Copa America 2021

[Sassy Colombian]

Chile to win it all, lovely country. Hopefully I can visit the place one day.

I'm going for Colombia to win it all. But Chile is a lovely county, my younger brother lived there for a few years and the people are amazing.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Translated to

The Brazilians are in contact with the players of other teams trying an organized movement against the America's Cup.

The Brazilian internationals have it clear: they will not play the Copa América . In addition, the leaders of the Canarinho dressing room have been in constant contact in the last two days with the figures of the other South American teams in an attempt to create an organized movement against the holding of the CONMEBOL competition .


The riot of the Brazilian internationals began at the moment in which the players found out, through the press, that the America's Cup would be in Brazil. The group was in the concentration of the Comary Farm and the reaction was of horror, indignation, since the impression that existed within the group was that, given the lack of control of the pandemic in South America, the tournament would be canceled . The players felt betrayed and used by the board of the CBF , especially its president Rogerio Caboclo . They felt that they had been exposed to a situation in which they would be seen as insensitive to the health crisis that their country is experiencing, with almost 500,000 deaths, to play a competition that seems totally unnecessary: this would be the fourth America's Cup in the last six years.

The players expressed their frustration to coach Tite and asked for a meeting with President Caboclo , who was increasingly questioned by rumors of an alleged case of harassment of a CBF worker, revealed by ESPN Brasil and Globoesporte.

The meeting between the manager and the dressing room leaders was tense and made the situation even worse. So much so that it ended with Rogerio Caboclo threatening to kick Juninho Paulista , coordinator of the national team, for his inability to control the riot of the players.

Tite and Juninho have empathized with the players from the first moment and supported the movement of their costumes. The distance and bad atmosphere in the relationship between the coaching staff of the absolute canarinha and the CBF board and the coach, known for his balance and peaceful nature, has been trying to protect his players from anger since Tuesday. of President Caboclo, who saw in this Copa América in Brazil a political victory in a moment of fragility.

So much so that the leader prohibited the captain and leader of Brazil, Casemiro, from appearing before the press this Thursday night , which caused the fury of the Real Madrid midfielder , who was eager to make public the frustration of the group.

Concerned with the impact of the bad atmosphere in the qualifying matches, Tite appeared only before the press and affirmed that they will only break the silence after Tuesday's game.

"The players have their opinion, they have expressed it to the president and they will make it public in due course. And that has a lot to do with the absence of our captain, Casemiro, here before you," explained Tite.

It is not yet known if the movement for not playing the Copa América will be transmitted contagiously to the other teams. Although stars such as Agüero , Luis Suárez, Muslera and De Arrascaeta have already spoken publicly critically about the realization of the competition.

This has become such a mess and the tournament should have been postponed but unless a lot of more players from other teams in South America unite with the Brazilian players to stop it, it seems it is going to be impossible because for what I heard one of the main sponsors have already provided a lot of cash to Conmebol and by suspending it would be a breach of contract. Nonetheless, this is a situation that continues to evolve so we will see what happens next.

One thing is for sure all this chaos must be causing some distraction for Brazilian players and Tite so we will see how they do this evening playing the qualifying match against Ecuador.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

The Copa America saga continues. Now Bolsonaro wants Tite’s head because the NT are not happy about the plans to play the Cup in Brazil. If he attempts to get rid off Tite then I can see the players having a massive protest as he has been an excellent coach and since taking over Brazil the team has achieved a lot with him.

Bolsonaro se mueve para derribar a Tite y salvar a su Copa América

El presidente de Brasil se enfrenta al boicot de los jugadores a la Copa América como una guerra política y quiere asignar a un nuevo seleccionador, que esté ideologicamente alineado con su gobierno.

as.com

 

[LinekersLegs]

Going about as well as you’d expect

 

[obc]

The whole thing is a massive mess. They've kept bugging with the tournament to finally align it with the Euros, which is part the reason why so keen on continuing it even without fans in the stands. (Bolso's ego being another) .

As for COVID running amok, it's a lot tougher a decision in South America than Ingerland, Europe or any first world country where you can work from zoom at home, here way too many people CANNOT do that. And given the choice between COVID or working their hustle to feed their kids that night, it's worth the gamble.

Just glad this time next week we'll be heading back to the US for Winter (Summer) break and getting our shots.

Chile to win it all, lovely country. Hopefully I can visit the place one day.

Ugh, have gone from rooting for them when I lived in Paraguay over the Argies (to the point a Chileno and Colombian at a bar in Asuncion called me over and paid for my drinks for the entire second half after my el lobo solo self was yelling at the screen during the first) to loathing them. The 2018 WC Qualifier in Asuncion they were absolute groks on the pitched. Vidal was doing everything shady short of grabbing a folding metal chair from the sidelines and whacking a Paraguayan with in the back of the head with it. He coulda/woulda/shoulda received more cards than I had cervezas pre-match. Absolute joy winning that match, and again in Chile.

Fun to visit, great malbec, beef (though prefer Argies), pisco sours and, of course, Completos.

Their Spanish, however is a nightmare.

Rooting for the three countries I've lived in... So Paraguay, Colombia or Brazil.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[riddick]

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Colombia got all their players vaccinated last week and have been very cautious about their interactions with people outside their bubble and still two staff members are now infected, hopefully the rest of the team manage stays healthy but this Copa America has been a messed and should have been canceled specially after two of the main sponsors (MasterCard and a beer company) withdrew their support.

Dos positivos por Covid-19 en cuerpo técnico de Colombia

La FCF informó que el fisioterapeuta y un asistente técnico dieron resultado positivo en la prueba PCR realizada. Ambos están asintomáticos.

colombia.as.com

 

[Death]

Have a massive soft spot for Chile.

La Roja!!!!!!

 

[summerisle]

What a chance for Richarlison.

 

[LostLegend]

Brazil's bench there with Everton Soares, Everton Ribiero and Weverton Pereira da Silva

 

[Sennott Street]

Scrappy goal

 

[summerisle]

Scrappy goal

Well taken on second look.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Richarlison really doesn't know the offside rule does he

 

[summerisle]

Unlucky Richarlison there.