Copa America tournament thread....

lol ... given that books have been written documenting their existence you'd be crazy not to assume some match fixing occurs in most sports.  Declan Hill has written extensively on the subject and Fifa officials sprang into action recently arresting and bringing charges against members of some major soccer federations.  Having said that, as I said to ARK, that is not the "money" I was referring to.

Argentina is unbelievable.

Yeah - not to excited about this - but have to think that now that Mexico can advance with a win kind of evens this one out.  If a draw suited both teams, I would be a lot more concerned, but Mexico will have to push it if it is tied late.

But remember, just because a draw suits both teams, it doesnt make it so.  In fact, I cant remember the game but in the WC last summer there was a game where a draw was so obvious (I think it involved Uruguay) - the line was ridiculous - I think like even for a draw, and it ended 2-0 I think.

But in principle, I agree with you.

While we are on the WC, some things I find incredible about Spain winning....

Spain played 7 games.
Spain only scored 8 goals.
Spain conceded only 2 goals.
All 4 games in the knockout stages were 0-0 at HT, and a 1-0 win in FT to Spain.

I would say nobody has ever won an intl tournament by averaging just over one goal a game (maybe when Greece won the Euro's - gotta check on that).