Brazil and Uruguay qualified for the Copa America semi-final stage
July 8, 2007
Brazil and Uruguay are the first two teams to qualify for the Copa America 2007 semi-final stage. Both have won with a clear superiority their quarter-final games played yesterday. Uruguay has defeated the host nation Venezuela after an intresting game that was balanced until the final quarter of the match when Uruguay managed to take the lead and to increase it in the final minutes of the game.
Venezuela 1-4 Uruguay match highlights on video
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The Copa America tournament rules
July 8, 2007
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| The Copa America knock-out round schedule. |
The Copa America tournament rules are slightly different from the regulations used at a major football competition organised by FIFA and UEFA like the World Cups and the European Championships. The Copa America is organised by CONMEBOL which is the South American organisation that governs the football for that region of the world. Read more
Argentina one hundred percent
July 6, 2007
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| Nine points out of nine possible for Argentina! |
The Copa America group stage ended yesterday with the group C’s last matches. Argentina defeated Paraguay with a 79th minute 1-0 Javier Mascherano goal and won the group with an impressive run. Three wins out of three matches, 100 percent accuracy for the Copa America tournament favourites. Read more
Mexico wins the Group B while Brazil finish second
July 5, 2007
Brazil 1-0 Ecuador video highlights (56′ Robinho penalty kick.)
The Copa America Group B has also set the final standings last night with Mexico winning the group and Brazil finishing second. The last Match-day showed a 0-0 tie between Mexico and Chile, while Brazil just edged out Ecuador after a penalty kick goal scored by Robinho. Read more
Venezuela wins Group A and achieves a historic performance
July 4, 2007
Group A ended yesterday with a surprise winner. The host nation Venezuela managed to win the group totalising five points out of nine possible. In the last match of the group Venezuela draw a goalless draw against Uruguay. This resulted in Uruguay’s missing the first two spots of this Copa America group.
The second team qualified from this group is Peru who draw yesterday 2-2 against the last team in the standings, Bolivia. So Peru finished the group second and Bolivia managed to grab only the last place and a definite Copa America competition end. Read more
