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Alex2011

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四场淘汰赛，主队即所谓的强队被全部淘汰，但各有本难念的经。从结果看，巴西似乎最惨，一分未得！

Alex2011

Argentina and Brazil lead the fall of the Copa América giants
There was a total absence of logic in the last eight as Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela made it into the semi-finals


Argentina's players react to Carlos Tevez's decisive miss in their penalty shoot-out defeat to Uruguay. Photograph: Ricardo Mazalan/AP

The giants woke up, but only to be felled. When Argentina and Brazil scored seven goals between them in their third group games at the Copa América, it seemed they were slowly rousing themselves for the march to a meeting in the final that the organisers had done everything in their power to make inevitable. In their quarter-finals, though, the problems of the opening games returned. Both struggled to make domination of possession count, both lost on penalties, and both will look on a barely credible semi-final line-up and wonder why on earth they are not there.

Peru had begun a weekend of shocks with their extra-time victory over Colombia, Uruguay and Paraguay continued it with their shoot-out victories over the continent's giants and, as a full moon loomed over San Juan, Venezuela completed a full set of four quarter-final shocks, which seemed almost expected. Restaurateurs and hoteliers in Mendoza will be disappointed to have missed out on another Chilean invasion, while the rest of Argentina wallows in the gloom of another disappointment.

All the Copa adverts on television, featuring a smiling Lionel Messi and a goalscoring Carlos Tevez, feel oddly poignant now.

As Pablo Vignone wrote in Pagina 12, Argentina "paid too high a price" for failing to take advantage of the 20-minute spell in the first half when they were on top. Perhaps they were unlucky to come up against, in Nestor Muslera, a goalkeeper having the game of his life – his save late in normal time, when he kept out Tevez's deflected free-kick with a stretch of his left boot as he fell to his right, and then recovered to block Gonzalo Higuaín's follow-up with a Schmeichel-style star-jump, was exceptional – but Argentina invited disaster.

After Diego Pérez had been sent off six minutes before half-time, the game should have been Argentina's. They were, after all, already on top. But Oscar Washington Tabárez pulled Alvaro Pereira in off the left, reasoning presumably that he could afford to abandon that flank given Messi tucked infield anyway, and left Luis Suárez high up the pitch with Diego Forlan linking to midfield so there was always a goal-threat. As Argentina became increasingly irritated, they committed more and more fouls, to which the referee Carlos Amarilla (Charlie Yellow as his name has been mockingly translated) responded with a flurry of cards. Javier Mascherano was unfortunate in that the foul for which he picked up his second caution was no more than an inadvertent bump to the back of Suárez's calf – Alvaro Rios got away with far worse – but a red card for an Argentinian had felt as though it had been coming for a while.

"We had the dream of winning the Copa, all the more so because we were playing at home," said Mascherano. "In time we'll turn our heads to the [World Cup] qualifiers, but for now we have a great frustration and we are going really badly." That frustration was reflected in the papers, many of whom made great play of the fact that Messi hasn't scored in his last 16 competitive games for Argentina. Messi, though, is the one player who has been largely blameless in the debacle, brilliant against Costa Rica, and Argentina's best player against Uruguay.

Argentina failed to beat Uruguay for three reasons: a level of complacency after Pérez's dismissal; the brilliance of Muslera; and the tactical anarchy Sergio Batista introduced in the second half by bringing on Javier Pastore and Tevez, something that played into Tabárez's hands. Having packed the centre, what he would have dreaded was Argentina introducing width, playing Angel Di María wide, for instance, or encouraging Sergio Agüero or Messi to stick more to their touchlines. Bringing on Tevez, though, merely led to more of the "verticality", the unhelpful direct running of which Batista had been so critical after the draws against Bolivia and Colombia.

"Failure is a strong word," said Batista. "I wouldn't call this a failure." Which makes you wonder what he would call winning only one match of four at home, and that against Costa Rica's Under-23 side.

"The balance wasn't right, but that takes time and work." That the positive signs against Costa Rica weren't illusory was shown by the first half against Uruguay when, aside from their vulnerability to dead-balls, Argentina looked good. The question is what went wrong at half-time, and it's hard to know who to blame for that but Batista.

Ole was perhaps the harshest in its criticism. "It's not a journalistic assignment to demand that Batista be replaced," said its editorial. "It's an obligation."

He, though, has vowed to battle on, insisting that the Copa was only ever about preparation for the World Cup in 2014. The best preparation, though, would surely have been to win the tournament, and so end the 18-year wait for a trophy, clearing away the mood of anxiety and lifting the pressure of trophylessness. The production line will stop eventually; no country can keep on developing the likes of Messi, Tevez, Agüero, Juan Roman Riquelme, Pablo Aimar, Javier Saviola and Ariel Ortega indefinitely; these are generations that cannot be wasted.

Uruguay, meanwhile, tough, dogged and tactically intelligent go on. The concept of "garra" – literally "claw", but combining mental-strength, streetwiseness, courage and perhaps best summarised as "the ability to win" — is perhaps over-discussed, but on Saturday night only one side had it. On the 61st anniversary of Uruguay's 1950 World Cup victory, when they beat Brazil in Brazil, they perhaps felt inspired once again to beat the odds and the hosts. The Uruguayan paper La República gloried in the anniversary. "The ghost of the Maracanã was raised at the Elephants' Graveyard, as July 16 deserved ... Again a stadium was struck dumb."

