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GDT: Canadian Soccer | Canada at the Copa America - July 9 vs Argentina in the SF

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CantHaveTkachev said:
Meh automatic L

Surprised they kept it within 4
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They only did because its not unlike Argentina to squander scoring chances. Messi is the story almost every game with Argentina and also that most of his comppatriots can't finish shit, and on this day Messi couldn't either. Canadian defending was shambolic. Should've been 5 Argentina goals today.

Canada played decently in first half but Argentina still getting what they liked.

Shows inexperience too that Canada fell for the classic stall tactic in 2nd half. Was silly for Canada to rush out only for Argentina to take 10mins to get on pitch. Made Canada nervous in 2nd half and that was starting in the tunnel. Sure enough Canada concedes within minutes of 2nd half start.

Not impressed with Canadian finish either.
 
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Zguy370 said:
Pretty well , I still can't get over that take down in the box, they pretend to review it, and nada, don't think they're blind!
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Wasn’t in the box BUT! That was a foul and an absolute farce by the ref to not call it. Not shocked that a South American ref was on the side of Argentina the whole match. Brutal reffing.

On the actual game, we played pretty well. Held our form, not finishing is killing us. David at some point has to start scoring on these chances. Going for a goal obviously left our back line wide open for chances late in the match
 
Thought Canada played a really solid first half against the world #1 ranked team led by an all-time elite player. Goaltender was aggressive and solid. Quality chances which they couldn't convert - a recurring theme at this new apex level of competition. Their structure unraveled in the second half. But again this is the world's number one they were playing.

Now have to build on this.
 
Drivesaitl said:
They only did because its not unlike Argentina to squander scoring chances. Messi is the story almost every game with Argentina and also that most of his comppatriots can't finish shit, and on this day Messi couldn't either. Canadian defending was shambolic. Should've been 5 Argentina goals today.

Canada played decently in first half but Argentina still getting what they liked.

Shows inexperience too that Canada fell for the classic stall tactic in 2nd half. Was silly for Canada to rush out only for Argentina to take 10mins to get on pitch. Made Canada nervous in 2nd half and that was starting in the tunnel. Sure enough Canada concedes within minutes of 2nd half start.

Not impressed with Canadian finish either.
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I follow soccer a bit. Does argentinia hang out in dressing room a lot?
 
Canada beat Peru today and have a chance to advance with a result vs Chile in the final match day.

Crepeau was once again TERRIFIC. In terms of reflexes and shot blocking he’s probably good enough to play for a Top 5 league team.

Also he helped out an official who collapsed due to the heat:



Pretty impressive how fast he got there. Should probably just put a Superman emblem on the front of his jersey.
 
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Cloned said:
Canada beat Peru today and have a chance to advance with a result vs Chile in the final match day.

Crepeau was once again TERRIFIC. In terms of reflexes and shot blocking he’s probably good enough to play for a Top 5 league team.

Also he helped out an official who collapsed due to the heat:



Pretty impressive how fast he got there. Should probably just put a Superman emblem on the front of his jersey.
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The Argentina win was a good result for Canada too (though too bad they didn’t score more than one for GD but Canada has to take care of their own too)

Argentina win vs Peru and a Canada draw vs Chile would mean they advance.
 
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Bombito intentionally elbowed a guy in the face and miraculously got away with it. Should have been a red card. Canada could have been in the same position the Americans got themselves into against Panama the other night. Then 2 minutes later the same meathead gets yellow carded for another hard foul.
 
Cloned said:
Canada advance to the knockout round!

And I think they have a chance to win that game too.
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I’m not so sure. They’ve scored 1 goal in 3 games in this tournament and in those last two games they played most of them up a man. I think they’re going to need to be a lot better than they’ve been.
 
