0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/15/2016
The Copa America Centenario has been one of the most surprising Copa Americas in history. It has brought surprise teams which pundits and experts thought had no chance of advancing, and inversely there have been teams that have disappointed in a very big way. There have been players that really stepped it up and others that […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/14/2016
Let us look at what the last match day for Group C had in store as we look at what was Day 11 in the Copa America Centenario. 1) Biggest Winner: Mexico Mexico should build a statue for Jesus Manuel “El Tecatito” Corona, as his late equalizer against Venezuela won Mexico Group C. This is […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/13/2016
Daniel Hernandez might as well earn Man of the Match honors for his excellent performance against Mexico today. Venezuela, a team that was facing the mighty Mexico (who was favored to win the group by most experts), scored early to take the wind out of the Mexican sails and held on to a slim 1-0 […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal
In what many saw as an easy game for Mexico to either earn a draw or a victory against the 77th ranked team in the FIFA Standings, really took a turn for the worst for Mexico and their fans. Early in the match, Andres Guardado committed a foul way outside of the box and it […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/10/2016
Surprise! I bet you didn’t expect Venezuela to go this far did you? And Mexico certainly look like the team to beat in this tournament. Seven was definitely heaven for Mexico and Venezuela on this seventh day of the Copa America Centenario. 1) Biggest Winner: Venezuela With Uruguay coming in as the heavy favorites, many thought that […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 6/9/2016
In a highly physical first half, both Uruguay and Venezuela had been trying all half to score the opening goal and go into the lead. While Uruguay had the majority of the chances, Venezuela also had some chances of their own. Whatever the case, Fernando Muslera was caught committing one of the worst goalkeeper sins, […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/21/2015
Brazil advanced to the next stage of the Copa América by defeating Venezuela 2-1 in Estadio Monumental in Santiago, thereby eliminating Venezuela from the competition. Brazil, who is without the services of Neymar, did not waste time getting ahead of La Vinotino as it took Thiago Silva just nine minutes to score from a nicely taken […]
