Re: Official Copa Rocca Thread

[Catracho]

Gonna get a generator to start up all the lights...

man WHAT THE ACTUAL PHUK

[Catracho]

This is embarrassing Argentina... very Embarrassing

how many actual International Friendly and World Cup Qualifying viable stadiums do Argentina have?

[Catracho]

they cut Avenida Brasil short for this??? smh thanks Argentina!

[Catracho]

Games cancelled.. Thanks Chaco

[Catracho]

"conferencia de prensa de urgencia: Cristina inaugurando una calesita en pijamas para tapar el sol con la mano."

lel

[BarrileteCosmico]

lol Cristina.

This is very shameful. Is it so hard to make sure a stadium works before bringing an interntaional friendly to it?

AFA

[Catracho]

CONMEBOL says they will rechedule El Super Clasico De Las Americas.. and also here's something I ran by today.

Mano criticizes AFA and says fans were disrespected.

I agree with him. Here's an English translation of his statements:

"I hadn't undergone this for a long time, the last time was probably a youth game in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul state. Soccer's image has been harmed. The fans are the most important part of the game and they were disrespected by AFA's decision to take the game to a stadium which did not offer conditions for a game of this standard. It is not correct to submit the visiting team to a situation like this and obviously fans must not be made to wait for a game that never happened. The game surely would've helped us evaluate the players and it was frustrating to travel all the way there for a game that ended up not occurring."

A youth game in the boondocks... that's where you can expect a blackout. But not a game w/ Brazil!

As of this writing, I've seen no news that either AFA or the Argentine government made any statements to CBF showing any regret or remorse. Brazil's players wasted time and money; their clubs were deprived of their players at a critical juncture in the Brazilian championship; an important chance for Mano Menezes to evaluate players for future matches was wasted; and, as if that wasn't bad enough, the very poor province of Chaco, whose 2012 budget is USD12.106 mm, was hit with a cost of ARS 5mm (USD 1.026mm). Those of you who live in the United States, imagine a disaster costing your state 1/10th of its annual budget! This is what Cristina Kirchner's nationalization of her country's soccer has caused.

[Catracho]

O técnico Mano Menezes convocou nesta terça-feira a Seleção Brasileira para a disputa do segundo jogo do Superclássico das Américas. Com 19 jogadores relacionados, o Brasil enfrenta a Argentina no dia 21 de novembro, às 21 horas (22 horas de Brasília), no Estádio La Bombonera, em Buenos Aires:

Arouca - Santos
Bernard - Atlético Mineiro
Carlinhos - Fluminense
Diego Cavalieri - Fluminense
Durval - Santos
Fábio Santos - Corinthians
Fellype Gabriel - Botafogo
Fred - Fluminense
Jean - Fluminense
Jefferson - Botafogo
Leandro Damião - Internacional
Leonardo Silva - Atlético Mineiro
Lucas Marques - Botafogo
Marcos Rocha - Atlético Mineiro
Neymar - Santos
Paulinho - Corinthians
Ralf - Corinthians
Réver - Atlético Mineiro
Thiago Neves - Fluminense

[Catracho]

No Sao Paulo or Gremio players were called-up due to their Copa Sul-Americana ties.

[Ganso]

fred cavalieri

[Catracho]

Durval got called up

[Catracho]

Argentina's line-up during training:

Orión, Lisandro López, Sebá Domínguez e Desábato; Peruzzi, Cerro, Guiñazú e Vangioni; Montillo; Martínez e Barcos

Copa Rocca is tonight.. only players confirmed so far from Mano tonight is Diego Cavalieri the Fluminense goalkeeper.

[Catracho]

1- Diego Cavallieri
2 - Lucas Marques
3 - Rever (capitão)
4- Durval
6 - Fábio Santos
5 - Ralf
7 - Arouca
8 - Paulinho
10 - Tiago Neves
9 - Fred
11 Neymar

Orion;Licha Lopez-Seba Dominguez- Desabato; Peruzzi-Guiñazu-Cerro-Vangioni; Montillo; Martinez-Barcos

Lets get this shit started!

[Catracho]

Neymar almost made a Maradona-esque run, and nearly capitalized on it.. Desabato and Neymar's bad touch on the final ball let him down

[Catracho]

Oh Neymar... whata a horrible taken chip/lob shot. Keep it on the ground and its 1-0

[Catracho]

Halftime: Brazil 0-0 Argentina

if this stands, Brazil will be Bi-Campeao of Copa Rocca

[la bestia negra]

its on fire

[Catracho]

Off to penalty shootouts..

WTF MANO!! WHY WAS THE DEFENSE SO FAR UP FIELD WITH LITTLE TIME LEFT IN THE GAME!?!?!?!

Nacho Scocco so *bleep* clutchin OMG FIRE MANO!!!

[elitedam]

Mano is a clown. It looks like we're stuck with him until we crash out of the world cup.

[la bestia negra]

peno shoot outs always get on your nerves even if your a neutral

[Catracho]

Welp.. And we pull a rabbit out our ass again...

Argentina taking penalties like their Brazil

[BarrileteCosmico]

Scocco is such a god

Also half-empty bombonera

[Catracho]

Bicampeaos.. thanks for playin Argentina

[BarrileteCosmico]

Lol you gonna act like that after you won on penalties in spite of having the superior team?

[Catracho]

lol @ not being able to score more goals on Durval, Rever and Carlinhos.. ahahaha

Letting Brazil score while Thiago Never still on the field

[shinigami99]

Brazil has better talent, better players in ALL positions compared to Argentina yet they can't beat us. They suck as a team and they have for some time. Even the last game, we nearly drew, were it not for a stupid handball in the 90th minute the box.

You may have won the cup, but consider that you won it against a pretty inferior side (in terms of talent) and ON PENALTIES

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