Goal.com Transfer Special: The new show that no football fan can afford to miss
Love deadline day? Then stay tuned for a 30-minute show to keep you ahead of the game as the curtain fall...
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Category:2012 Africa Cup of Nations, 2018/2022 World Cup Host, A Day In The Life, Africans In Europe, Africans In Italy Tags: $100 Million Mania, 101 Great Goal Videos, 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, Africa, Goal Show
North vs South America: A Cup to rival the Euros
?In the world of football, FIFA’s 208 member nations are split into six different confederations, rough...
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Category:All, Copa America, European football, Football, Gallery
Copa America champions Uruguay & Gold Cup winners Mexico prove that South Africa had the true ‘Group of Death’ at World Cup 2010
Bafana were unable to progress from Group A at the showpiece event last year, after being drawn alongside...
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Category:All, Copa America, Editorial, France, Mexico Tags: Africa
Uruguay 3-0 Paraguay: Tabarez gets things right
Uruguay won their record 15th Copa America with an excellent, controlled performance.
Oscar Tabarez likes...
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Category:All, Copa America, Paraguay, Uruguay
Copa America: Paraguay to win a game?
Tommorrow is the final of the Copa America – the South American football championship, the oldest c...
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Category:All, Copa America, Football, Gallery, Paraguay
Paraguay 0-0 Venezuela (AET): Paraguay win on penalties – again
Paraguay are, amazingly, through to the Copa America final having drawn all five games in the competition...
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Category:All, Copa America, Paraguay, venezuela
Uruguay 2-0 Peru: Tabarez changes formation again to take Uruguay to the final
Luis Suarez scored two second half goals in a confident Uruguayan performance.
Oscar Tabarez was without ...
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Category:All, Copa America, Peru, Suarez, Uruguay Tags: 3-5-2, 3-5-2 v 4-4-2, spare man
Venezuela 2-1 Chile: Borghi’s changes put Chile on top, but set-piece vulnerability proves fatal
Venezuela are through to the semi-finals after two goals from dead ball situations.
Cesar Farias’ d...
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Category:All, Chile, Copa America, venezuela
Daily Dose: July 18th, 2011.
Liam does a kit launch.
[OTP]
Everybody sucks. (Inside Track)
Getting there really fast. (IBWM)
Back to...
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Category:alex morgan, All, Copa America, Daily Dose, Germany
Uruguay 1-1 Argentina (AET): Uruguay progress after disciplined defending and superb penalties
The hosts are out of the Copa America after an engaging 1-1 draw.
Oscar Tabarez kept faith with the same ...
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Category:All, Argentina, Copa America, forlan, Messi Tags: 10 v 10, stretching play
Peru 2-0 Colombia (AET): Colombia waste chances and Peru exploit goalkeeping mistakes
Carlos Lobaton and Juan Vargas scored thumping extra time goals to put Peru into the semis.
Hernan Gomez ...
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Category:All, Colombia, Copa America, Peru, pressing
Daily Dose: July 15th, 2011.
Reliving the Copa opening ceremony.
This seems unnecessary. (Dirty Tackle)
The wonder down in Brazil. (...
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Category:All, Arsenal, Bayern, Champions League, Chile Tags: Dejan Petkovic
Brazil 4-2 Ecuador: Brazil finally grab a win
An open game was always likely to favour Brazil, and they took advantage to confirm their progression to ...
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Category:All, Brazil, Copa America, Ecuador, Maicon
Uruguay 1-0 Mexico: Uruguay’s pressing leads to dominance, and progression to the knockouts
Alvaro Pereira’s scrappy goal set up a quarter-final showdown with Argentina.
Oscar Tabarez dropped...
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Category:All, Copa America, forlan, Suarez, Uruguay
Argentina 3-0 Costa Rica: Batista finally changes system, and Argentina progress
A much-changed Argentina side finally got a win, mainly thanks to some Lionel Messi magic.
Sergio Batista...
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Category:All, Argentina, Copa America, Costa Rica, Higuain
Missing the great Brazilian football of old
Watching Brazil at the under-17 World Cup and Copa America has really left me quite sad. I, similar to ma...
