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[JrBaconCheeseburger]

"Cholo" Simeone please come to coach national team !!!!!

 

[Noirulus]

LMAO

Chile played amazing though, their defense and counterattacks were on point. Great match.

 

[TheAutomator]

Messi is still the greatest of all time.

 

[Ostinatto]

BICAMPEÓN DE AMERICA CONCHESUMADRE !!!!!!

VIVA CHILE

VIVAN ESTOS JUGADORES CHILENOS

GRACIAS POR ESTA FELICIDAD INMENSA

2 FINALES GANADAS A ARGENTINA, CON MESSI EN CANCHA.

NO PUEDO PEDIR MAS

GRACIAS CHILENOS

VIVA LA VIDA, GRACIAS A LA VIDA

MAS CHILENO QUE NUNCA

!!!

 

[Ganzlinger]

Messi doesn't deserve this bad luck.

 

[LuFel]

PERFECTION!

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Oh. Yet another person underrating Iniesta ;( he's been every bit of good and important as Messi for Barcelona.

And btw what im saying goes for Ronaldo as well. Im of the opinion that Spanish super teams have skewed things too muc this past decade. They're certainly historically great players but I don't think they're that much better than for example Zidane or Brazil Ronaldo individually, but look better smashing la liga. Likewise I don't think Suarez now is better than what he was in Liverpool but looks better by virtue of being in Barcelona.

Andres is great, but given the issues with Spain since 2014, it's fair to ask just how good he is really.

Good enough to run the midfield for a treble winning team, but maybe not good enough to overcome his team's deficiencies.

Compare that to how Messi played at the last World Cup where he essentially was the link up man and the deep lying play maker as one player, the difference is pretty clear.

 

[trembli0s]

Yeah confederations are in charge of organizing their tournaments. The only thing the confeds really have to do is decide who they send to play in the FIFA-organized World Cup every 4 years.

I'm sure after the huge success of Centenario that CONMEBOL and CONCACAF will seriously consider holding the Copa Panamerica every 4 years from this point forward. They're leaving ungodly sums of money on the table otherwise and we all know international football/soccer is powered by the money engine.

They still need to get someone to have domestic English broadcast rights for the regular Copa America though, I tried to watch it on Telemundo once and cannot into Espanol made it an impossible quest for me.

Yeah, the money on the table must be massive. The staggering and format of the tournaments honestly worked out perfectly too. You get Euros in the morning and Copa in the afternoon. It's been fantastic.

I imagine you could work out a rotation of CONCACAF/CONMEBOL per tournament as well. So one year in the US, next time around in Brazil/Argentina, etc., next year in Mexico.

Think it's a great format and an incredibly enjoyable product.

 

[CMojicaAce]

Great tournament.

Congrats Chile! And see you all in 100 years to see if Chile can defend their title

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Assuming Wikipedia is accurate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Copa_América
Attendance 655,902 (25,227 per match)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_América_Centenario
Attendance 1,483,855 (46,370 per match)

They would be fools not to play the Copa Panamerica every 4 years from now on, even if the Gold Cup and Copa America continue to be played to determine who gets World Cup berths out of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.

 

[Ōkami]

 

[Perro]

So if this new Copa does become a thing, it will be always played in the USA?

 

[MANUELF]

You can see the shards of his soul

 

[trembli0s]

So if this new Copa does become a thing, it will be always played in the USA?

Nah, I'd imagine it would rotate. But in all seriousness, the rotation for CONCACAF would be USA and then Mexico because they're the only countries with the necessary infrastructure to run the tournament in CONCACAF.

CONMEBOL would be capable of rotating the tournament between all their members like they normally do it.

 

[Pranay]

Oh. Yet another person underrating Iniesta ;( he's been every bit of good and important as Messi for Barcelona.

And btw what im saying goes for Ronaldo as well. Im of the opinion that Spanish super teams have skewed things too muc this past decade. They're certainly historically great players but I don't think they're that much better than for example Zidane or Brazil Ronaldo individually, but look better smashing la liga. Likewise I don't think Suarez now is better than what he was in Liverpool but looks better by virtue of being in Barcelona.

Last 3 season for iniesta have been average, ever since xavi has gone and iniesta has declined, messi has been scoreing goals and has being the best play maker for Barca

 

[Altazor]

Assuming Wikipedia is accurate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Copa_América
Attendance 655,902 (25,227 per match)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_América_Centenario
Attendance 1,483,855 (46,370 per match)

They would be fools not to play the Copa Panamerica every 4 years from now on, even if the Gold Cup and Copa America continue to be played to determine who gets World Cup berths out of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.

just a small thing to consider: the stadia here in Chile are all smaller than every stadia that featured in the Copa Centenario. Thus it's clear attendance is also smaller.

In any case, I still think a CONCACAF+CONMEBOL tournament is a good idea.

