Match Thread: Copa America Group A - Matchday 1 - Argentina v Canada - June 20, 2024 - 8pm local time (ET) / 5pm PT

[anthony7]

Just now, The Beaver 2.0 said:

Oso said you can't focus on stopping Messi directly, you have to try to cut off his service. If you focus too much on Messi then he'll flip the ball to the open player you forgot to mark and you're screwed.

I feel this is the sort of game Oso could be useful in. Argentina is not super fast, he speaks Spanish, and he's a smart baller. As a sub, mind you.

I guess you didn’t watch his ass performance against France as a sub?

[Miche]

This heart beat synth is doing the job!

[DeRo_Is_King]

3 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said:

I don’t know man.  To me how you answer that question is all about your personality.  Oso is just a calm measured guy who isn’t going to bullshit.  Lots of guys have pretended that they will be able to stop Messi or that they have a clear plan for it.  And Messi generally finds a way to  make them look like inferior.  It isn’t about their attitude - it is about the fact that he is arguably the best to ever lace up a set of boots.  It isn’t defeatist to acknowledge that you really can “solve” that, and it doesn’t mean Oso won’t try hard as hell.  It just isn’t full of false bravado and bluster because what’s the point?   

I get what you're saying and no plan is perfect, but there's a way to frame that comment. Calling Messi "unstoppable" isn't really accurate either, because he also isn't perfect. No player is. 

[king1010]

Im all jazzed up

[74 Whitecap]

Just now, Miche said:

Fucking hell. A little tacky, but it's intense being part of this opening match!!

Good prep for the team, 2 years ahead of playing World Cup games at home...

[narduch]

Still better than the Euro opening ceremony 

[bwilly11]

Atlanta puts on a next level show. Murica' at its finest. Atmosphere is electric 

[SoccMan]

Just now, Joe MacCarthy said:

It's no wonder so many kids are depressed, if I had that to listen to I'd be depressed too

That’s why ok now I know grandpa!

[Ally McCoist]

If you guys think it's bad to get CONCACAF'd, wait until we get CONMEBOL'd.

[InglewoodJack]

They really said expect Argentina to play STREETBALL

[dyslexic nam]

Just now, 74 Whitecap said:

Good prep for the team, 2 years ahead of playing World Cup games at home...

We will have Randy Bachman belch out “Takin’ Care of Business” while downing a Molson Canadian.  

[narduch]

Is this hand shaking necessary?

[dyslexic nam]

We should have had Lukas MacNaughton pull a Tonya Harding on Messi in the tunnel.  

[Ally McCoist]

Damn Larin receiving the special dap from Victor Montagliani.

[WestHamCanadianinOxford]

Imagine being the American mascot kids and wondering what this is all about.

[dyslexic nam]

WTF?

[narduch]

Wow. Wasn't expecting Bible thumping

[dyslexic nam]

Do they always invoke Jesus? 

[InglewoodJack]

WHAT is going on 

[king1010]

Im surprised lautaro is on the bench. 

[kacbru]

1 minute ago, narduch said:

Is this hand shaking necessary?

Infantino expecting the players to slip him some money, that's what happens when he travels the world to shake hands.

[Miche]

"a message of peace".... cue Jesus prayer...?

[vancanman]

What the fuck?  Keep your superstitions to yourself.  

[anthony7]

Just now, narduch said:

Wow. Wasn't expecting Bible thumping

Hilarious!!!!🤣

[king1010]

Wild. Turned into church