I'm not a fan of football, but I like Messi and he deserves better. It's terrible that he failed to win a major tournament with the national team once again.
Copa America is being hosted by Argentina and Colombia next year. This will be a good opportunity for Messi to win a title with Argentina.
we are having Copa America almost every year, Messi finally has to win it at some point or they will make it twice a year, one in summer, one in winter.
Well, after the next year's edition, we should only have Copa America each 4 years, unless CONMEBOL changes its mind again - which wouldn't surprise me one bit
Technically this wasn't the best match (CMR vs NZL), but maybe it was the most exciting? The third-ranked thing might not be ideal, but at least makes for thrilling matches that otherwise would be just "friendlies".
I agree with 4 quotas because frankly 3 to 4 American teams it makes me laugh yellow
What are you talking about? I agree Europe should have more spots, but 3 for America is fair when we consider USA, Canada and Brazil are among the best.
What's the reason the games have so few spectators?
1. Exorbitant ticket prices that don't match our reality (so high that the Brazil opening match has now the best revenue of all time for the team);
2. General lack of interest (not a lot of people seem to care about the team anymore, and the sentiment carries over to other matches, especially when big teams are not involved);
3. Discrepancies between tickets sold x people attending (it is reported that in some cases the sponsors had like 8k seats available in a match and didn't use most of it).
In the end, the Copa America committee doesn't care a lot about low attendance, as they still are getting big bucks because of the average ticket price of R$ 300 - which is, in fact, bigger than the 2014 World Cup (!).
Brazil is planning of hosting the next Women's WC, and if we get this tournament, I hope the organizing committee is not so greedy.
This match made me experience something I've never saw before in a women's football match. A lot of people stopped everything to watch this on a week day (!) + Marta's goal was heavily celebrated. In terms of our standings in the competition, this didn't change much, but this win was not only a moral boost for the team, but also great for the general perception of women's football in Brazil. It was a beatiful moment and I'm glad I lived it.
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Now back to reality... Brazil's next match maybe will be at the same time of a "important" Copa América game and Globo (main channel here) will probably favour them against the women's
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Maybe is for the best since right now Brazil is no match to France or Germany
I wouldn't be surprised if they tie or lose to Paraguay or Qatar. This is simply a complete disaster of a team. There is no tactics, weak players in key positions (CDM, CBs), and worst of all... no attitude in most players. Today only Messi, De Paul and Lo Celso looked like they cared a bit about the match.
Argentina was playing better than Colombia until the first goal, though. Based on what we saw from Paraguay vs Qatar, it's unlikely Argentina will lose points to either one of them.
Well, in Brazil you only accept victory. I do not think even football can escape this. Besides the fact that Brazil only plays against horrible teams at home. Nobody wants to pay to watch Brazil play alone.
This team can not even think of a failure now or the national team will definitely become a joke (if not already became)
I don't think this championship means that much, there's literally no excitement for it. Even if Brazil wins it, it won't entirely restore the faith in the team (for general perception, though, maybe would be good since we haven't won anything in quite some time).
People are so excited that this didn't even had a thread yet?
In all seriousness, people really are not talking about this. In their last friendly before competition, Brazil won 7-0 against Honduras in a half-empty stadium (and I'm being generous, 'cause I think there was like 15k spectators), something that would never happen a few years ago. The recent failures of the team and the whole Neymar scandal might have something to do with this.
I'm surprised by Italy's win as well, not that they are a bad team, but because I thought Australia had the potential to reach semifinals (and maybe still has). I'm fearful for Brazil at the next match.
The audience for this match on Globo (biggest open channel in brazilian TV, which is showing Women's WC for the first time ever) is 34 points so far - almost three times better than the usual for Sunday morning. Second channel in audience with 5 points is also broadcasting the match.
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Too bad this is the worst moment for brazilian women's football
or they will make it twice a year, one in summer, one in winter.
Various Cities (BRA) - 14 June 2019 - 7 July 2019 
I was almost sure that Brazil would have reached at least QF/SF easily
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