Monthly Archives: July 2011

Apologies that I’ve not been posting on HEGS since the Copa América final on Sunday, but it’s been a busy week. Normal service will soon be resumed, honest. The twenty-seventh episode of Hand Of Pod is our look back on an … Continue reading →

Posted on Friday, 29 July 2011 by

On Sunday afternoon, the first match in Buenos Aires of the 2011 Copa América is played. It’s the tournament final, and the lineup for it illustrates perfectly how iconoclastic this edition of the tournament has proven. Uruguay and Paraguay are … Continue reading →

Posted on Sunday, 24 July 2011 by

The semi-finals of the 2011 Copa América are now over, and Uruguay and Paraguay will be the sides competing for the title in the Estadio Monumental on Sunday. In this article for ESPNSoccernet, I take a look back over the … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 21 July 2011 by

Copa América 2011: Uruguay beat Peru to advance to the final (video)

Posted on Wednesday, 20 July 2011 by

On Tuesday night, Uruguay and Peru met in the first semi-final of the 2011 Copa América, and Uruguay ran out 2-0 winners thanks to a second half brace from Luis Suárez after some spirited Peruvian resistance in the first half. … Continue reading →

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Copa América 2011: Brazil’s exit and Venezuela’s best-ever campaign (video)

Posted on Tuesday, 19 July 2011 by

I never got round to posting the highlight videos from Sunday’s quarter-final action, which saw Copa América holders Brazil go out to Paraguay on penalties in La Plata, and Venezuela dump Chile out 2-1 in a thrilling battle between the … Continue reading →

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Copa América 2011: Uruguay dump hosts Argentina out, Peru get past Colombia (video)

Posted on Saturday, 16 July 2011 by

The 2011 Copa América knockout stage started heating up on Saturday with Peru’s 2-0 extra time win over Colombia through two superbly taken goals, and got white hot a little later in the day with a brilliant match between great … Continue reading →

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The quarter-finals of the 2011 Copa América begin on Saturday afternoon, and in my latest piece for ESPNSoccernet I take a look at the final round of matches in the group stage, during which a previously slow-burning (if interesting) competition … Continue reading →

Posted on Friday, 15 July 2011 by

Copa América 2011: one-third of the group stage goals come in last two matches (video)

Posted on Thursday, 14 July 2011 by

Having had twenty-five goals in the first sixteen matches of the group stage of the Copa América Argentina 2011, we were treated on Wednesday to a much more impressive twelve in two games as Group B closed. Venezuela went into … Continue reading →

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Copa América 2011: Chile win Group C, Uruguay set up a derby v Argentina in quarters (video)

Posted on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 by

The Copa América 2011 continued on Tuesday night with Group C’s concluding matches, which first saw Chile secure top spot in the group with a stoppage time winner against Peru to take the game 1-0, and then saw Uruguay beat … Continue reading →

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Argentina beat Costa Rica 3-0 last night, becoming the first side to score more than two goals in a game in this tournament, and qualifying for the quarter-finals by finishing second in Group A. After the game, Lionel Messi announced … Continue reading →

Posted on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 by | 1 Comment