Uruguay could hardly have imagined their semi-final opponents. Peru finished bottom of World Cup qualifying and lost Claudio Pizarro and Jefferson Farfán to injury before the tournament, but they have been admirably disciplined, with Paolo Guerrero superb as a (very) lone front man. Perhaps they have been imbued with garra by their Uruguayan coach, Sergio Markarián, who once coached Tabárez, at 64 two years his junior, at Bella Vista. . Colombia had given the impression in the group stage of playing within themselves, of doing just enough, but when they needed to against Peru it turned out they had no other gear. They had their chances, Radamel Falcao missing a generous penalty, and Dayro Moreno spanking a drive against the post, but they were undone by two pieces of poor goalkeeping from Luis Martínez.

The favourites kept on falling. Brazil dominated their game against Paraguay but having been denied by committed and intelligent defending and some inspired goalkeeping from Justo Villar, they were beaten on penalties. "You need more than will to win matches," said Brazil's coach Mano Menezes, although he too offered the excuse of preparation for the World Cup. It probably isn't intended as such, but for Brazil and Argentina both to make such a play of preparing for the future does slightly demean their opponents; perhaps after two successive finals between the giants that attitude is understandable, and in that regard at least the absence of the favourites from the last four is probably a good thing.

Whether it signifies the strength in depth of South American football or the lack of quality at the top is hard to say; the pre-emptive excuse Argentina and Brazil offered works. Neymar and Ganso, perhaps, wouldn't have been blooded quite so young had it not been that Brazil, as World Cup hosts, now won't play a competitive match until the Confederations Cup in 2013. Both were inconsistent, impressing only fleetingly, but the bigger problems were at the back.

Daniel Alves's lack of defensive quality was exposed in the group game against Paraguay by Marcelo Estigarribia, and the fact the left-winger was far less effective against Maicon on Sunday only highlighted how poor Alves had been. Estigarribia himself is keen on a move to the Premier League. He spent last season on loan at Newell's Old Boys, with his English agent Barry Thomas suggesting it would cost only around £1.5m to sign him from Le Mans.

In the semi-final, Paraguay face Venezuela, who rode out an astonishing spell of Chile pressure on Sunday night before pinching a winner. The vinotintos took the lead five minutes before half-time as Oswaldo Vizcarrondo met Juan Arango's free-kick with a powerful header, but they were besieged in the second half, Chile twice hitting the woodwork and equalising through Humberto Suazo before another free-kick led to Gabriel Cichero stabbing the winner. The loss of Tomás Rincón to suspension after he was red carded – harshly – after a clash with Jorge Valdivia is a severe blow, but that couldn't dampen the celebrations after reaching the last four for the first time. The president Hugo Chávez tweeted his congratulations from Cuba, where he is undergoing chemotherapy.

After the final round of group games, La Nacíon hailed the return of "pure logic " to the tournament. That disappeared again over the weekend.

Posted by Jonathan Wilson in San Juan Monday 18 July 2011 09.30 BST guardian.co.uk

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Jonathan Wilson：阿根廷与巴西：美洲杯巨人的陨落
由 kaminosin 发表在GoalHi足球·翻译团-足球

昨晚巴拉圭、秘鲁、乌拉圭和委内瑞拉进入半决赛，这实在是让人摸不着头脑。

阿根廷队员看到特维斯决定性的那个点球罚失时的反应，他们在点球大战中负于乌拉圭。图片来源：Ricardo Mazalan/AP

巨人觉醒了，却以倒下结束征程。当阿根廷和巴西在美洲杯小组赛第三轮一共进了7球时，看上去他们俩在慢慢苏醒，准备开始前行并在决赛相会，这交锋可是组织者倾尽全力想要实现的啊。但在他们各自的四分之一决赛里，他们在美洲杯开始阶段的问题又回来了。两个都企图将控球的优势转化为进球，都败在点球大战，都得眼睁睁地瞅着一个难以置信的半决赛对阵形势，并在心里嘀咕着，究竟凭什么自己不在那儿。

秘鲁以加时赛战胜哥伦比亚揭开了一个爆冷周末的序幕，乌拉圭和巴拉圭则以点球战胜南美大陆的两个巨人继续给我们以意外，而伴着一轮圆月高悬圣胡安的天空，委内瑞拉为连续四场四分之一决赛的惊奇系列献上了一个完美大结局，而这几乎是人们意料之中的了。门多萨的饭店和旅馆将为失去又一轮的智利人入侵而失望，同时阿根廷其他各地的人们会沉溺在另一种挫败之中。

电视上所有美洲杯的广告，上面突出一个微笑的梅西和一个射门得分的特维斯，现在再看时还真让人心酸。

如同Pablo Vignone在《第十二页报》上写道的，阿根廷为他们没能好好利用上半场占上风的那20分钟时间“付出了太高的代价”。也许他们是运气太差，遇到了穆斯莱拉这个风水转到他那儿的门将——他在90分钟将尽时的那次扑救是现象级的，那次他摔向身体右边，却用伸展的左脚挡出了特维斯经过折射的任意球，之后又回过身来以一记舒梅切尔式的招牌跳跃扑出了伊瓜因的补射——但阿根廷是自己招灾上门的。

离中场还剩分钟时佩雷斯被罚下，之后的比赛应该是被阿根廷稳稳拿住的，毕竟他们已经占据上风了。但主教练塔巴雷斯将佩雷拉调到左边，其中原因可能是他考虑到梅西一定会内切到中路，便可以放弃那一翼，同时他将苏亚雷斯留在前场，让弗兰连接中场，于是总还有个进攻威胁点。而阿根廷变得越来越急躁，犯了越来越多的规，对此当值主裁卡洛斯-阿马里拉（他的名字被恶搞地翻成了“黄牌查理”）以一阵黄牌雨回应他们。马斯切拉诺那次犯规运气真不好，他本来不是故意的碰到了苏亚雷斯大腿背，但吃到了第二张黄牌——阿尔法罗-里奥斯情节更严重却逃过一劫——但该阿根廷人拿的一张红牌似乎已经等了半天了。

