Two South American superpowers met for the right to play in the Copa America Final on Tuesday night, but only one could move on.

After a game in which Argentina created more chances but simply couldn’t find the net, Brazil won the right to play for the continent’s championship after achieving a 2-0 win over Argentina in Belo Horizonte.

It was yet another disappointment for Argentina and Leo Messi in an international competition, as they have now gone since 1993 without winning a major trophy.

Brazil managed only 4 shots all night, but its hyper-efficient 50% conversion rate was enough to carry them to victory. Their first goal came at the 19th minute to give them an early 1-0 edge when Gabriel Jesus buried a perfect cross from Roberto Firmino.

Argentina had plenty of opportunities to tie up the score after Jesus’s goal. Sergio Agüero looked to have beaten Brazil goalie Alisson Becker shortly after the opener, but his header went off of the crossbar.

Becker then went on to make a stunning save to deny a perfect shot by Leo Messi on a free kick in the 66th minute.

The home side wrapped it up with a goal just five minutes later by Firmino. They didn’t play their best match, but their fortune combined with Argentina’s bad shooting night was enough to get the job done.

Now, they’ll advance to play either Peru or Chile in the competition’s final.

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Brazil’s national team is waiting with bated breath to find out the extent of a knee injury that Neymar suffered during training on Tuesday.

The star forward limped off of the field in a training session in his home country after feeling pain in his left knee.

The Paris Saint-Germain star went to the ground clutching his knee after feeling the discomfort. While he was able to leave training under his own power, he appeared to be in a lot of pain.

It’s been a rough week for the 27-year-old superstar, who was stripped of his captaincy for the Brazilian national team in favor of Daniel Alves before Copa America. Now, he will be forced to wait and hope that his latest knee scare won’t limit his participation in the South American tournament.

The flamboyant forward has scored an absurd 60 goals in 98 career games with his nation’s team. He is only 18 goals away from passing Pele’s record with Brazil and establishing himself as the best scorer in the history of his country’s team.

Despite his goal-scoring exploits, Neymar is still yet to win a single major tournament since debuting with Brazil in 2010.

His knee will have to heal on time if he wants to be ready to try for a title again when Brazil opens against June 14th against Bolivia.

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Brazil already has a record five World Cup trophies, and they are one of the favorites to win another one in Russia at the upcoming 2018 World Cup. While Brazil is always a favorite in any soccer competition they take part in, this time they also have a great stretch of games to back it up. Under the guidance of current manager Tite, they have only lost one game in the last 20 of them.

But Pele, who led Brazil to World Cup titles in 1958, 1962, 1970, still doesn’t think that his country has what it takes to go all the way to the end this year.

“I have the utmost confidence in Tite’s ability,” – Pele told Reuters. “My worry is about one thing; there are only a few days until the World Cup starts and we still don’t have the right team. Individually all the players are very good. But we’re not a team.“

Pele also talked about Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar, who recently recovered from an ankle injury, and said that the 26-year-old can lead Brazil to the World Cup trophy but that he can’t do it alone.

“Neymar is, to me, one of the best players in the world,” – said Pele. “Today he is more mature and he has more experience but he isn’t going to win the World Cup on his own. It’s teams that win the World Cup.“

Brazil will begin their World Cup campaign in Group E, playing against Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia for a spot in the next round of the competition.

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Brazil proved why they are one of the favorites to win the 2018 World Cup as they secured a 2-0 win over Croatia at Anfield on Saturday.

The game’s first goal was scored by Neymar who was making his return from injury. This marked the first appearance of the Brazil superstar since he sustained an injury while playing for PSG in February.

Neymar who does not fully match fit was named on the bench with Brazil manager Tite opting to start with Willian and Gabriel Jesus and Philippe Coutinho in the attack.

Croatia had almost found the opener after 15-minutes, however, Alisson produced a great save to deny Luka Modric from distance.

The two sides went into the first-half goalless. Brazil enjoyed the majority of the game’s possession but could just not find a way to get the ball into the net.

Neymar was introduced during the second-half, replacing Manchester City’s Fernandinho. He found the opener after 68 minutes as he smashed the ball into the net. Roberto Firmino added a second during second-half stoppage time.

