Argentina narrowly beat Brazil 1-0 in the Copa America.
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First career tournament win, Argentina takes the tournament crown after 28 years.
At one point, someone chanted:
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Winning the Copa America, with the Ballon d'Or secure and the GOAT (best player) title in sight?
Is that really the case? Let's start by analyzing
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Performance in the final: limited by fitness and injuries (hamstring injuries in both the semi-final and the final).
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The performance wasn't great, with a post-game sofascore rating of just 6.4, placing the Argentine team second to last and just above Lo Celso; on the offensive end, the
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contributed little, with 1 shot on goal, 0 shots on goal, and lost possession 17 times, a rarity in his career, even missing a solo chance to seal the victory early; however, on the defensive end of the field, the
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The input of the very active, he not only has a flying shovel, but also back to the home penalty area, this drive and motivation is very obvious, the game at the end of the whole team of Argentina almost hugged the
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, this kind of ruthlessness and patience is something that has been missing from the Argentine national team for a long time, and the champions need exactly that.
Next.
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The possibility of winning the Golden Globe:
First of all, the Europa League final hasn't even been played yet.
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The exponential advantage of winning the Golden Globe is significant.
Second, looking at the data.
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In 38 games so far in 2021, has scored 33 goals and dished out 14 assists, and has been named Man of the Match a total of 26 times; in La Liga, the
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also has the most goals and assists in both categories, with the CONCACAF Cup also having the highest goals and assists.
Then look at the team results: Copa America champion, Copa del Rey champion, the Champions League knockout first round exit, La Liga 3rd → held in the same year, the Copa America's weight class is inferior to the European Cup (the difficulty of the game, the commercial value of consecutively held to reduce the value of factors), but as long as the other tournaments honors can be ahead of the other rivals, the Copa America champion is not so much as to be in the championship of the color of "dragging the feet! ".
As for the rival situation, the European Cup finalists, Italy is difficult to hold out the golden ball, first of all, this team is the type of all the soldiers, and secondly, they are among the clubs do not have a significant honor and assume a key role; England can only hold out Kane, he has the Premier League Golden Boot and the assist king, and there is still a chance to hit the Euro Golden Boot, but the club's performance is too poor: the Premier League, 7th, runner-up in the League Cup, the UEFA Cup round-trippers and not to beat Dinamo Zagreb this level of team; Champions League champions in the team to promote Kante European Cup round trip lost Switzerland; Levin only Bundesliga 41 goals to get out of the way, the Champions League and the European Cup are general performance; Mbappe club achievements than last year and decline, Champions League semifinal loss, but also lost the Ligue 1 league title; the European Cup is the same round trip and should be for the team to take the blame...
So it seems that unless Kane has an anticlimactic level of play in the Europa League final, the
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The probability of winning the Ballon d'Or, but the advantage will not be very significant: this year's stars have their own shortcomings, resulting in fierce competition "reverse"; Messi's final drought in the tournament, do not rule out that some journalists will give some human votes, and this year's Copa America is a particularly convincing win, the data leading + final, although the performance of the general, but the spirit of the fight! Defense puts in a positive effort.
In addition, image scores for the second half of the performance may also be important for the
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Favorable: his 2-year contract extension with Barcelona at a reduced salary is imminent, Barcelona's rebuilding is actually methodical, clearing out redundancies, selecting newcomers, you look at Pedri, and then god forbid Depay and Eric Garcia, it doesn't seem too difficult for Lionel Messi to put up a good performance early in the season.
As for getting the America's Cup
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The shock GOAT is a bit ridiculous: what GOAT is one America's Cup title away from being the GOAT?
The Copa America championship realized the career of Melo match: the two are the club's strongest double, Champions League title and goal scoring efficiency of the ancient times, but the big game on the World Cup are mediocre performance, the two are the most powerful double.
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Slightly better, but couldn't pull it off without winning the title, while the Intercontinental Champion
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Previously a clear 1-0 lead
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Now that Melo has won an intercontinental tournament each, the honors have been matched.
At the same time, I don't recognize that comments about the GOAT will come to fruition: first of all, there is no official standard for the GOAT, it's a historical concept, that is a cultural concept, and so there is no first in literature, there is no second in martial arts, there is no precise ranking, but it is indeed a very beloved talking point of the media and the fans, and it will be commented on ad nauseam, until there is a player who outperforms everyone by a large margin, and then it is impacted by the ones who come after him, for example Michael Jordan of the basketball world...
