Brazil meets Argentina in the Copa America semifinals. The match will be played on Wednesday, July 3rd at Mineirão (Belo Horizonte)
Brazil pulled a trick in the quarterfinals... The team frayed the nerves of its own fans rather much, leading the game to a penalty shootout. But all the same, it was more accurate than Paraguay in those penalties and crept in the semifinals. Although before that, the tournament was way was pretty confident: Brazil beat Peru and Bolivia and tied a goalless draw with uncompromising Venezuela. By the way, Selesao has not conceded a single goal in the tournament.
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Argentina has rather serious problems throughout the championship, although even before the start of it, the team was considered one of the main favorites to win. The Argentines played a draw with Paraguay, lost to Colombia, and only managed to beat Qatar in the group. In all fairness, it should be noted - where is this Paraguay and this Colombia now? Right – the players will sit at home and watch on TV how Argentina will play in the semifinals. In the last round, Messi and the company gave the ball to the opponent and beat it tactically. Venezuela has possessed the ball for 59% of playing time, but Argentina won (2-0). In principle, the score could have been larger. Albiceleste delivered 17 shots on the opponent's goal, and 7 of them were on target.
Most likely, the ball will be under the control of the tournament hosts most of the time in the semifinals. But this does not mean that they will score a bunch of goals and destroy a well-organized defense of the opponent. In the last game, Venezuela did its best but could not score Argentina. Yes, the class of Brazilian offensive players is several times higher than that of Venezuela, but not little boys play in the defense of Argentina. Foyth represents Tottenham, Pezzella - Fiorentina, Tagliafico - Ajax... In addition to the higher class of Brazil and its home field… By the way, about the fields. I will quote Messi on this issue - "Fields in Brazil are a shame. You can't play football there. It is very hard not only to possess the ball and try to keep it, and even just run.” And if so, then the technical abilities will go to the 2nd plan, and scoring will automatically become lower. In the last 5 matches, Argentina and Brazil showed only one game with more than 2 goals. The entire past championship doesn’t abound with a large number of goals and scoring games. Surely, the audience will not see more than 2 balls in the upcoming match. Well, at the same time, the hosts of the tournament will most likely not lose in the regulation time.
Prediction for the match: Brazil to win with +0.5 handicap and Under 2.5 goals scored
