Rafinha is Brazil's best today.

Now a free-kick in a good position for Brazil. Let's see if Ronaldinho can net it!

The post !!!

Ronadlinho hits the post from the fee-kick then Pato scores but he's offside!

So close!!

At the post.

I smell a comeback

The bad thing is that, no mather the result, Pato and Ronaldinho still have to play next Friday the match for the 3rd place.

Argentina doing what they do best. Defend.

Exactly. If they had to stay there, I'd have preferred an appearance in the final. There is still time, but 2 goals behind is always 2 goals behind.

that sucks so much

Its not looking good... dam Dunga...why leave the duck out for so long? F*** a duck!

Brazil have been drilled in this half, a penalty for Argentina

Riquelme converts

If I'm Dunga, I'd stay in China for a few weeks. Just in case

Red card to Lucas

R80 is walking around the pitch and he isn't trying to do sh*t.

Leiva has been Brazil's worst in this game, deserved red card.

Messi should be substituted, he's been killed out there...

3-0. Okay, that's enough for me.

Brazil's defense is a joke. Like always. The only thing that keeps them from becoming absolute world beaters. At least I'll know who to cheer for in the final. Nigeria all the way for me. Go Africa!

Another red card.

And Brazil two red cards, is the cherry on the cake

Another red and this time to Neves. Brazil is just acting brutal

Gosh, the Brazilians must really be mad. 2 reds in a matter of minutes?

Dunga is a duck. A dead one at that.

Yeah cause they have been working miracles in attack...

The two red cards is Brazil's total humiliation...

Dunga might have learned that you should not play defensive football with these players at your disposal.

Messi now almost with the 4th.

Both times it was Mascherano too.

Don't insult the ducks

Alright then. Cutting off the steam in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

Yeah, he was beaten heavily!
Bruno should have been shown a red card too. He had a yellow and he conceded the penalty which means another yellow...

After how Dunga treated Pato maybe he doesn't care.

I frankly wouldn't either. Pato should have started. Sobis is rubbish... and I've been watching this debacle. Hopefully the two will be happy to come to a team where they are respected.

I do hope Nigeria destroys Argentina like they destroyed Belgium.

FT 3-0 for Argentina!

Messi - Ronaldinho hug!

If the defense holds up, the attack can always score if they have it in them. If it's the other way round, then no matter how many goals you score, you always concede at the back. What good is that? Of course, like you said, Brazil's attack in this match wasn't anything to write home about either.

Dunga will get what he deserves in the papers tomorrow. He's more than crap.

Atleast we don't have to worry about our players returning late now.

+1000. If they play their fast game, then no reason why Nigeria can't pull it off. It will be good for their team and country to get the gold.

He had more than his share of attacking players, and he had the choice to play Pato as a starter but he didn't. They are going to slam him for that. And I think Ronaldinho is more motivated with Pato on the pitch than anyone else. Dunga should have known that. Shame on him.

I hope Dunga gets what's coming to him.

Yes, and it will be great for Nigeria to do that to get the gold. Best wishes to them.

Ronaldnho was crap because Pato was left on the bench? That's stupid. There's no chance that's true and if it was it would just be funny...

Um, we do. There still is a small matter of the third place playoffs. This Friday. It's about as late as it gets.

I hope too, but I sense he'll get away with it. Just like in the past. Brazil hasn't been lighting the world on fire since the time he's become coach.

I think we will have to do without them for the first game against Bologna, but they'll be back in time for everything else. I bet Barcelona is furious right now more than we are.

Were the brazillian players brutal on Mascherano? I don't think so.
I mean, in Serie A those would be yellows, never cards.

If those were brutal, what are the ones from Matrix?

Glad someone noticed. The Argentine players were flying on the slightest touches as if they were doing shooting for 'The Matrix 4'. Of course, before anyone says it, tackles from behind are never a good thing. And I understand that. But red for them is uncalled for, unless they cut off their legs.

This is brutal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMKvbQ3nt-M

The brazillians deserved the red card. It's in the rules.
But Mascherano made a meal of it too.

On route to the first goal ... Argentina completed 2 passes uninterrupted, straight to goal.

The Nigerians I'm sure won't play nice either. They have been perhaps more physical then anyone else. I hope Argentina takes a beating... I can't stand their players or their arrogance..

Anyways, there was another article saying that Milan is after Thiago Silva... I believe he sat on the bench this entire game...

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/aug19g.html

Would have he been better capable to deal with Argentina?

Aguero's 1st goal was handball.
Pato's goal was NOT offside. (I need to see both of these again though)

In short, the refereeing was scandalous (not to mention those two reds which I think could be yellows, especially the first one - but hell, Argies are the best when it comes to simulating).

That all said, Argies deserved to reach the final... they were better! and I'm happy this could be the beginning of the end of Dunga's spell. that fvcker.

All in all, Brazil's weakest link was its midfield. they just don't feed the attackers... they really lacked a Kaka.



Yeah, explosive. shame he plays for those losers who can't win anything better than the Olympics or U18 World Cups.

True. True.

The ref was in my opinion right to show red in those two incidents because the Brazilians went right on Mascherano out of frustration and with no intention to take the ball...
It would not change a thing (if it was a yellow) anyway...


That's not brutal, that's a 5 month ban. Or should be...

Exactly, the ref was maybe too harsh but by the rule both tackles deserved a red card.


I need to see those two again too but I think you're wrong.

The refereeing was scandalous? Come on pal, relax... the officiating was good. Argies are the best in simulating? Again, relax, you are acting like a sore loser. Name one player that would take a knock from behind and would not try to have his opponent punished by crying out loud on the ground... (don't try, everyone would do it)

Brazil were playing with 10 men... Ronaldinho did nothing at all...

You mean the 2 time WC winners and 14 time Copa American winners? Yeah, true losers...

PS I can't believe I'm defending Argentina...

Na. I thought the refereeing was a bit questionable too, as it has been throughout this "tournament". When he says he thinks Argentina are losers it's because Argentina doesn't perform in big tournaments anymore, and was destroyed in that last Copa America final by a 2nd string Brazil side.

In fact Argentina has not actually won a Copa America since 1993. The last world cup it won was in 1986. Brazil on the other hand... they won the 1994 and 2002 World cup, as well as the 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2007 Copa Americas. Beating Argentina twice in the last two finals of that tournament.

Argentina also has choked in the last few world cups since 1994.

As far as I know the rules, that's not offside. (notice where Pato's right foot and that Argie's left foot are...)

Stupid ref. that goal could have change the course of the match. this wasn't more dubious than Aguero's handball.

Even if the ref was favoring Argentina (which I don't believe is true) they should not complain that much cause they were heavily favored against Belgium and Cameroon themselves...

Well true it's been quite a while since they last won something but... I don't think it's fair to call them losers...

They did better than Brazil in the last World Cup though... if they did not have a stupid coach they could have been in the final too...

The referees should try to be as objective as possible not favoring anyone and in this tournament they did. I think Brazil's goal getting counted as off-side (when it was not) frustrated Brazil and frustrated its players. I think the refereeing was at least biased against Brazil and Italy in this tournament.



They did? They got to the same stage as Brazil. But yeah I agree with you... their coach was terrible... almost as bad as Dunga.