Re: Official Copa America Thread

[Harmonica]

Messi WC14



4 goals from 3 great scoring chances
17 great scoring chances created
46 players beaten by dribble (OPTA)
11 tackles (OPTA)

Goals (Scored + Assisted + Involved)
7 (4 + 1 + 2) out of 8 team goals =  88% importance (+1 SO goal)

Goals Scored
Bosnia And Hertzegovina 1
Iran 1
Nigeria 1
Nigeria 2

Great Scoring Chances Missed
Belgium 1
Germany 1

Great Chances Greated
Bosnia 1
Bosnia 2
Bosnia 3
Iran 1
Nigeria 1
Nigeria 2
Switzerland 1
Switzerland 2
Switzerland 3
Switzerland 4
Belgium 1
Belgium 2
Belgium 3
Netherlands 1
Netherlands 2
Netherlands 3
Germany 1

World Cup performance index, considering statistics, the best (and worst) plays, importance and relation of quality of opposition and own team. Color highlighted as golden, silver, bronze ball, or not in Top 3.

1.
Maradona 86
Messi 14
3.
Kempes 78
4.
Jairzinho 70
5.
Robben 14
Cruyff 74
7.
Forlan 10
8.
Romario 94
9.
Eusebio 66
Pele 70
Rossi 82
12.
G.Müller 70
Schillaci 90
Suker 98
15.
Ronaldo 02
Charlton 66
Modric 18
18.
Ronaldo 98
19.
Zidane 06

Too bad Higuain couldn't score in the final like Valdano.

[farfan]

Great stats. Looking forward to his performances in 2022. Maybe he'll finally surpass Gyan Asamoah's world cup goal tally.

[Harmonica]

4th Golden Ball would be something else yes.

[Harmonica]

US Copa America 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Copa_Am%C3%A9rica

Group A
   Argentina
   Peru
   Chile
   Concacaf 5(Winner of Canada and T&T)

Group B
   Mexico
   Ecuador
   Venezuela
   Jamaica

Group C
   USA
   Uruguay
   Panama
   Bolivia

Group D
   Brasil
   Colombia.
   Paraguay
   CRC/Hond

[Harmonica]

Roddy Zambrano, referee of Brazil vs Argentina in the 2019 Copa América:

“There was a lot of uproar because Argentina lost in that match and ended up blaming me.

"Everyone knows there was a penalty play for Argentina, but I didn’t see it on the field and VAR didn’t call me and I continued the game as normal.

"If I had seen that play [From VAR], I would have awarded a penalty kick..." @FedePostera

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