Sure it's low scoring but what does that have to do with the larger tournament? Copa usually features 12 teams, the 10 CONMEBOL nations + a couple of invitees, no?
Both going down to ten men against Canada handicapped any offense in their games. Peru was threatening up to that point, and I didn't watch the Chile game but they were a man down quite early so they never had a chance to get things going. Their head to head was pretty even and well defended.
It does but it’s not usually this bad of teams.
Yup they should play the gold cup where it really matters
Oh I’m well aware of why chile/peru didn’t go through. Combining both federations has facilitated this bad/or top heavy group.
Dude… your resentment for Canada is showing. It’s not Canada’s fault Peru and Chile are absolute trash. When Canada played Argentina it was actually a match, the last 2 have been God awful. The whole match yesterday was a yelling match to the ref. Peru sucks, Chile sucks.
I don't know man, feels like a harsh assessment of the tournament so far. Chile and Peru aren't all that special at this point in their respective generations. The red cards helped Canada but regardless of that we are closer to some of the CONMEBOL teams than many would want to admit.
Resentment? lol I do a search before the tournament I’ve long argued to combine the two federations. Just seeing how it has played out I’m thinking maybe it isn’t a smart thing to do. No concafa nation is going through bar Canada
Could be but all things considered are you happy with the performance from Canada?
In absolute: no.
Yes and no. It would be great to score more and overall the football has been meh. They get some grace from me though. Marsch is just getting his footing with the new squad and the team is going through a transition where a lot of the veterans from the 2021 qualifying campaign and 2022 World Cup are retiring or being left out.
Peru was dominating possession and attacking chances before their center back was sent off. Canada controlled the second half after that but still needed Crepeau to bail them out a couple times toward the end of the match.
In a vacuum but within the context of the games I’m pretty sure you expected more given the posts I read
Those of us that live and die with every kick, we will have expected more as the expectations continue to grow. Especially when we played some decent stuff against France and Argentina under Marsch.
I expected about what we got with a couple more goals along the way. With the reds cards we should be scoring more.
He's going to be sorely missed. Talk about a big game player. Let's hope Garnacho can eventually fill those shoes. Even he sees Garnacho as his heir-apparent. Mastantuono is another one coming up the pipeline from River Plate who could also play a similar roll. That kid is special. Dare I say I think he has a higher upside than Echeverri, who is another extremely special young talent.
I’d be shocked if Garnacho came even close to him. At best he’s another Lavezzi if not Correa.
