After Argentina and Mexico decided on the victory, all fans were waiting for the finals. No matter how useless a major match was, after the finals, all players and fans would look at each other. What's more, the level of the Copa America is not low, and he is the one with the greatest influence besides the European Cup and the World Cup.

In addition, both sides in the finals are Brazil and Argentina, and these two are famous tycoons all over the world.

On July 16, Malacaibo, the two South American heroes, the Americas Cup top!

The ratings of this game hit a record high in the Copa America.

The crazy goal battle, the fierce sparks of strong confrontation, and the fanatical atmosphere left a deep impression on the senior FIFA officials who watched the Copa America. South American Football Federation also announced in advance that this Copa America was "the best in history" before the finals began. The reason was very good: the number of viewers was close to the highest level in history, the media attention was the first in history, and there were 5,749 reporters interviewed, far exceeding the 3,814 people in the previous session. The live broadcast and recording coverage covered 188 countries on five continents. This was absolutely unprecedented in 2007, when there was no World Cup and European Cup events.

But this may be the last traditional Copa America. According to FIFA's requirements, the Copa America will be restructured after this period.

The Copa America is a signature event of the South American Football Federation. It is both the oldest and the strangest game in the world. The Copa America was born in 1916, when it was the 100th anniversary of Argentina. This cup was established at the initiative of Argentina President Irigo.

Only four teams participated in the first session. Later, it gradually expanded to all 10 national teams in South America. After 1993, Mexico and the United States invited to participate. In 1999, due to the withdrawal of the United States, Japan was invited to participate, which almost turned into a "small World Cup".

In terms of the competition system, the Copa America was basically held once a year in the first few years, and after 1929 it was changed to every two years, three or four years. However, due to the turbulent situation in South America, internal conflicts within the Football Federation became increasingly public. The Copa America was interrupted for a while. After eight years of twists and turns, it finally resumed in 1937. This was the true beginning to show the charm of South American football.

In 1959, it even held two Cups of America in one year, with the champions being Argentina and Uruguay. Since 1987, the Cup of America has gradually gotten on track and once every two years. In 2001, it was changed to three years. The last Cup of America was in 2004. This arbitrary nature made FIFA very troublesome, so I hope to reorganize it and mechanism it.

In fact, according to the reputation of the team participating in the Copa America, even if his influence is smaller than that of the European Cup, it should not be a level worse than that of the European Cup. The key is the randomness of the Copa America hosting time, which makes sponsors look like it.

The TV broadcast rights of the World Cup and European Cup are often packaged together for several sessions. The advantage of this is that they can obtain enough funds at one time and greatly increase efficiency, but the Copa America cannot do so. In the last session, the Copa America "collided" with the European Cup, resulting in a huge decline in viewership.

The proposal for four-year sessions appeared very early. When participating in the last Copa America, former Brazilian national team coach Pereira said that it would only take four-year sessions to improve the level of the Copa America and fully explore its potential.

He believes that since South American countries must prepare for the World Cup peripherals and participate in the Americas Cup, such arrangements make the team difficult to resist. If they are unified in four years, they will not only avoid the two major events of the World Cup and the European Cup, but also conduct systematic commercial development, this will undoubtedly bring new vitality to the Americas Cup.

Based on the development trend of today's football world, after many meetings and discussions, the South American Football Federation finally decided to determine the Copa America to be once every four years. South American Football Federation President Leoz is ambitious to increase the influence of the Copa America to a point that is not weaker than that of the European Cup.

The final of this Copa America was invited to watch the ceremony, and he will present the trophy to both teams.

Before the final, there is another game in the Copa America, which is the third place battle between the two losers Uruguay and Mexico.

Of course, not many people pay attention to the losers' war, except for their own fans.

For football, not being able to win the championship is a failure, and even the players themselves do not pay much attention to the third place. After being eliminated by Argentina in the semi-finals, the captain of the Mexican national team, Marquis, left Venezuela, hoping to get more holidays to prepare for the new season of Barcelona. From this, you can imagine how unrespected this defeated battle is.

However, not every player does not care about it. At least for Fran and Castillo, they still have hopes for the Golden Boot, although it is extremely slim. For the forward, the best scorer is the honor that can best demonstrate his ability. Even if Fran won the European Golden Boot, he is still very eager for the Golden Boot in the Copa America. Not to mention Castillo, after being severely humiliated by Argentina in the semi-finals, he believed that only with the best scorer can he wash away his shame.