“我们曾梦想举起美洲杯，而因我们主场作战就更想实现它了，”马斯切拉诺说。“我们会及时调整注意力到（世界杯）预选赛上，但眼下我们非常沮丧，很糟糕地离场而去。”许多报纸都反映出了这种沮丧，而他们也大肆发挥着一个事实，即梅西在他连续16场代表阿根廷国家队的比赛中，没有进过一个球。尽管梅西在这场大溃败中，很大程度上是那个不该被指责的人，他对哥斯达黎加时表现出众，对乌拉圭时则是阿根廷的最佳球员。

阿根廷没能击败乌拉圭有3个原因：佩雷斯被罚下场后过于自满，穆斯莱拉表现神勇，以及巴蒂斯塔在下半场换上帕斯拖雷和特维斯后导致的战术混乱，而这正中塔巴雷斯下怀。让中路收得紧之后，他害怕的是阿根廷会利用宽度，比如让迪马利亚拉边，或者鼓励阿奎罗或梅西更靠近各自所在的边线。而换上特维斯只是增加了“纵向力度”，这种无益的直捣黄龙正是巴蒂斯塔在连平玻利维亚和哥伦比亚后被猛烈批评的地方。

“‘失败’这个词言重了，”巴蒂斯塔说，“我不会称这一次是一个失败。”这不得不让人浮想，他会说什么样的成绩是成功的呢，他领导的四场主场作战只有一场胜利，，而且这一场还是对阵哥斯达黎加23岁以下青年队。

“球队还不平衡，而这需要时间和努力。”阿根廷在对乌拉圭的上半场时除了定位球其他表现良好，表明他们之前对哥斯达黎加展现出的好兆头不是什么幻觉。问题在于中场时他们出了什么毛病，也很难搞清楚除了巴蒂斯塔之外，还有谁该受批评。

奥莱报可能是批评最为严厉的了。“要求巴蒂斯塔下课不再单是记者们的日常工作了，”它的评论文章如是说，“这是我们应尽的责任。”

但他誓愿继续战斗，坚称美洲杯只是为2014年世界杯作准备。而最好的准备工作当然是赢下这个锦标赛，结束对冠军18年的等待，排解焦虑的心情，释放无冠的压力。阿根廷的球星生产线终将停止，没有国家能无限制地培养出梅西、特维斯、阿奎罗、里克尔梅、艾马尔、萨维奥拉和奥特加这样的球员，他们这几代人的才华不可以被挥霍。

与此同时，乌拉圭坚韧，顽强，战术上明智。“garra”的概念——字面意思是“利爪”，是将强大的精神、困境求生的本领、勇气和大概最好概括为“获胜的能力”杂揉在一起的词——也许已经说得太多了，但在周六晚上只有一支球员有着这种气质。1950年乌拉圭在巴西战胜巴西队并赢得世界杯，在这胜利的61周年之际，也许他们再一次灵感迸发，足以战胜命运和东道主。乌拉圭报纸《共和国报》赞美了这周年纪念。“马拉卡纳球场的灵魂再临大象墓地球场，这是7月16日应得的，又一次整个体育场陷入沉默。”

乌拉圭很难猜到他们半决赛的对手。秘鲁在世界杯预选赛中垫底，而在美洲杯开赛之前皮萨罗和法尔范因伤缺阵，但他们纪律性好得让人竖起大拇指，格雷罗一个人（非常）孤单地顶在前面，踢得很棒。也许他们的乌拉圭籍教练马卡里安给他们注入了garra之气，他曾经在Bella Vista执教过塔巴雷斯，现在64岁的塔巴雷斯比他小2岁。哥伦比亚在小组赛阶段给人的印象是他们执着于自己的打法，什么事情都做得刚刚好，当他们面对比秘鲁时结果却是他们没有其他的招数了。他们也有机会，法尔考罚失了一个裁判慷慨判罚的点球，莫雷诺射了一脚奔向门柱，而他们是被路易斯-马丁内斯两个并不漂亮的扑救拒之门外的。

热门球队相继出局。巴西对巴拉圭时控制了比赛，但因对手坚定和聪明的防守，以及胡斯托-比利亚尔灵光一闪的扑救而无功而返，最后败在点球大战中。“想要赢球你需要除了意志之外的东西，”巴西教练梅内塞斯如是说，而他也用了“为世界杯作准备”这借口。也许他们本意并非如此，但对巴西和阿根廷而言，为未来作准备却踢出了这样的足球，是有点儿贬低他们对手的味道了；也许在连着两场巨人参加的淘汰赛之后，我们可以理解这种心态了，这样看来至少四强中没有夺冠热门还是件好事。

很难说这能代表南美足球整体的实力，还是表明他们的“顶级水平”名不副实；阿根廷和巴西所用的那种降低人们预期的借口的确有效。如果内马尔和甘索不在巴西的话，他们也许不会这么年纪轻轻就上战场，作为下一届世界杯东道主的巴西在2013年联合会杯之前都不会真刀真枪地比赛。这两支球队自身都不协调，闪光的表现转瞬即逝，背后还有更大的问题。

小组赛巴西对巴拉圭时，马塞洛-埃斯蒂加利维亚让阿尔维斯防守能力不行的问题暴露了出来，而周日比赛那个遇上麦孔的左边锋碌碌无为的表现，只能突显出阿尔维斯有多糟糕。埃斯蒂加利维亚很可能前往英超。上赛季他是租借到纽维尔老男孩，他的英国经纪人巴里-托马斯说只要150万欧就能从勒芒签下他。

