They are the outright favourites for the prestigious South American title – topping the group and booking a quarterfinal spot for themselves, Argentina has lived up to the hype that follows their Copa America campaign. Set-up for a tie against Paraguay – it was Liverpool’s midfielder, Javier Mascherano who scored 12 minutes from time to [...]
Brazil, repeating the same fete with a penalty shootout win over the same opponents, at the same stage of the previous tournament three years ago, has indeed been a remarkable spectacle for all football lovers. The defending Copa America champions, have again made it to the Copa America finals eliminating Uruguay 5-4, in the semis, [...]
With two Latin American giants in the summit showdown, the Copa America final promised to be an edge-of-the-seat thriller. But in the end, Brazil virtually toyed with Argentina and made it an incredibly one-sided affair by thrashing their arch-rivals 3-0 to win the title. Brazil unleashed waves of attacks which crashed on the Argentine defence [...]