Moreover, even the loser needs a fig leaf, and this third place means so much to both teams. Fans of both sides call this game a "battle of honor."

No matter what, once a professional player arrives on the court, he or she has to do his best to defeat his or her opponent.

Although it was a defeated battle, Argentina, who was doing nothing, gathered in the conference room to watch the game. This was their only pastime before the final.

It's very exciting from the game itself, with goals, red cards, penalty kicks, and every element is complete.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Uruguay, through a series of passes and cuts in a positional battle, finally Abru scored a header and led by one goal.

After falling behind, Mexico launched a counterattack. In the last five minutes of the first half, with the help of the referee, he equalized the score with a penalty kick. While giving the penalty, the referee also sent Uruguay captain Lugano to a red card.

"Mexico will not really get money in it. Why do I feel that the referees belong to him?"

Messi said angrily. He did not forget that one of his own penalty kicks was blown off in the last game.

"Next time I meet them and get in a few more."

Gago patted his chest with great loyalty and said that he would vent his anger for him next time.

In the second half, Uruguay, who had one less player, was completely at a disadvantage and was eventually reversed and turned around by Mexico.

Bravo and Guadaldo scored two world waves at the same position, helping Mexico reverse Uruguay 3-1 to win.

It is worth mentioning that Recoba once again took the game with an injury in the second half, but he failed to help the team win. After the game, the sad expression of the "Chinese Boy" attracted more media. No matter what, stars are the king of media survival.

Fran and Castillo were both defended by their opponents in this defeated battle and failed to score, which means that the Golden Boot battle will still be decided between the two players who entered the finals.

Currently ranked first in the scorer list is Robinho, who stands out for the best in all the players with six goals. Next is Gago. He scored twice in two consecutive games in the knockout stage, and a goal in the group stage made him unconsciously sit under one person with five goals and above several people.

The other possible ones are Riquelme, Messi and Crespo. Among them, Riquelme scored four goals, while Crespo and Messi scored three goals. The Argentine media said sourly that if Crespo had not been injured in the second game of the group stage, the best scorer would be where Robinho would sit.

In this regard, Brazilian media used "You can hurt yourself even if you punish a penalty kick" to mock the hero Ke Senior Ke.

Fortunately, Basil's closed training, otherwise, with Crespo's temper, he would not have been vomited with blood when he heard this ridicule.

...

"Roberto, you still have Zanetti, have Crespo and the others ever thought about retiring?"

After the last training session, Redondo asked suddenly while sitting together for dinner.

After hearing this, Ayala lowered her head and replied softly.

"Let me think about it again. Think about it again."

After hearing this, Redondo didn't say much. He just smiled, and he already knew the answer to this junior.

...

The next day, an hour before the finals began, Ayala took off the national team jersey in front of all the players in the locker room.

"I won't wear him anymore!"

Obviously no one expected this, even Basil, who had just come in and prepared to arrange the tactics, was stunned.

"Robert, you..."

Sanetti stood up and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ayala.

"I am thirty-four years old this year and I feel that I can't kick anymore. Now is the time to give it to the young people!"

Ayala is a low-key person, a representative figure in Argentina in the post-Maradona era, said such a long string of words in the locker room for the first time.

"Our generation represents sadness. I owe Argentina a championship. Although I have enviable honors and records, it carries more failures and even resentment. I have 4 dreams of breaking the Copa America and lost to the Brazilian in the knockout round four times."

When he said this, Ayala's face became excited.

"This time, I don't want to lose anymore. I want to give the fans a championship in the last game of my national team. I owe them too much. If it weren't for me in the past fourteen years, Pampas would have had several championships long ago!"

"Robert, that's not your fault!"

"Javier, can I say it all right?"

Ayala said to Sanetti, who stood up and interrupted him, with a weak voice that he usually didn't have.

"I will transfer to Zaragoza next season. I have confirmed that Diego, we will be teammates by then."

When Milito heard this, he didn't know what to say, but finally said, "Welcome!"

"My physical condition does not allow me to fight on both the national team and the club. After the game, I will announce to the media that I will withdraw from the national team and focus on the club in the future."

"Even if this game is my farewell match, can you say goodbye to me with a champion??"

Ayala finally said this, and Zanetti was the first to come to him, stretched out his palm, and held him. Then Crespo, Gago and Messi stood up at the same time, and finally all the players in the locker room formed a circle in front of Ayala.

"This time, you will definitely not be disappointed again!"

Sanetti responded to Ayala on behalf of all the players. (To be continued...)

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