Paraguay already ‘winning’ against Brazil, Argentina-Venezuela too close to call

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The ESPN FC crew look ahead to Argentina’s matchup with Venezuela and question if Messi and company can leave their group stage struggles behind them.
Make way for the real stuff — the phoney war of the Copa America group phase is over.
Of the 12 sides, just four go home. Guests Japan and Qatar can make the long journey feeling relatively good about themselves. Japan came with a very young, inexperienced squad and produced some flair. Qatar, with the team crowned Asian champions, showed some interesting tactical concepts and picked up valuable experience on the way to hosting the next World Cup.
Bolivia and Ecuador make the shorter journey in…

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Venezuela’s draw with Brazil was no fluke – it’s proof of their U20 plan

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On the eve of his team’s match against the Copa America hosts, Venezuela coach Rafael Dudamel confessed that he had grown up supporting Brazil. It is a story common to his generation: Brazil were the glamorous multi-world champions, Venezuela the perennial whipping boys. Cheering for Brazil was a way for Venezuelans to feel involved with the World Cup. The idea that their own team could compete with the Selecao was ludicrous.
As the national team goalkeeper in the 1990s, Dudamel was on the end of…

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Brazil searching for identity after VAR denies them points vs. Venezuela

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What VAR gives, VAR can take away. In Friday’s Copa America opening win against Bolivia, Brazil’s breakthrough came when a new handball ruling gave them a penalty, which Philippe Coutinho converted. Four days later against Venezuela they had the ball in the back of the net three times, but none of them counted. One was ruled out for a foul, the other two for offside after lengthy consultation with the video evidence.
Three disallowed goals might make it seem as if Brazil were always knocking on…

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