Mexico vs Argentina : Copa America 2nd Semifinal

[jimorrizon]

upon request, here is the thread to discuss what is supposed to be one of the best matches in all of the Copa America....

 

[Moreira_Benfica]

cant ****en wait.. to hard to make a prediction

 

[MaSsiVe]

3-1 Argentina

Messi, Roman, Tevez
Castillo

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

I'm seeing a 2-1, Tevez and Zanetti to score for us and Gurdado for Mexico. Is Castillo playing after all?

 

[Ev0la]

This is going to be a very tough game if there are no red cards that is :P. I'm hoping for a Mexican victory.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Is Castillo playing after all?

http://copaamericavenezuela2007.terra.com.br/default.asp?pag=noticias&id=789

we'll see, the official line-ups shouldn't take long to come out.

 

[MaSsiVe]

official line-ups:

MÉXICO
1 - Oswaldo SÁNCHEZ
5 - Israel CASTRO
2 - Jonny MAGALLÓN
4 - Rafael MÁRQUEZ
3 - Fausto PINTO
6 - Gerardo TORRADO
20 - Fernando ARCE
8 - Jaime CORREA
18 - Andrés GUARDADO
12 - Juan Carlos CACHO
21 - Nery CASTILLO

ARGENTINA
1 - Roberto ABBONDANZIERI
8 - Javier ZANETTI
2 - Roberto AYALA
15 - Gabriel MILITO
6 - Gabriel HEINZE
20 - Juan Sebastián VERÓN
14 - Javier MASCHERANO
19 - Esteban CAMBIASSO
10 - Juan Román RIQUELME
18 - Lionel MESSI
11 - Carlos TÉVEZ


so, Castillo is starting.


should be a fine match

 

[whathe]

live stream

 

[Sporting88]

this could be a tough match for mexico but in these knockout games anything can happen hopefully mexico can pull it off it would be nice to see them go through

 

[MaSsiVe]

Guardado hits the outside of the post, would have been a great goal

 

[KingPaulV]

so far typical argentina mexico match very well played nd very hard fought, every time Nery Castillo or Messi or Tevez touch the ball it just gets dangerous

 

[MaSsiVe]

Heinze 1-0

Oswaldo

 

[Moreira_Benfica]

Riquelme is such a threat on set pieces, nice goal

 

[MaestroZidane]

Ohh man I've been so into the U.S game that I just tuned in to this game and Argentina scores. what are the odds of that??

 

[Back Door Skip]

What a ball by Riquelme, but what the hell was Oswaldo doing? Ugh.

 

[KingPaulV]

wow Roman is too much, what a pass first of all!

 

[El Diablo Rojo]

Excellent assistance by Riquelme, he wasn't very active in the first half other than that, he and Verón didn't coordinate very well. In Argentina the best of the first half were Zanetti(who did a "sombrero" even) and Cambiasso, also Tevez who as usual is showing his fighting spirit. For Mexico, Guardado and Torrado were the best. More likely we are needing Aimar for Verón in the second half, we can't risk anymore chances of goa.

Is it me or Cacho has been meaningless so far? Also did anyone notice Mexico having some troubles with short passes on the midfiled? Like it doesn't look like that they realized that the pitch is wet.

 

[Back Door Skip]

It's pretty frustrating so far. Guardado and Torrado have been the only good ones. Arce keeps trying to get past Heinze and the same result keeps happening. Nery is playing way too far back; Mascherano has him in check. He needs to go forward more. And Oswaldo had a huge **** up on that goal. Besides that he was actually pretty solid.

Cacho needs to be taken out, so does Correa. Well, Correa has been okay defensively, but he seems to **** up any pass going forward. Bofo or Cuauh need to come in to give the attack more flair. Defensively, besides the goal, we were solid. And had the best chances until the goal. Overall it seems like Mexico is playing too conservative and scared. Hopefully the goal wakes them up, and we can get something going.

 

[MaSsiVe]

Nery hits the bar after a great pass by Marquez.and that's 2...

 

[KingPaulV]

on the post!! almost Nery