Monday, July 26, 2004

Copa America Final - Argentina vs. Brazil
Argentina was clearly the domineering side in the first half with the waves after waves of attack but luckily for Brazil they had a brilliant goalkeeper. In 20 min, Luis Gonzalez was fouled in the penalty box and Christian Gonzalez (the Argentinean team is full of Gonzalez) took the penalty giving Argentina the lead. Brazil scored the equalizer in the last minute of the 1st half from a corner. The second half started with the Brazilians playing more aggressively but both sides did not convert their chances. It would seem like the match would go into a penalty shoot-out (the last thing I hoped to happen cos Brazil had a great keeper and Argentina's keeper sux). In the 87th minute,  Cesar Delgado scored a powerful shot. Just when I thought Argentina would win the Copa and began to celebrate, Adriano (the top scorer) equalized in the last 5 seconds. That was it. Penalty shoot-out. Argentina actually missed the 1st two shots (1st one was saved by the keeper, the 2nd one was a Beckham miss). Brazil won the Copa America final.

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