[Football] Copa America!

[Juan Albion]

Here we go, love this tournament. Proper football again.

First up, Brazil vs Bolivia.

 

[Juan Albion]

Brazil playing in white shirts and blue shorts. That will take some getting used to. Good colours though!

And Richarlison hits the turf in the first 90 seconds.

 

[Juan Albion]

VAR 1 (Penalty) Bolivia 0

 

[Juan Albion]

Brazil 2 (Coutinho*, 2) Bolivia 0

*Pronounced CooCheenio according to this commentator.

 

[Juan Albion]

Everton 3-0

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Japan and Qatar are competing in it.

I know they invite teams to make up the numbers, but surely Mexico and USA would be more appropriate ?

 

[seagull_special]

Japan and Qatar are competing in it.

I know they invite teams to make up the numbers, but surely Mexico and USA would be more appropriate ?

It would be hilarious if Japan won the whole tournament.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Japan and Qatar are competing in it.

I know they invite teams to make up the numbers, but surely Mexico and USA would be more appropriate ?

Mexico v USA, free kick to Mexico just outside the box, US try to build a wall but are stopped by the democrats.

 

[AZ Gull]

Japan and Qatar are competing in it.

I know they invite teams to make up the numbers, but surely Mexico and USA would be more appropriate ?

Mexico and USA are competing in the Gold Cup, which starts today.

 

[Easy 10]

46,000 at the Brazil game, 70% of capacity.

Football crazy that lot, aren't they.

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

I'll go for a Chile-Argentina final

finishing 0-0 and Chile winning on pens

 

[Juan Albion]

Japan and Qatar are competing in it.

Can 't speak about Japan but I imagine petrodollars are flying around to get Qatar more experience before the World Cup.

 

[southstandandy]

Channel?

 

[BNthree]

Channel?

Premier Sports I think

 

[Juan Albion]

Here we go for Game 2, Venezuela vs Peru.

An embarrassing turnout for this one. The stadium looks to be two thirds empty.

 

[Juan Albion]

Wow, Peru score in the 7th minute. It gets overruled by VAR in the 11th or 12th minute.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Wow, Peru score in the 7th minute. It gets overruled by VAR in the 11th or 12th minute.

VAR is turning into a disaster. I was all for it but its implementation is awful.

 

[Juan Albion]

VAR is turning into a disaster. I was all for it but its implementation is awful.

It was actually a fairly straightforward offside decision, but delayed by injuries to players. But surely the ref could go over and make the VAR decision and an assistant supervise the treatment of the players? For almost five minutes Peru were winning but now it is 0-0 again.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

It was actually a fairly straightforward offside decision, but delayed by injuries to players. But surely the ref could go over and make the VAR decision and an assistant supervise the treatment of the players? For almost five minutes Peru were winning but now it is 0-0 again.

I am not able to watch, but I agree with you, it seems that VAR is going to cause problems, there should be an immediate decision about a goal. This is ruining football's continuity.

 

[Juan Albion]

I am not able to watch, but I agree with you, it seems that VAR is going to cause problems, there should be an immediate decision about a goal. This is ruining football's continuity.

In this case, I'm not sure anyone watching knew that VAR was going to be consulted while the players were being treated. I think the few paying fans in attendance assumed that a goal had been scored for several minutes with no hint of a review, which is unacceptable.