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rboomercat90 said:
Looks like I was. That was definitely not a Leafs like finish to that game by England.
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Don’t worry, they’ll manage to fiddle it up before they win. Even being a couple of minutes from being eliminated by Slovakia (one of the worst teams to advance from the group stage) was embarrassing

To be fair, Southgate is horrible and holding them back. On the other hand, they’ve had ridiculous luck with their path in the knockouts for 4 tournaments now
 
rboomercat90 said:
I didn’t see a Euro thread so I guess I’ll ask the more knowledgeable football fans here. Am I wrong to think the English national team are the Toronto Maple Leafs of the football world?
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I say no. The English football fans (outside of a few idiots) are generally good natured and self-deprecating. They know they're the birthplace of football, the home of it's greatest leauge and best clubs, but that their national team just can't put it together.

One of their greats from yesteryear, Gary Lineker summed it up like this:

"Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win"

No Leaf fan could ever be so gracious, clever, and humourous in the midst of such generational ineptitude.
 
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rboomercat90 said:
When football is over for these Spanish players, most of them can cross over and play for the Florida Panthers and fit right in. I’ve never seen any team more committed to diving, flopping and pretending they’re dying than these clowns. What an embarrassing display.
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Yup, and a wonderful handball non-call to taint the game. Should have gone to penalties at the least

I was wanting Spain to win if Germany didn't, not so much now. Hope they go out on a controversy, even if it means that England wins it all
 
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Oilhawks said:
Yup, and a wonderful handball non-call to taint the game. Should have gone to penalties at the least

I was wanting Spain to win if Germany didn't, not so much now. Hope they go out on a controversy, even if it means that England wins it all
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I didn’t have a dog in the fight today. I didn’t care who won when it started. Midway through the first half I was thoroughly disgusted by Spain’s play and was hoping they’d lose so I wouldn’t have to watch them anymore. They got worse as the game went on. Pathetic display and embarrassing to watch.
 
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rboomercat90 said:
I didn’t have a dog in the fight today. I didn’t care who won when it started. Midway through the first half I was thoroughly disgusted by Spain’s play and was hoping they’d lose so I wouldn’t have to watch them anymore. They got worse as the game went on. Pathetic display and embarrassing to watch.
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Seems like a big if so far with the way France has played (own goal with the golden boot for them), but if they wake up and take care of Portugal like they should, Spain could be f***ed anyhow. They took too many cards. Germany would have been in trouble as well

Edit: though it would be kind of funny if Portugal somehow gets through and beats Spain, their closest rival
 
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rboomercat90 said:
When football is over for these Spanish players, most of them can cross over and play for the Florida Panthers and fit right in. I’ve never seen any team more committed to diving, flopping and pretending they’re dying than these clowns. What an embarrassing display.
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Really was. Shambolic throwing to the turf from Spaniards from opening minutes in game. Officials falling for it all day. A shame a club with such talent has to be so awful in that regard.

Tough out for Germany. Imagine having to play Spain in this knockout only to advance against either France or Portugal.

What another sham draw. Germany, Spain, France, Portugal all on one side and Netherlands who didn't even place in group stage get a free ticket against Romania. WTF.

This match today was a gold medal match and probably will be the best game in tournament. How on Earth do they not correct the bracket?

This is a bracket loss for Germany today who likely could've beat any other team. Shame for Kroos to go out of football this way.

Shambolic call of the game all day as well. Commentators favored Spain at every turn. They'd have the whole German team tossed off on cards.
 
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Oilhawks said:
Seems like a big if so far with the way France has played (own goal with the golden boot for them), but if they wake up and take care of Portugal like they should, Spain could be f***ed anyhow. They took too many cards. Germany would have been in trouble as well

Edit: though it would be kind of funny if Portugal somehow gets through and beats Spain, their closest rival
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Germany would've been missing Rudiger and a couple other players. One way or another this official was sinking Germany. Still brilliant play from Wirtz, Kroos, Havertz today. Touches barely failing them including Fullkrug. Splendid game from Germany. Rare to play so well and generate so much in loss.

Fullkrug goal post, another barely wide, Havertz skipping ball over uprights on wide open chance. Wirtz spills an easier chance than the one he scored on. So many German chances today. Thought Germany had more scoring chances and dangerous chances.

Nacho is the cheese of the day. What a f***ing joke of a player. Should be red carded for that dive.
 
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