El dato duro que consigna el diario deportivo Olé es que Lionel Messi ha pasado 12 de sus últimos 17 de cumpleaños concentrado con la selección argentina. Ahora que pasó de los 33 a los 34 no fue la excepción: en medio de la Copa América 2021, Leo celebró lejos de la familia, pero con sus compañeros de la Albiceleste.
Footballers have frequently spoken about how the periods of “rest and relaxation” at major international tournaments are merely a euphemism for being bored out of their collective minds. It’s always a fascinating subplot to a month-long period spent holed up in a resort, doubly so during the time of Covid-19 — when leaving the hotel, or inviting someone inside, is bound to cause a national stir (see: Chile).
The Colombian Football Federation (FCF) has asked Copa América organizers to suspend the referee from their 2-1 defeat by Brazil, saying he prejudiced the result by not halting play when the ball hit him in the lead up to a goal.
Néstor Pitana, the Argentine who refereed the 2018 World Cup final, waved play on when the ball bounced off him outside Colombia's box and Brazil continued passing for Roberto Firmino to head in an equalizer.
We interrupt your evening to bring you a goal that you absolutely must watch. Luis Díaz unleashed a wicked bicycle kick goal against Brazil during their Copa América match on Wednesday evening in Brazil.
I’m just going to stop talking because you’ve either already watched the highlight or waiting to watch it, and either way nothing I say will do the goal justice.
¡Goooooool golaaazo de Colombia! ���⚽
Mirando y mirando su feed de Instagram, en esas vacías horas de concentración durante la Copa América, Lionel Messi notó hace unos días que la cuenta del canal de televisión argentino TyC Sports destacaba el video de un aficionado brasileño que se había tatuado en la espalda una gigantesca imagen de él.
On Monday evening in Brasília, Lionel Messi became Argentina’s joint-most capped player by equaling Javier Mascherano’s total of 147. Messi’s journey with La Albiceleste began in 2005, when he was just 18 but already world-renowned as Barcelona’s youngest-ever scorer and Ronaldinho’s heir apparent.
But it was Messi’s fellow 33-year-old, Papu Gómez — receiving just his sixth cap and only third start — who proved the difference in Argentina’s 1-0 group stage victory over Paraguay at the Copa América.
La selección nacional de Venezuela llegó a esta Copa América muy herida. Desde semanas atrás, se sabía que no iban a poder contar, por lesión, con sus seis (sí, medio equipo) mejores jugadores para la doble fecha de Eliminatorias al Mundial, previo a la Copa América. Estos jugadores eran Salomón Rondón, Yangel Herrera, Yeferson Soteldo, Yordan Osorio, Darwin Machís y Jhon Murillo.
Nació en Stoke-on-Trent y jugó en las selecciones juveniles de Inglaterra junto a Reece James y Mason Mount, pero hoy no hace goles por los Three Lions en la Euro, sino que en la Copa América y por Chile. Es Ben Brereton, el nuevo hombre de área de La Roja.
La sangre llegó al río. La selección chilena y Nike están en un guerra legal que hoy se manifestó con la decisión de La Roja de tapar el logo de la marca estadounidense, en su duelo ante Bolivia en la Copa América 2021.
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ASUNCION — Bolivia striker Marcelo Martins has been banned for one game and fined $20,000 by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) after criticising the organisation for hosting the Copa America in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic.
Martins was one of three Bolivia players who tested positive for COVID-19 on the eve of their 3-1 opening loss to Paraguay.
He missed the game and posted some sharp words on social media about CONMEBOL’s last-minute decision to host the tournament in Brazil, a nation that has seen almost 500,000 people die from the virus.