mistake.

At least the main players for each team are still on.

RE: This match is crazy

section125 : 6/26/2016 8:54 pm : link

In comment 13010144 dpinzow said:

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Rojo tackles Vidal but that's probably not a red. Both teams are down to 10 but arguably neither player should have been sent off

I think it was a bad foul - Rojo got him in the lower leg from behind. Quite nasty.

Alexis Sanchez

Big Rick in FL : 6/26/2016 8:57 pm : link

Is fucking fast. Wow

They caught some of the conversation between the players

dpinzow : 6/26/2016 8:59 pm : link

managers and ref...let's just say it was not family-friendly or PG at all

Why are the players allowed

section125 : 6/26/2016 9:02 pm : link

to surround the ref and assail him? FIFA needs to stop this arguing, flopping, diving.

I don't blame the ref. Both side are out of control, fouls, crowding the ref, looks like a gang brawl.

Didn't realize prior to this match

Aspano! : 6/26/2016 9:05 pm : link

That Sampaoli had resigned. It's a shame - playing in the Loco Bielsa style made for such an exciting match.

they're doing replays @ halftime - both reds were pretty clearly wrong

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 9:07 pm : link

- the first yellow on Diaz was right, the second wasn't, and the Rojo play might have been a foul or even maybe a yellow, but wasn't a straight red - he got ball and made very little body contact.

Maybe if these assholes didn't surround the ref

Bobby Humphrey's Earpad : 6/26/2016 9:11 pm : link

and shove each other like petulant high schoolers, this shit wouldn't have gotten out of control. There were chippy fouls from the first whistle.

RE: Didn't realize prior to this match

dpinzow : 6/26/2016 9:13 pm : link

In comment 13010172 Aspano! said:

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That Sampaoli had resigned. It's a shame - playing in the Loco Bielsa style made for such an exciting match.

Wasn't Sampaoli the guy who looks like Pitbull?

Yeah

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 9:14 pm : link

He took the Sevilla job.

RE: Maybe if these assholes didn't surround the ref

section125 : 6/26/2016 9:15 pm : link

In comment 13010184 Bobby Humphrey's Earpad said:

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and shove each other like petulant high schoolers, this shit wouldn't have gotten out of control. There were chippy fouls from the first whistle.

I agree with you. Only way the ref can gain control is throw players off the field. What else can he do to stop the dirty play?

Argentina has not functioned since the first red card

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 9:24 pm : link

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That

AcidTest : 6/26/2016 9:25 pm : link

was a yellow.

Friedel said Funes Mori threw a sneaky little cheap shot

dpinzow : 6/26/2016 9:29 pm : link

at Claudio Bravo (Chile goalkeeper)

This is a display..

FatMan in Charlotte : 6/26/2016 9:34 pm : link

of how the shittiness of the SA style of play can detract from the match.

Working so hard to draw fouls and to unnerve the ref is allowed time and again in that region.

Frankly, if Messi was given a yellow for diving, most of the teams should have played down 5 players due to simulation of being writhing jackasses.

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Go Terps : 6/26/2016 9:35 pm : link

I think a strong case can be made that Arturo Vidal is the best player in the world. He is bossing the midfield and glued to Messi when he gets the ball. The guy works unbelievably hard.

RE: .

Aspano! : 6/26/2016 9:41 pm : link

In comment 13010207 Go Terps said:

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I think a strong case can be made that Arturo Vidal is the best player in the world. He is bossing the midfield and glued to Messi when he gets the ball. The guy works unbelievably hard.

Couldn't agree more. Can't remember the last time I've seen such a complete midfielder.

How do TV networks make money on broadcasting soccer

BlackLight : 6/26/2016 9:43 pm : link

when there's basically no commercial breaks?

I don't follow Argentina soccer much

Big Rick in FL : 6/26/2016 9:43 pm : link

Why is Higuian starting over Aguero? Is Aguero hurt again?

You still have some sponsorship in game,

FatMan in Charlotte : 6/26/2016 9:44 pm : link

but they also often will have sponsors for the pre-game, halftime and post-match recaps.

Without knowing too much

Aspano! : 6/26/2016 9:47 pm : link

About Aguero's style of play, I would imagine Higuain's movement and positioning does more to allow Messi to play at his best.

Messi is learning again the value of Iniesta, Busquets, etc.

Go Terps : 6/26/2016 9:50 pm : link

I don't know what Martino is doing to make this group of players so poor. Talk about being less than the sum of the parts.

extra time

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 10:03 pm : link

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That was a fun final 15 minutes or so

pganut : 6/26/2016 10:06 pm : link

Great skill on display tonight.

Why don't these assholes wear shinguards?

BlackLight : 6/26/2016 10:11 pm : link

Is it harder to sell a flop if you're wearing extra pads?

lol... referee got himself taken out ...

Del Shofner : 6/26/2016 10:18 pm : link

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