Oh well, I'm still happy as fuck

 

[DominoKid]

Probably better than when Maradona got expelled from 1994 World Cup.

he still got that title tho. you cant get around that one.

that 1 world cup is like 1 cleveland title. and to win 2 serie As with a relatively nothing team? sheeeit.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Assuming Wikipedia is accurate:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Copa_América
Attendance 655,902 (25,227 per match)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_América_Centenario
Attendance 1,483,855 (46,370 per match)

They would be fools not to play the Copa Panamerica every 4 years from now on, even if the Gold Cup and Copa America continue to be played to determine who gets World Cup berths out of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL.

What makes this rotation worse is CONCACAF's boneheaded move of keeping the Gold Cup being played every two years. They'd have to go to one every four if this is to continue. Or better yet. Disappear it and merge it with this Copa America and give two a confederations tickets, one for each top CONCACAF and CONMEBOL team of the tournament.

 

[Manu]

If anything, I'd say losing yet another final was worth it for the memes alone.

 

[Alebrije]

 

[Cramoss]

Came in here late but whatever man 'cause GANAMOS CONCHETUMAREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

No Neymar on Brazil, stacked Argentina, and Messi missed PK, that's his legacy


long live the GOAT, CR7

 

[denx]

If anything, I'd say losing yet another final was worth it for the memes alone.

/dead

But seriously, if Higuain had scored that clear chance he had in the first half after Medel's mistake we would probably be looking at a very different match.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

But seriously, if Higuain had scored....

if we play that game every final outcome is meaningless

 

[Scully Scully Scoo]

"Cholo" Simeone please come to coach national team !!!!!

Cholo has lost 2 cl finals, combine that with 5 arg final loses and i can guarantee u a arg final loss in 2018.

 

[Manu]

Cholo has lost 2 cl finals, combine that with 5 arg final loses and i can guarantee u a arg final loss in 2018.

I'd rather see another World Cup 2002 level fiasco than losing another final.

 

[Regulus Tera]

 

[wachie]

Messi is still the greatest of all time.

Is that what you're gonna tell yourself when you go to sleep?

 

[Rhaknar]

I would laugh...but im going to be hammered with similar Ronaldo pictures eventually this Euro so :/

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Nah, I'd imagine it would rotate. But in all seriousness, the rotation for CONCACAF would be USA and then Mexico because they're the only countries with the necessary infrastructure to run the tournament in CONCACAF.

Canada?

 

[TheAutomator]

Is that what you're gonna tell yourself when you go to sleep?

Spoken like a true fair weather football fan.

Watch some club football bruh.

 

[denx]

So Messi just announced he's quitting the argie national team.

Uhm.

 

[Toxi]

So Messi just announced he's quitting the argie national team.

Uhm.

Good riddance. He's a great player for Argentina except when it matters most.

 

[JrBaconCheeseburger]

So Messi just announced he's quitting the argie national team.

Uhm.

What?

Joke post

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

Messi is still the greatest of all time.

Well, if we ignore the fact that he's not the greatest Argentinian player ever, nor is he the Barca GOAT (Cruyff, although that goes way beyond on the pitch tbf), then sure.

 

[denx]

What?

Joke post

He just said it live on TV.

 

[Regulus Tera]

So Messi just announced he's quitting the argie national team.

Uhm.

ok, sorry, but if true then all the pecho frío arguments are validated

 

[bjaelke]

What?

Joke post

"Es difícil, el momento es duro para cualquier análisis. En el vestuario pensé que se terminó para mí la Selección, no es para mí".

 

[Toxi]

Messi doesn't deserve this bad luck.

He missed a fucking penalty kick. Bad luck my ass.

 

[GTP_Daverytimes]

So Messi just announced he's quitting the argie national team.

Uhm.

He cant be fucking serious.

 

[JrBaconCheeseburger]

I will say he's trying to save face because what's awaiting him back home is not pretty.

They will eat him up alive along with pipita choking again.

 

[ShaoranWright]

So Messi just announced he's quitting the argie national team.

Uhm.

What?

Joke post

http://www.goal.com/es-ar/news/4452...-se-terminó-para-mí-la-selección?ICID=HP_HN_1

 

[Toxi]

I can't believe I actually was for giving Higuain another chance.

What is wrong with me?

 

[Regulus Tera]

@canchallena

"Se terminó para mí la selección. No es para mí, son cuatro finales. Es una decisión tomada, creo que sí". Messi.


welp

 

[GTP_Daverytimes]

He better shape the fuck up and deliver something for his country otherwise he will make his country his enemy.

 

[Tagyhag]

Time for Dybala! All will see what La Joya is all about.

 

[trembli0s]

What? Why not wait out the WC?

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Messi doesn't deserve this bad luck.

bad luck? lol, compared to whom?

 

[wachie]

Spoken like a true fair weather football fan.

Watch some club football bruh.

Nah bruv, I prefer watching him choke on the big stage.

 

[PhaZZe]

https://twitter.com/LeoMessifanclub/status/747287163906076673

"Se terminó para mí la Selección. Es una decisión tomada".