在半决赛巴拉圭将对阵委内瑞拉，后者在周日晚上顶住了智力强大的攻势，终获胜利。中场前5分钟委内瑞拉人取得领先，维斯卡朗度接到胡安-阿朗戈的任意球后一记强力头槌破门，但他们在下半场遭到围攻，智利两次中柱，并靠苏亚佐扳平比分，但之后又是一个任意球让西切罗打入制胜球。林孔在与巴尔迪维亚冲撞后被无情地红牌罚下，他缺席下一场对委内瑞拉是一个不小的打击，但这不会影响他们首次进入四强的庆祝。在古巴接受化疗的总统查韦斯也发来贺电。

在小组赛最后一轮过后，阿根廷《民族报》为“纯粹的逻辑”的回归而喝彩，本周末之后这东西又消失不见了。

Alex2011

Paraguay 0-0 Venezuela (AET): Paraguay win on penalties – again
July 21, 2011


The starting line-ups

Paraguay are, amazingly, through to the Copa America final having drawn all five games in the competition so far.

As he did for the Spain game in last summer’s World Cup, Gerardo Martino made numerous changes to his side, partly because of Antolin Alcaraz’s suspension, which meant a big reshuffle at the back. Nestor Ortigoza returned to the midfield.

Cesar Farias also changed things due to Tomas Rincon’s ban – Giacomo Di Giorgi replaced him. Upfront, where Farias has rotated his strikers all tournament, Alejandro Moreno played just off Jose Rondon.

The game was not as tedious as a “0-0 after extra time” may look on paper – Paraguay played good attacking football in the opening stages, whilst Venezuela should have scored at least once in extra time.

Paraguay shape

With Venezuela lining up in their usual 4-4-2 / 4-2-2-2, the interest in this game came from Paraguay. Martino is fairly set on a 4-4-2 / 4-3-3 hybrid that involves a striker starting in a wide position, but he switched things around here, by playing Nelson Valdez predominantly from the left, rather than from the right. He made diagonal runs from the left flank and often ended up in the right-sided channel, combining well with his ex-club teammate Lucas Barrios upfront. A couple of early balls into that channel put Valdez through on goal, but his first touch was often poor.

The first of those balls came from Ortigoza, who provided the invention Paraguay had missed against Brazil. In that game, Martino wanted mobility in the centre of midfield to press Brazil, but here Ortigoza had time and space to pick out clever passes to the flanks and to the forwards – Paraguay might not have scored, but they were still more of an attacking threat.

Because of the change to the shape of the Paraguay side (and Dario Veron moving into the centre) Martino brought in an attacking right-back, Marcos Cacaeres, for his first start of the competition. His positioning and forward runs were good – he stretched the play and forced Juan Arango back, but he frequently played poor passes and failed to put good balls into the box.

Venezuela didn’t simply play on the counter, because there was some desire to win the ball higher up the pitch and break up Paraguayan moves before they’d really started. They struggled to connect their wide players and the two forwards, however, and didn’t create too much in open play. They really missed Rincon’s driving runs from the midfield, and lacked attacking intent from that zone.

Second half + extra time

We haven’t seen many inspiring substitutions in this Copa America, and the six changes here did little other than slowing the tempo and making both sides disjointed. Martino brought on Marcelo Estigarribia for Barreto on the right, and then Roque Santa Cruz for Valdez. Santa Cruz went to the right, with Estigarribia over to his preferred position on the left. Then, however, Santa Cruz only lasted five minutes before collecting an injury, which meant Osvaldo Martinez became the fourth right-winger within ten minutes – and Paraguay were noticeably lacking in ideas when they went forward – as if their midfielders had to check which two players were actually occupying the two wide roles before playing a pass.

The one exception was Farias’ introduction of Giancarlo Maldonado, a forward, for Cesar Gonzalez down the right. He offered a direct attacking option from the flank, and with Paraguayan left-back Ivan Piris playing a much more reserved role than Caceres on the other side, Maldonado didn’t have to do much defending. This substitution, in the 85th minute, helped Paraguay push on in extra time, and Maldonado’s good skill and shot produced a good chance for fellow substitute Miku – his instinctive effort hit the post.

Paraguay played the second half of extra time with ten men after Jonathan Santana’s red card – yet another holding player who has been lured into a needless tackle when already on a booking.

Conclusion

Martino won the tactical battle early on – his shape worked well, creating chances for the front two. The reintroduction of Ortigoza was a big factor in the increased creativity from the centre of the pitch.

Martino’s substitutions hampered Paraguay, however – although he can’t be blamed for Santa Cruz’s injury, which was one sub completely wasted. His side looked disorganised late on, and Farias used his final change for a pure attacking move with the introduction of Maldonado – if it wasn’t for the woodwork, that would have been an inspired move.

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正在古巴接受癌症治疗的委内瑞拉总统胡戈-查韦斯，在推特上发表了一连串的信息。

“他们偷走了我们的制胜球！”

“为什么那位裁判要像恶魔一样吹掉如此精彩的一粒进球？”

这粒无效进球发生在昨天比赛的上半场。维兹卡隆多的进球被判越位在先。

Alex2011

跟老马当年抨击fifa时说得差不多，“他们砍断了俺的双腿”，“从意大利到美国，fifa黑手党阴魂不散”

Alex2011

Uruguay 3-0 Paraguay: Tabarez gets things right
July 24, 2011


The starting line-ups

Uruguay won their record 15th Copa America with an excellent, controlled performance.

