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Messi surrounded by Brazil players in Copa America semi-final combined XI

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Messi surrounded by Brazil players in Copa America semi-final combined XI And then there were four. There were three penalty shoot-outs across the four Copa America quarter-finals but now only Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru are left standing. Ahead of the last four match-ups, we run through the best WhoScored rated semi-final XI. Goalkeeper: Alisson (Brazil) – 6....

Hosts Brazil dominate quarter-final best XI after Copa America shootout success

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Hosts Brazil dominate quarter-final best XI after Copa America shootout success There were just two goals scored across four nervy Copa America quarter-final clashes as Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru booked their spots in the semi-finals of the competition...Goalkeeper: Roberto Fernandez (Paraguay) - 7.74 ratingParaguay were unlucky not to make the semi-finals of the Copa Am...

Manchester United outcast tops Copa America group stage player standings

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Manchester United outcast tops Copa America group stage player standings Goalkeeper: David Ospina (Colombia) - 7.39 ratingColombia eased into the knockout stages of the Copa America as they won all three matches, the only team to do so. They didn’t concede in their three games, despite coming up against Argentina and Paraguay, of which David Ospina played two. The ...

Experienced Peru pair shine in Copa America best XI

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Experienced Peru pair shine in Copa America best XI Goalkeeper: Eiji Kawashima (Japan) - 7.57 ratingJapan held Uruguay to a respectable 2-2 draw, but it would have been worse had the experienced Eiji Kawashima not performed to the best of his ability. While the Strasbourg stopper shipped twice, he managed eight saves, more than any other goalkeeper i...

Chile dominate Copa America best XI after Japan rout

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Chile dominate Copa America best XI after Japan rout Goalkeeper: Wuilker Farinez (Venezuela) - 7.77 ratingVenezuela picked up a creditable point at Peru’s expense in their Group A opener as they held their adversaries to a 0-0 draw in Porto Alegre. It was largely due to the performance of young shotstopper Wuilker Farinez, who put in a man of th...

Brazil at the back, Argentina up front - The top rated Copa America XI

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Brazil at the back, Argentina up front - The top rated Copa America XI As the Copa America draws closer, with hosts Brazil taking on Bolivia on Friday night, there is a star-studded cast taking to the stage in South America.Neymar, however, is not one of them after the Selecao poster boy picked up yet another injury shortly after linking up with the squad, forcing him ...

Copa America preview: Brazil host tournament without poster boy Neymar

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Copa America preview: Brazil host tournament without poster boy Neymar Brazil host their second major international tournament in the space of five years and will hope this summer’s Copa America fares better than their exploits at the 2014 World Cup. The Selecao made it to the last four of the 2014 World Cup only to be dealt their heaviest ever defeat in the comp...

2018 World Cup Team of the Tournament: Silva the sole Brazilian representative

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2018 World Cup Team of the Tournament: Silva the sole Brazilian representative Brazil fell well short of expectations at the 2018 World Cup, crashing out to Belgium in the quarter-finals. The absence of Casemiro was telling against the Red Devils, with Fernandinho doing an awful job of protecting Brazil’s back four in his absence. Aside from Brazil’s 2-1 defeats at...

Russia dominate quarter-final best-rated eliminated XI

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Russia dominate quarter-final best-rated eliminated XI While four nations were celebrating, four were left reeling from what could have been. Here, we run through the best-rated WhoScored.com XI of those to have exited the World Cup at the quarter-final stage…Alisson - BrazilThere was little Alisson could have done for Belgium’s two goals. ...

Maguire makes the cut in quarter-final best rated XI

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Maguire makes the cut in quarter-final best rated XI And then there were four. Croatia’s penalty shootout win over Russia, their second such successive triumph, set up the midweek semi-final meetings, with France up against Belgium and England facing off against Croatia with a spot in the World Cup final up for grabs.Here, we run through our bes...