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Two South American superpowers met for the right to play in the Copa America Final on Tuesday night, but only one could move on.

After a game in which Argentina created more chances but simply couldn’t find the net, Brazil won the right to play for the continent’s championship after achieving a 2-0 win over Argentina in Belo Horizonte.

It was yet another disappointment for Argentina and Leo Messi in an international competition, as they have now gone since 1993 without winning a major trophy.

Brazil managed only 4 shots all night, but its hyper-efficient 50% conversion rate was enough to carry them to victory. Their first goal came at the 19th minute to give them an early 1-0 edge when Gabriel Jesus buried a perfect cross from Roberto Firmino.

Argentina had plenty of opportunities to tie up the score after Jesus’s goal. Sergio Agüero looked to have beaten Brazil goalie Alisson Becker shortly after the opener, but his header went off of the crossbar.

Becker then went on to make a stunning save to deny a perfect shot by Leo Messi on a free kick in the 66th minute.

The home side wrapped it up with a goal just five minutes later by Firmino. They didn’t play their best match, but their fortune combined with Argentina’s bad shooting night was enough to get the job done.

Now, they’ll advance to play either Peru or Chile in the competition’s final.

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Brazil’s national team is waiting with bated breath to find out the extent of a knee injury that Neymar suffered during training on Tuesday.

The star forward limped off of the field in a training session in his home country after feeling pain in his left knee.

The Paris Saint-Germain star went to the ground clutching his knee after feeling the discomfort. While he was able to leave training under his own power, he appeared to be in a lot of pain.

It’s been a rough week for the 27-year-old superstar, who was stripped of his captaincy for the Brazilian national team in favor of Daniel Alves before Copa America. Now, he will be forced to wait and hope that his latest knee scare won’t limit his participation in the South American tournament.

The flamboyant forward has scored an absurd 60 goals in 98 career games with his nation’s team. He is only 18 goals away from passing Pele’s record with Brazil and establishing himself as the best scorer in the history of his country’s team.

Despite his goal-scoring exploits, Neymar is still yet to win a single major tournament since debuting with Brazil in 2010.

His knee will have to heal on time if he wants to be ready to try for a title again when Brazil opens against June 14th against Bolivia.

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Brazil already has a record five World Cup trophies, and they are one of the favorites to win another one in Russia at the upcoming 2018 World Cup. While Brazil is always a favorite in any soccer competition they take part in, this time they also have a great stretch of games to back it up. Under the guidance of current manager Tite, they have only lost one game in the last 20 of them.

But Pele, who led Brazil to World Cup titles in 1958, 1962, 1970, still doesn’t think that his country has what it takes to go all the way to the end this year.

“I have the utmost confidence in Tite’s ability,” – Pele told Reuters. “My worry is about one thing; there are only a few days until the World Cup starts and we still don’t have the right team. Individually all the players are very good. But we’re not a team.“

Pele also talked about Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar, who recently recovered from an ankle injury, and said that the 26-year-old can lead Brazil to the World Cup trophy but that he can’t do it alone.

“Neymar is, to me, one of the best players in the world,” – said Pele. “Today he is more mature and he has more experience but he isn’t going to win the World Cup on his own. It’s teams that win the World Cup.“

Brazil will begin their World Cup campaign in Group E, playing against Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia for a spot in the next round of the competition.

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Brazil proved why they are one of the favorites to win the 2018 World Cup as they secured a 2-0 win over Croatia at Anfield on Saturday.

The game’s first goal was scored by Neymar who was making his return from injury. This marked the first appearance of the Brazil superstar since he sustained an injury while playing for PSG in February.

Neymar who does not fully match fit was named on the bench with Brazil manager Tite opting to start with Willian and Gabriel Jesus and Philippe Coutinho in the attack.

Croatia had almost found the opener after 15-minutes, however, Alisson produced a great save to deny Luka Modric from distance.

The two sides went into the first-half goalless. Brazil enjoyed the majority of the game’s possession but could just not find a way to get the ball into the net.

Neymar was introduced during the second-half, replacing Manchester City’s Fernandinho. He found the opener after 68 minutes as he smashed the ball into the net. Roberto Firmino added a second during second-half stoppage time.

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