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Category:All, Brazil, Brazil football, brazilian, Copa America
Brazil 2-2 Paraguay: Brazil snatch the draw
Mano Menezes ditched the “European” 4-2-3-1, went for a Dunga-style compromise system, then e...
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Category:All, Brazil, Copa America, Dunga, menezes Tags: 4-2-2-2, 4-2-3-1
Chile 1-1 Uruguay: in-game changes dictate the pattern of play
Goals from Alvaro Pereira and Alexis Sanchez meant another Copa draw.
Both managers made changes. Claudio...
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Category:All, Chile, Copa America, Uruguay
Set-pieces dominate the first week of the Copa
For a tournament often hailed for its flair and unpredictability, the Copa America has clearly been lacki...
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Category:All, Copa America, Graphs, set-pieces
Daily Dose: July 7th, 2011
That’s cold.
And the world stopped breathing. (Dirty Tackle)
Don’t blame it on the Messi. (...
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Category:All, Argentina, Brazil, Copa America, Czech Republic
Argentina 0-0 Colombia: another goalless draw
The third 0-0 from seven Copa America games so far, as Argentina again struggled.
Sergio Batista made one...
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Category:All, Argentina, Colombia, Copa America
Chile 2-1 Mexico: Borghi’s change in formation prompts Chile’s comeback
Chile recovered from 1-0 down to record a 2-1 victory in an excellent contest.
Claudio Borghi lined up wi...
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Category:All, Chile, Copa America, isla, Mexico Tags: sanchez, vidal
Uruguay 1-1 Peru: Guerrero and Lodeiro the key men as both sides waste chances to win it
A more exciting game than many of the previous Copa America contests resulted in another draw.
Oscar Taba...
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Category:All, Copa America, Peru, Uruguay
Brazil 0-0 Venezuela: Brazil fail to impress
Mano Menezes’ first competitive game as Brazil manager ended with a poor 0-0 draw against a resilie...
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Category:All, Brazil, Copa America, menezes, venezuela
Colombia 1-0 Costa Rica: Ramos goal beats ten man Costa Rica
Colombia squeezed past Costa Rica in a poor game.
Hernan Dario Gomez surprisingly left out Cristian Zapat...
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Category:All, Colombia, Copa America, Costa Rica
Argentina 1-1 Bolivia: Batista tries two systems but neither works well as Bolivia grab point
Bolivia took the lead at the start of the second half, but Sergio Aguero’s thumping volley rescued ...
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Category:All, Argentina, Bolivia, Copa America, false nine Tags: 4-2-1-3, 4-3-3, aguero, batista
Daily Dose: July 1st, 2011
Roberto Abbondanzieri doesn’t like children.
In a split. (WSC)
The foreigners of CA2011. (The Bes...
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Category:All, Argentina, Belgium, Copa America, Daily Dose Tags: Roberto Abbondanzieri
Daily Dose: June 30th, 2011.
A stowaway.
[101gg]
No pressure. (Jonathan Wilson)
Greece’s news feeds not uplifting. (BBC)
The C...
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Category:All, Argentina, Chelsea, Copa America, Daily Dose
Daily Dose: June 27th, 2011.
Not winning friends. (Eurosport)
Hearts loses it – the official. (Hearts FC)
The good old(ish) da...
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Category:All, Copa America, Daily Dose, Didier Drogba, Hearts
It’s Official – No Copa America for Japan
After all the issues, problems, discussions, negotiations, wranglings and I dare say it arguments, Japan...
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Category:All, Copa America, Japan, jfa, junji ogura
Copa half empty: Copa America Squad problems…
There may be trouble ahead. All is not well with Japan’s prospective Copa America squad.
The problem?...
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Category:All, Argentina, Atsuto Uchida, Borussia Dortmund, Copa America
Morimoto on his way
It’s not all that surprising given how limited his opportunities have been this year, but Takayuki ...
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Category:All, Catania, Copa America, Japan, takayuki morimoto