The reader, the radio listener, the television audience, ask the journalist to pull out of the trunk of his experience and say what America Cup we will see. Not who can win it but what it will be like, what to expect from it. There are only 32 days left until the beginning of the old and beloved “South American”, now expanded to the three Americas. And in truth, we not only aspire to see a spectacular tournament, we believe it will be.
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There are several reasons to suppose this. To start with, 16 participants is a much more attractive number than ten. If among those six that are added are Mexico, United States, Canada (which showed some notable things in the last World Cup) and Costa Rica, the Cup grows, it gains prestige. Second, it will be summer in USA, and heat is always better than cold to develop good football. Third, the world champion – Argentina – will be present, something that has not happened since Peru 2004, when Brazil attended with that label, won in Korea/Japan 2002. It is something that the Euro Cup. In fact, between Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay there are ten world titles present.
Bogota. April 24, 2024. This past Monday, April 22, the Copa América trophy arrived in Bogotá, where it will be in different parts of the capital, until next Monday the 29th. During its stay in Bogotá I visited the facilities of the Editorial House Time. Photo: Sergio Acero Yate / El Tiempo.
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Another point of attraction will be the stadiums, all beautiful, in some cases huge. And they will be full, which stimulates the protagonists. You can now be sure that the frame will be spectacular. The Centennial Cup, held in 2016, set a historical attendance record with 1,504,635 tickets sold, at an average of 47,019 per game. This may be similar. And Conmebol has announced 100 million dollars in prizes for participants.
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However, the most important thing is the actors of the show, and there are dozens of brilliant names in that. Messi, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Luis Díaz, Darwin Núñez, Pulisic, Keylor Navas, Alphonso Davies They are just the tip of that iceberg. The vast majority of the continent’s teams have players in Europe. Many. A good example is the United States: 21 of the 23 players it used last March in the Concacaf Nations League –of which he was champion– perform in European clubs, some very important such as Milan, Juventus, PSV Eindhoven, Monaco, Nottingham Forest. And everyone goes with their best equipment.
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Clearly we will go game by game and we go in to win in each game, we plan to play to find the result
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e objective is to win it. Clearly we will go game by game and we go in to win in each game, we plan to play to find the result. “We are not going to play to see what happens, we are going to play to win,” he commented. Nestor Lorenzothe successful technician of Colombia, giving an idea of what everyone thinks. Of course, some have more potential than others and, consequently, better probabilities, but no one is going to test players or learn anymore.
Colombia’s coach Nestor Lorenzo shouts instructions to his players from the touchline during the international friendly football match between Romania and Colombia at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on March 26, 2024. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
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About Colombiaundefeated in 18 games (13 wins and 5 draws) in the era Lawrence anoints him as one of the favorites behind the known Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. “With those he wants to call, we have to play the final of the Copa América… He will know! Let no one come out and say that the continental tournament should serve to ‘prepare’ the team for a Qualifier that qualifies seven out of ten,” tweeted the influential Carlos Antonio Vélez, alluding to Lorenzo. He set the bar high for him: champion or, at the very least, finalist. We dare to ask: if they had to choose, what would the Colombian fan prefer, winning the Copa América or qualifying for the World Cup?
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No one feels less anymore, everyone has demands. A bad performance is unskillful. Even Ecuador, which does not have a very brilliant history in the Copa América (it never won it), asks and demands of the Catalan coach Felix Sanchez fight the title. That would be a certificate of greatness for football in half the world. The same for Peru or Paraguay.
Colombia National Team and Néstor Lorenzo
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At the same time, in the betting houses, Argentina It is also the main one indicated, it pays $2.75 for each one bet. Brazil follows, with 3.25; Uruguay, 6.00; Colombia, 13.00; United States, 13.00; Mexico, 15.00; Ecuador, 17.00; Chile, 29.00.
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Why will it be played in parallel with the Euro Cup? It is an agreement between Conmebol and Uefa, which maintain very close relations of friendship and cooperation. It is to harmonize. Both competitions will have a very high component of footballers who play in the Old Continent, so then everyone goes on vacation and returns at the same time to face the preseason. That is why both tournaments have the final on the same day: July 14.
Lionel Messi celebrates the world title with Argentina.
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Colombia He needs it to finally be able to shout that it is great football (for now it is a “considerable” medium). Mexico would silence millions of critics. The United States would take the supreme leap to make soccer its most popular sport, when today it is the fourth. Ecuador, we said, longs for it to break its undefeated record in the Cup, since it was never able to lift it. Chile to relive what happened in 2015 and 2016, when it reached its greatest glory.
This is not just another Cup, everyone could use a performance of merit – or the title, or the final – to gain recognition and then face, with high morale, the final stretch of the Qualifiers.
Argentina will defend the Copa América title obtained in 2021.
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No one talks anymore about how “players come exhausted from long periods in Europe.” Tired or not, everyone is obliged to give their best. The Cup is a giant stained glass window. We are convinced that we will see champagne football.
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