Posted on 06/21/2016 6:56:53 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
It could get ugly.
It could get Mexico.
I think Argentina will be nice and keep it closer to 3-0.
Wonderful free kick by Messi makes it 2-0.
Argentina is so far ahead of us, it’s not even funny.
Simply amazing that the Croats won, it’s amazing that they are a country of 7 million or whatever, they defeat Spain, they have their own countrymen trying to mess up the tournament for them and those countrymen have really been idiots.
Croats defeated Germany in Euro 2008 I think.
Croatia got a bad deal at the World Cup in Brazil; the refs gave the home team, Brazil some breaks and that is thought of by many people.
Croatia is remarkable, if one of my favorite teams don’t win, I’ll pull for them.
Put the bus in the net.
I think it was a mistake not going with Howard.
Croatia will play B3/E3/F3.
http://us.soccerway.com/international/europe/european-championships/2016-france/s7576/final-stages/
At this point, B3 is Slovakia but we will have to wait until all the games have been played to see.
Its unlikely it will get like the Mexico game. I don’t think the US will roll over like the Mexicans did if it gets to three or four to nothing,
Guzan is not having a good game. 3-0.
US being totally outclassed in every conceivable way.
At least, the US isn’t giving up like Brazil did in that game vs. Germany a few years ago.
Anyway, there are times we’ve defeated the best in the Americas, Brazil and Argentina. I knew this was not going to be one of those times.
1995, We actually defeated Argentina in the Copa America, 3-0.
1998, We defeated Brazil in the Gold Cup.
So we have defeated them in actual competitive matches.
USA will play for 3rd place assuming this holds up, looks like the USA was 4th in 1993: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica Not too bad really. Argentina hasn’t won the Copa America in over 2 decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Am%C3%A9rica
Uruguay has won 15 Copas, the most of all countries.
Well that was.......pathetic....4-0.
I almost fear this tournament will give Klinsi just enough to hang out without making any substantial changes. Michael Bradley and his rainbow armband need to go.
Chile and their bad haircuts might still pip Argentina over this; and I don’t mean to ignore Colombia. The James gang might be able to win but I don’t think so.
marca.com , the Spanish sports sight really followed the USA game closely, I guess because so many Argentines play over there. Kind of pasted over the bad result their national team got and the club is more important to a lot of people over country. For a long time, Spain did not achieve internationally. Perhaps some day, England will do well.
I’d take Wales as a long shot for the whole thing if I were a betting man, those things happen like Leicester City winning the PL.
Well that was a brutal couple of hours, Gators get eliminated from the CWS, this game, and the Rangers lose to the lowly Reds.
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