Lionel Messi, Neymar picked as very best gamers at Copa The us
Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brazil’s Neymar had been picked as the 2 very best gamers of the Copa The us simply ahead of they met within the ultimate on Saturday.
“It isn’t conceivable to select just one (very best) participant as a result of this event has two of them,” CONMEBOL mentioned in a observation.
Messi dished up 4 targets and 5 assists in six suits.
Neymar delivered two targets and 3 assists in 5 video games.
CONMEBOL’s technical find out about workforce added that the gamers had a good affect on their groups and had been “the mirrored image of the South American DNA in each and every fit they performed” within the Copa.
This second between Neymar and Messi.
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The find out about workforce incorporated Colombia’s Francisco Maturana and Carlos Restrepo; Uruguay’s Daniel Bañales and Gerardo Pelusso; Argentina’s Sergio Batista and Nery Pumpido and Brazil’s Oswaldo de Oliveira.
Argentina captain Messi has up to now performed his very best event with the nationwide workforce since his debut in 2005. He’s additionally relaxed because the chief at the pitch, by contrast with the shy Messi of previous tournaments.
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In the meantime, Neymar has suggested Brazil together with his dribbles, passes and pictures. Additionally, his exchanges with midfielder Lucas Paquetá have made Brazil extra fluid up entrance.
Brazil has International Cup hopes dented after Copa The us loss
Brazil depended on its protection much more than Neymar to stay its Copa The us identify. It was once a transfer that failed.
Argentina’s 1-Zero victory on the Maracana Stadium on Saturday proved that the Selecao’s defensive prowess was once now not as robust as its gamers and trainer have proven. Now trainer Tite must reconsider a few of his choices, as he promised to make use of Copa The us as a checking out floor forward of the International Cup in Qatar.
Argentina’s winner got here within the 22nd minute after Rodrigo de Paul made an extended move to Ángel di Maria. The 33-year-old veteran striker counted on deficient protecting via left-back Renan Lodi to take keep an eye on and lob it previous goalkeeper Ederson.
Brazil had conceded best two targets within the event ahead of the overall. However Di Maria knew that Lodi may just possbly be overwhelmed.
“Ahead of the fit I instructed him (de Paul) that the left-back slept slightly within the marking,” the Argentinian striker mentioned after the fit. Brazil’s maximum widespread starter within the place, Alex Sandro, was once getting better from harm.
However it wasn’t best Lodi who made errors in Brazil’s protection in opposition to Argentina. Veteran Thiago Silva and midfielder Casemiro, two of the steadiest gamers of the workforce, gave Argentina alternatives in the second one part, a few of them in unforced mistakes.
Silva said Brazil was once below par in a fit that marked the primary Copa The us identify that the Selecao misplaced enjoying at house — it received in all earlier 5.
“It was once now not the Brazil workforce it in most cases is within the first mins. Whilst you concede in a fit like this, it’s arduous to come back again,” he mentioned. “In the second one part it was once just one workforce seeking to play, the opposite was once simply preventing the fit. However we will’t use excuses, we couldn’t play our sport within the first part.”
Brazil trainer Tite praised Argentina for the identify, but additionally mentioned the defeat at house additionally got here as a result of Argentina didn’t need the fit to go with the flow.
“We needed to play, however there was once a large number of anti-soccer. Fouls always, it took ages for the fit to head on,” Tite mentioned. “There was once no tempo. Their technique was once that. Argentina could be very effectively positioned defensively, has an ideal goalkeeper, a again 4 of high quality, with just right replacements. There’s deserves.”
Proper-back Danilo and midfielder Fred, each starters on the Maracana, didn’t shed light on errors within the ultimate, however neither supported Brazil up entrance. Neymar was once remoted for many of the fit.
Brazil progressed in the second one part, working the chance of conceding any other function in a counter, after Fred was once changed via Roberto Firmino. Lucas Paquetá, a extra inventive participant, was once moved to Fred’s place, which gave Brazil extra ball ownership, however now not as many alternatives to attain.
Messi was once well-stopped for many of the fit. His best alternative got here within the 88th minute when Brazil was once in desperation mode, however Ederson stopped the shot.
