Atlanta (USA), June 20 (EFE).- Two goalkeepers and two forwards stood out this Thursday, in the beginning of the Copa América in the US with saves, criticisms and objectives.
The person who wished to say no to the champions
Maxime Crépeau shouldn’t be an enormous, he barely measures 1.82 meters, little or no for pure-bred goalkeepers, however this Thursday he closed Canada’s door many times to the lascivious goal-scoring intentions of Lionel Messi and firm.
The Portland Timbers’ beginning goalkeeper, born 30 years in the past in Greenfield Park, was guilty for the Argentine group not leaving the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta with a bigger lead.
Álvarez’s first time
The Argentine ahead who conquered the guts of Pep Guardiola at Manchester Metropolis, scored his first objective in his historical past with the Copa América this Thursday.
It wasn’t simply any objective. He was the one who unlocked a troublesome recreation in opposition to a Canadian group that was rocky in Atlanta.
‘La Araña’, who left River Plate in 2022 to affix Metropolis, scored the primary objective of this forty eighth model of the Copa América within the forty ninth minute.
It was the start of the tip for The Canucks and the ninth for the 24-year-old from Córdoba with the Albiceleste, who thus broke a 13-game quick.
Lionel, Lautaro and a 13-bar melody
The completion to the primary of the 32 matches that the 2024 Copa América could have was put by Lautaro Martínez within the 88th minute. However it was not a hammer blow. It was a refined contact that capped an beautiful filtered go from Lionel Messi.
However the most effective factor, the play, which Canada couldn’t interrupt, came about in three passes.
‘El Toro’, who had inflicted two of the 4 on Guatemala within the final preparation match, now has 25 objectives with the nationwide group, 6 of those scored in three forays into the Copa América.
The cruel criticism of ‘Dibú’ Martínez and the mirror of the Euro Cup
«The sphere is a catastrophe. We’ve got to enhance that facet. Or else the Copa América will all the time be one stage beneath the Erocopa,” Emiliano Martínez advised TyC Sports activities on the finish of the opening match in Atlanta.
The Aston Villa goalkeeper was implacable with the state of the sphere on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium within the metropolis of Atlanta.
The 31-year-old’s criticism was supported by coach Lionel Scaloni, for whom the sphere was not “appropriate” for soccer.
«It is a good factor we gained, as a result of in any other case it could have appeared like an excuse. We have identified for seven months that we have now to play right here and so they modified the grass two days in the past. The stadium is gorgeous and with the artificial grass it must be spectacular, however it isn’t appropriate for these gamers,” he identified.
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2024-06-23 09:46:49