Oscar Tabarez likes to spring a surprise with players and formations, but it was his expected XI for this match, in the 4-4-1-1 system that can reasonably be described as his first choice shape throughout this tournament.

Gerardo Martino’s side was less predictable – he made four changes from the semi-final win over Venezuela, but kept roughly the same system – a narrow 4-4-2 / 4-5-1 with Pablo Zeballos making forward runs from a wide-left position, although Nelson Valdez sometimes switched positions with him.

Uruguay were better all over the pitch – they were more secure at the back, more potent upfront, and most crucially, they won the midfield battle.

Uruguay early pressure

Many expected a slow, patient final in Buenos Aries, so it must have come as something of a shock to Paraguay that they were pinned into their own penalty area for the opening period of this game. Uruguay piled the pressure on immediately, forcing five corners in the opening seven minutes, and producing a couple of very good chances in this spell – that set the tone for the game, and put Tabarez’s side in charge straight away.

Like many interesting tactical games, the battle here was about tempo. Paraguay wanted to play at a slow pace – calming the game, gently moving forward and looking to score almost as an afterthought, having progressed to this stage with five draws so far. Uruguay were quicker, more eager to get the ball forward, and keener to close down.

Ortigoza

The central midfield zone was the place where this battle took place – and more specifically, it involved Nestor Ortigoza, Ortigoza is a superb deep-lying playmaker with an excellent passing range, and crucially, is Paraguay’s chief tempo setter. He slows the game by playing intelligent passes, but he’s not particularly mobile. He doesn’t want a fast game. Martino knows this and doesn’t use Ortigoza when he wants energy – for the quarter-final game against Brazil when he needed his side to press heavily, Ortigoza did not play.

The fact that he did start here told you everything about Martino’s approach. He wanted a slow game, and Tabarez knew that. As a result, Tabarez gave Diego Perez and Egidio Arevalo license to play higher up the pitch than usual – possibly as Paraguay had no forward runs from midfield – shutting down the opposition midfielders extremely quickly. Arevalo, arguably Uruguay’s best player in this competition, played to the left of the two, and therefore had the responsibility of closing down Ortigoza.

The incident for the second goal – when Arevalo charged down Ortigoza, won the ball, then slipped in Diego Forlan to finish – summed up the tactical battle brilliantly. It was, although a different method of winning the ball, very similar to how Yaya Toure exposed Michael Carrick in the FA Cup semi-final. The clever deep-lying playmaker needed time on the ball, whilst the powerful, determined physical player wasn’t allowing him to. The struggle for tempo is often decided that way in midfield – it’s just rare that such incidents result in a goal so obviously.

Lack of width

Martino had made an error in his team selection, which contributed to Ortigoza’s downfall. With Zeballos coming inside quickly – and frankly, barely involved – Paraguay were using four central midfielders with absolutely no width at all. It was a complete waste to play Ortigoza, a man adept at spraying the ball into wide positions, and then having no-one in those zones for him to pick out.


Ortigoza's two problems: (1) Arevalo closing him down. (2) No forward options in wide areas.

Again, that was the specific result of a wider issue – which was that Paraguay wanted to pass slowly, but by restricting their midfield to a lateral area of, say, 20 yards rather than 50 yards, it made it much easier for Uruguay to close down, and much harder to keep the ball. There is a reason why Barcelona play with so much width, increasing the active playing area. Midfield battles can be won by dominating the centre of midfield with numbers, but you always need an out-ball. With no-one stretching the game laterally and forward runs very rare, it was difficult to understand how Paraguay were going to try and get up the pitch.

But maybe that was the problem – they weren’t going to try too hard, they were happy with 0-0. That makes conceding the first goal something of a disaster.

Second half

Amazingly, Martino decided not to change anything at half-time. But equally amazingly, Paraguay came into the game. The key factor was Uruguay standing off . Tabarez probably knew that his players wouldn’t be able to press intensely for the whole game, and with Diego Perez, Martin Caceres and Maxi Pereira all on bookings, it wasn’t worth continuing the high pressure. A needless second yellow card, a theme in this tournament, would have been a lifeline for Paraguay. Besides, in terms of fitness levels, Perez looked absolutely exhausted when he was withdrawn midway through the second half. In a rare game (in this tournament) played in the middle of the day, the slightly warmer temperature may have been an issue.

Of course, then Ortigoza had more time on the ball, and therefore came into the game. With no-one on the flanks to chip the ball to, he instead had to hit the front players. He did that with a brilliant ball to Valdez, who volleyed a great shot onto the woodwork from just inside the box. Then, Ortigoza finally got some movement down the flanks from Ivan Piris’ run forward from right-back – the ball was again exceptional, and Piris’ low cross should have been turned in by Cristian Riveros. That was Paraguay’s best chance.

Martino went for permanent width on 65 minutes with Marcelo Estigarribia down the left, and Hernan Perez down the right. Caceres and Vera departed. Paraguay looked slightly better, but their third substitute was a disaster. Lucas Barrios was clearly nowhere near fit – he felt his hamstring running onto the pitch – and broke down after five minutes. Like the introduction of Roque Santa Cruz in the semi final, which ended in similar disaster, this ended Paraguay’s attacking hopes. It also opened them up for Uruguay’s counter-attacks, and a brilliant move involving Edinson Cavani, Luis Suarez and Forlan produced the tournament’s best goal in its final attack.

Conclusion

There were, of course, various other factors in this game. Suarez was barely mentioned above, yet ran Paraguay’s defenders ragged – working the channels, winning free-kicks, holding the ball up. His man-of-the-match award was no surprise, but in tactical terms, that was simply a player doing a ‘classic’ job very well.

