Copa America vids: Brasil campeão!

On paper Argentina was by far the team to beat at this year’s Copa America. During the tournament they dominated with a perfect record, three shutouts and beating their opponents by a combined score of 17-3. Yet in the final los albicelestes were outplayed and outmatched by an old foe dressed in yellow and green.

--Brazil had little trouble in their easy 3-0 win of Argentina last night in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Scoring opened in the fourth minute via Julio Baptista and things only got better for the Brazilians with an own goal near halftime by Roberto Ayala. Despite not playing its best stars and some lackluster play in the group stage (e.g. shock upset to Mexico), Brazil shined brightly during the final especially after Daniel Alves sealed the deal with his goal in the 69^th minute. Brazil thus earned its second consecutive Copa America title and its fourth in the past ten years (video link):

--On Saturday Mexico sealed its exceptional Copa America campaign by winning the third-place game over Uruguay by a score of 3-1 (video link):

Sources (English)- Reuters UK, Epoch Times Ireland, BBC News, The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune, YouTube

Sources (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa