Argentina: "National Failure".

The Argentine press roundly about his selection after elimination against Uruguay (1-1, 4-5 pens) in the quarterfinals of the Copa America. If individuals, particularly Lionel Messi or Carlos Tevez, are not spared, the collective even more worried the country's media.


Argentina broods after it appropriate to call the "Maracanazo Santa Fe." Sixty-one years to the day after the Brazilian people depressed by winning the final of the World Cup 1950 deal with the Seleçao at Maracana, Uruguay has the same fate in neighboring Argentina, eliminated by the Heavenly (1 -1, 4-5 pens) in the quarterfinals of "his" Copa America. "It's a national failure"Olé title, one of the most popular sports dailies in Argentina to sum up the feeling of disillusionment that drives the people of Argentina after a competition where the Albiceleste has never risen to the expectations placed in it.

These were enormous selection hoping to end on its soil in 18 years of years of failure on the international scene, and forget the humiliation against Germany (4-0) in the quarterfinals the last World Cup. The scenario of a meeting at which the Albiceleste has long been on the power play only reinforces the regrets Argentina. "Uruguay has won on penalties and eliminates Argentina after playing almost all of the second period to ten against eleven. Muslera stopped everything in the game before leaving the penalty to Tevez. The dream is over, "Says Ole."The Argentine, who was favorite of the Copa America, made a good first period before up against an intelligent adversary"For its part summarizes the online edition of the daily Clarin.
Argentine media pour their frustration on the coach, Sergio Batista, who has already announced that he would not resign from his post after the elimination of his team. But also on Lionel Messi, brilliant in the first period before dying despite some flashes after the break. "Copa America led to a new frustration for Lionel Messi"Said the daily La Nacion, which attacks also Carlos Tevez."Tevez has failed and remains at the heart of the storm", Writes about a player that Batista had not convened as a first step before recall under popular pressure. But the individual failures should not mask the shortcomings of a collective team in search of identity, as explained in The Capital "Nobody knows how this team plays, then the result can not be positive. The hope of winning the Copa America has been broken, and it is urgent to think about the profile to be given to the selection."