The ‘real’ tactical battle here was about tempo in the midfield, and it centred around Ortigoza. When he was allowed to play (in the second half) he was the game’s key player. When he wasn’t (in the first) he was a liability.

Tabarez deserves huge credit for his decisions in this tournament. There have been so many different players used (all 20 outfield players got playing time), as well as various formations and strategies without the ball. Almost every approach has worked, however – and although Uruguay started slowly, their performances in the semi-final and the final were two of the most convincing of the tournament.

Alex2011

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乌拉圭3-0巴拉圭：塔巴雷斯做对了
July 24, 2011



首发阵容

乌拉圭凭借出色的表现控制了比赛，他们也因此赢得了创纪录的第15个美洲杯。

塔巴雷斯喜欢在球员和阵型上制造惊喜，但这场比赛他的首发11人没有出人意料，4-4-1-1阵型也可以说是他这次美洲杯的首选阵型。

相对而言，马蒂诺的战术就没那么容易预测了。于半决赛战胜委内瑞拉的比赛相比，他做了4处人员调整，但阵型基本上没有变化。巴拉圭的阵型介乎4-4-2和4-5-1之间，塞瓦略斯在左边位置进行前插，不过有时巴尔德斯会和他换位。

乌拉圭整场比赛都做得更好。他们后防更稳，前场更强。最关键的是，他们在中场争夺中取胜。

乌拉圭早期的压制

很多认为在布宜诺斯艾利斯会有场慢节奏的，有耐心的决赛，所以当巴拉圭在开场就被压在己方禁区肯定让他们震惊了。乌拉圭一开始就压制对手，在开场7分钟就获得了5个角球，还在这段时期制造了两次很好的机会。这定下了比赛的基调，让塔巴雷斯的球队立马控制了比赛。

和很多有趣的战术性比赛一样，这场比赛是节奏控制战。巴拉圭希望在慢节奏下踢球，让比赛平静，慢慢推进，几乎不考虑进球，他们正是凭借5场平局走到这一步。乌拉圭则更快，更希望让球向前，渴望速战速决。

奥蒂戈萨

中场中路是节奏控制战的地点，而奥蒂戈萨是参与者。奥蒂戈萨是个很出色的传球范围广的的后场组织者，最重要的是，他是巴拉圭的主要节奏控制者。他通过聪明的传球让比赛慢下来，但他的机动性不好。他不喜欢快节奏的比赛。马蒂诺知道奥蒂戈萨的特点，所以当他需要动力时就不用奥蒂戈萨。例如1/4决赛对巴西时，他要让他的球队给对手制造很大压力，奥蒂戈萨就没上场。

奥蒂戈萨首发完全说明了马蒂诺的想法。他要场慢节奏的比赛，塔巴雷斯也知道这点。因此塔巴雷斯允许迭戈-佩雷斯和阿雷瓦洛比平常压得更上，极快地限制住对方的中场球员。（由于巴拉圭没有从中场前插的前锋，这是可行的）阿雷瓦洛可能是这场比赛中乌拉圭最好的队员，他作为左路的两名队员之一完成了限制奥蒂戈萨的任务。

导致第二个进球的事故充分诠释了战术上的争斗。阿雷瓦洛冲向奥蒂戈萨，得到了球，再挑传给弗兰完成进球。这很像足总杯半决赛亚亚-图雷断卡里克的球，虽然得球的方式不同。聪明的后场组织者需要控球时间，但有力量和决心的肌肉男不给他时间。对节奏的苦苦追求通常决定了中场的形势，只是这直接导致进球不多见。

缺乏宽度

马蒂洛阵容选择的一个错误导致了奥蒂戈萨的杯具。塞瓦略斯几乎整场都在快速内切，这使得巴拉圭在中场有4名中路球员却完全没有宽度。用奥蒂戈萨完全是浪费，他习惯把球分往边路，但这些区域却没有队员接应他的传球。


Ortigoza's two problems: (1) Arevalo closing him down. (2) No forward options in wide areas.

还有一个宽度的问题。巴拉圭想减缓比赛节奏，但他们把中场宽度限制在20码而不是50码，这让乌拉圭的限制更容易，这也让控球更难。巴萨经常利用边路增加活动面积是有原因的。中场争夺可以通过人数优势控制中路获得，但你永远要出球。没人扯到边路，前锋又很少往边上跑，很难理解巴拉圭要怎样努力去控制比赛。

但也许这就是问题所在。他们不想太努力，他们对0-0很满意。这使得第一个失球成了巨大的灾难。

下半场

令人吃惊的是，马蒂诺在中场休息时竟然不做任何变动。同样令人吃惊的是，巴拉圭融入了比赛。主要原因是乌拉圭退后了。塔巴雷斯可能知道他的队员没法整场比赛都紧紧压住对手。迭戈-佩雷斯，马丁-卡塞雷斯和马克西-佩雷拉都吃牌了，不值得继续强压对手。不必要的第二张黄牌可能给巴拉圭带来一线生机，这届杯赛乌拉圭是有过这种经历的。除此之外，体力因素也是塔巴雷斯战术调整的原因，佩雷斯在下半场中段被换下时看起来已经精疲力竭了。这场比赛是这届杯赛中少有的在一天正中举行的，有点温暖的气温也可能是个因素。

当然这是奥蒂戈萨有了更多控球时间，从而融入了比赛。因为边路没人接球，他只能穿给前面的队友。他传了个好球给巴尔德斯，巴尔德斯禁区边缘凌空抽射击中门框。之后，由于皮里斯从右后卫位置插上，奥蒂戈萨终于给边路传出了好球，皮里斯的低球传中应该被里维罗斯踢进的。那是巴拉圭最好的机会。

马蒂诺在65分钟时决定一直利用宽度，他用埃斯蒂加里维亚打左路，埃尔南-佩雷斯打右路。卡塞雷斯和贝拉被换下。巴拉圭看起来有所好转，但他们的第三次换人是个灾难。巴里奥斯明显不适合比赛，他上场5分钟后就因大腿肌肉拉伤下场。如同半决赛换上圣克鲁斯，同样的灾难终结了巴拉圭进攻的希望。这也让他们暴露在乌拉圭的反击下，卡瓦尼，苏亚雷斯和弗兰的精妙配合完成了这届杯赛最后一次进攻，也是最佳进球。

总结

当然，这场比赛也有其他因素。上文几乎没提到苏亚雷斯，尽管苏亚雷斯通过制造空档，赢得任意球和控球让巴拉圭的后卫疲于奔命。他获得最佳球员是理所应得，但在战术的角度上，他只是个很好地完成了一流工作的球员。

这里真正的战术争斗是中场的节奏，其中的关键是奥蒂戈萨。当他（在下半场）有空间时他是比赛的关键球员。当他（在上半场）没有时他是罪人。

塔巴雷斯应该因为他在这届比赛中的决定得到巨大的赞扬。他用了那么多球员（20名非门将球员全都得到了比赛时间），各种各样的阵型和无球时的战术。虽然乌拉圭有些慢热，但几乎所有的方法都起到了作用，而且他们在半决赛和决赛的表现是整届杯赛最令人信服的。

Alex2011

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ZM’s Copa America Best XI
July 29, 2011


The starting line-ups

The outstanding performers from July’s Copa America tournament in Argentina.

Justo Villar (Paraguay)
Getting to the final without winning a game or scoring a goal in the knockout stages relies on a good record at the back. Paraguay’s constantly changing back four were generally impressive, but Villar was superb. Some fantastic saves against Brazil were followed by some impressive saves in the shoot-out, a trick he repeated in the semi-final against Venezuela.

Juan Zuniga (Colombia)
A utility man for Napoli, but a key man for Colombia. In a defence which didn’t concede a goal in the group stages, Zuniga contributed to the good defensive record whilst also being a constant threat going forward, showing good quality with the ball at his feet.

Sebastian Coates (Uruguay)
The youngest of Uruguay’s impressive collection of centre-backs, but the standout performer in this competition. After Diego Lugano and Mauricio Victorino had a nightmare against Paolo Guerrero in Uruguay’s opening game, Coates came into the side and steadied the defence. Comfortable either as a man-marker in a four-man defence or as a sweeper in a three, Uruguay always seemed more comfortable when he was in the side.

Oswaldo Vizcarrondo (Venezuela)
A fantastic penalty box defender – uncompromising, committed and positionally-excellent. Venezuela often had to put up with the opposition enjoying the majority of possession, but Vizcarrondo was the main reason they could be comfortable with this. He also popped up to score a great header in the quarter-final against Chile.

Alvaro Pereira (Uruguay)
Pereira started the tournament on the bench against Peru when Uruguay desperately needed his width and attacking drive from left-back – but after that he started every game on the way to the final. His versatility came in handy – he is able to play as a left-back, a left-wing-back or a left-sided midfielder.

Egidio Arevalo (Uruguay)
A fierce competitor in the heart of midfield – and whilst Luis Suarez received the official man of the match award for the final, it was Arevalo’s closing down of Nestor Ortigoza that set the tone for the Uruguayan performance. Arevalo has been used to performing in a double act with Diego Perez, but Perez’s red card against Argentina and subsequent suspension against Peru brought the best out of Arevalo as the sole holding player.

Tomas Rincon (Venezuela)
A powerful but technically gifted midfielder, and officially named as the best player at the tournament. His harsh red card against Chile robbed him of the chance to play in the semi-final against Paraguay – and without their driving force in midfield, Venezuela were much less likely to score.

Juan Arango (Venezuela)
Another Venezuelan who showed technical quality in the middle of the pitch, as well as great ability from dead balls. Indeed, with this tournament being dominated by set-pieces, Arango’s delivery was crucial for Venezuela – especially in the 2-1 win over Chile, where both goals came from dead ball situations.

Alexis Sanchez (Chile)
Not quite at the level he reached for Udinese last season, but a constant threat. He also came up with an end product at important moments – a good goal against Uruguay, a key assist against Venezuela.

Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
A good finish against Peru was crucial to Suarez staying in the side over Edinson Cavani, as Oscar Tabarez switched from a front three to a front two after that opening game. That gave Suarez more freedom and more of a central role – he was able to work the channels, picking up the ball between full-back and centre-back and looking to come inside. He also showed an amazing ability to win free-kicks and get opponents booked – especially against Argentina, where this knack was crucial to Uruguay remaining in the game.

Paolo Guerrero (Peru)
The classic all-round centre-forward – holding the ball up, working the channels, trying to get onto balls over the top and relishing crosses, Guerrero was a handful for every defence he faced, despite frequently getting little help from his teammates. He and Suarez finished as the two top scorers, but they were also the best forwards as a whole.

Honourable mentions

Fernando Muslera (Uruguay)
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Mario Yepes (Colombia)
Diego Lugano (Uruguay)
Dario Veron (Paraguay)
Maicon (Brazil)
Pablo Armero (Colombia)
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Carlos Sanchez (Colombia)
Nestor Ortigoza (Paraguay)
Jorge Valdivia (Chile)
Ganso (Brazil)
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Sergio Aguero (Argentina)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
Joel Campbell (Costa Rica)

Alex2011

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Zonal Marking：美洲杯最佳11人

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最佳阵容（首发）：7月阿根廷美洲杯舞台上的佼佼者们

胡斯托·比拉尔（巴拉圭）

巴拉圭能够以全程不胜和淘汰赛一球未进的“优良”战绩最终跻身决赛，依靠的是一条坚固的防线。该队对于4后卫人员搭配的频繁变化令人印象深刻，但是比拉尔的表现更是卓越的。1/4决赛对阵巴西的比赛中，他上演了数次精彩扑救，而在之后的点球决战中零封对手。半决赛对阵委内瑞拉时，他又复制了上一场的表现。

胡安·祖尼加（哥伦比亚）

那不勒斯的多面手，但却是哥伦比亚的关键先生。在一条小组赛保持零失球的防线中，祖尼加不仅在防守中贡献良多，而且能持续向前制造威胁，展示了优秀的脚下能力。

塞巴斯蒂安·科亚特斯（乌拉圭）

乌拉圭优良中后卫群中的最年轻者，但在本届比赛中脱颖而出。在迭戈-卢加诺与毛里西奥-维多利诺在保罗-格雷罗面前经历了噩梦般的揭幕战后，科亚特斯站出来稳固了蓝军的后防。他既能在4后卫阵型中出任盯人中卫，又在3中卫中的清道夫位置上发挥自如。他在场时，乌拉圭队似乎总能发挥得更好。

奥斯瓦尔多·比斯卡隆多（委内瑞拉）

一位杰出的禁区内防守者—永不妥协，责任感加上出众的位置感。委内瑞拉队通常必须忍受对手占据着大量的控球时间，比斯卡隆多是该队能够应付自如的主要原因。在四分之一决赛对阵智利的比赛中，他还攻入了一粒漂亮的头球。

阿尔瓦罗·佩雷拉（乌拉圭）

乌拉圭人在本届美洲杯首战与秘鲁的交锋中一度迫切需要拉开阵型宽度以及增加来自后场左路的进攻，佩雷拉从替补席站了出来——之后他在包括决赛的所有比赛中首发出场。多才多艺的他在场上快捷而迅速。他能够在左后卫、左翼卫或左边前卫的位角色上自如切换。

埃吉迪奥·阿雷瓦洛·里奥斯（乌拉圭）

中场腹地一个凶猛的斗士——虽然路易斯-苏亚雷斯在决赛中荣膺官方授予的当场最佳，但却是阿雷瓦洛对于内斯托-奥蒂戈萨的封锁为乌拉圭的胜利奠定了基础。阿雷瓦洛已经习惯于同迭戈-佩雷斯形成2人搭档，但佩雷斯在对阵阿根廷时中吃到红牌并因此缺席与秘鲁的比赛则成就了阿雷瓦洛的个人表演。

托马斯·林孔（委内瑞拉）

一个兼具力量与技术的天才中场，官方评定的赛会最佳球员。对阵智利时一张过于严厉的红牌剥夺了他在半决赛中出战巴拉圭队的机会——而失去中场发动机的委内瑞拉队则失去了进球的希望。

胡安·阿朗戈（委内瑞拉）

另一个在中场展示了精湛技术和定位球水准的委内瑞拉人。实际上，在这届被定位球主宰的美洲杯上，阿朗戈的精确制导对于委内瑞拉队来说是决定性的——尤其是在2比1力克智利的比赛中，两粒进球都来自定位球。

阿莱西斯·桑切斯（智利）

并没有达到他上赛季在乌迪内斯队所展现的水准上，但仍是球场上一股持续的威胁力量。他也能在重要的时刻闪光——对阵乌拉圭时的漂亮进球和对阵委内瑞拉时的关键助攻。

路易斯·苏亚雷斯（乌拉圭）

当奥斯卡-塔巴雷斯在首场与秘鲁赛后将锋线人数由3人变为2人时，比赛中攻进的精彩一球成为了苏亚雷斯力压卡瓦尼，留在首发阵容中的关键。这个变化使得苏亚雷斯更为自由，踢得更像一个中锋的角色——他有能力在前场突破，接应边后卫和中后卫的传球，进而转向禁区。他同时展示了一种绝妙的能力：获得任意球和引诱对手吃牌——特别是在对阵阿根廷的比赛中，这个窍门对于乌拉圭队在劣势下维持着一线生机起到了决定性的作用。

保罗·格雷罗（秘鲁）

经典的全能中锋——拿球，突破，争抢过顶球和接应传中，虽然从队友那儿得到的帮助不多，但格雷罗对于他所面对的每条防线来说都是个大麻烦。他和苏亚雷斯名列射手榜前两位，但从整体能力来看，他们俩也是最好的前锋。

荣誉提名

费尔南多·穆斯莱拉（乌拉圭）
马里奥·耶佩斯（哥伦比亚）
迭戈·卢加诺（乌拉圭）
达里奥·贝隆（巴拉圭）
麦孔（巴西）
保罗·阿尔梅罗（哥伦比亚）
卡洛斯·桑切斯（哥伦比亚）
内斯托·奥蒂戈萨（巴拉圭）
乔治·巴尔迪维亚（智利）
甘索（巴西）
塞尔吉奥·阿圭罗（阿根廷）
梅西（阿根廷）
弗兰（乌拉圭）
乔尔·坎贝尔（哥斯达黎加）

Alex2011

阿根廷梅西和阿奎罗都在替补阵容里

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入围候选但未进入最佳阵容的多大14人，除守门员1人外，后卫5人、中场4人、前场4人