First of all, all the teams for Copa America are confirmed (obviously) so why would it be TBC? Secondly, there are no games scheduled for the 19th June at Copa America... nothing gets past me.
That said, the sentiment of the tweet is correct. There will be instances where there are up to ten games in a 40 hour window just not exactly as above. Yes I'm sad enough to spend time working it out.
For example... 13/14/15th June... UK times...
2pm England v Croatia 5pm Austria v North Macedonia 8pm Netherlands v Ukraine 10pm Argentina v Chile - 1am Paraguay v Bolivia 2pm Scotland v Czech Republic 5pm Poland v Slovakia 8pm Spain v Sweden - 12am Brazil v Venezuela 3am Colombia v Ecuador 5pm Hungary v Portugal 8pm France v Germany
2pm Ukraine v North Macedonia 5pm Denmark v Belgium 8pm Netherlands v Austria 10pm Chile v Bolivia - 1am Argentina v Uruguay 2pm Sweden v Slovakia 5pm Croatia v Czech Republic 8pm England v Scotland - 12am Colombia v Venezuela 3am Peru v Brazil 2pm Hungary v France 5pm Portugal v Germany 8pm Spain v Poland
2pm Ukraine v North Macedonia 5pm Denmark v Belgium 8pm Netherlands v Austria 10pm Chile v Bolivia - 1am Argentina v Uruguay 2pm Sweden v Slovakia 5pm Croatia v Czech Republic 8pm England v Scotland - 12am Colombia v Venezuela 3am Peru v Brazil 2pm Hungary v France 5pm Portugal v Germany 8pm Spain v Poland
First of all, all the teams for Copa America are confirmed (obviously) so why would it be TBC? Secondly, there are no games scheduled for the 19th June at Copa America... nothing gets past me.
That said, the sentiment of the tweet is correct. There will be instances where there are up to ten games in a 40 hour window just not exactly as above. Yes I'm sad enough to spend time working it out.
For example... 13/14/15th June... UK times...
2pm England v Croatia 5pm Austria v North Macedonia 8pm Netherlands v Ukraine 10pm Argentina v Chile - 1am Paraguay v Bolivia 2pm Scotland v Czech Republic 5pm Poland v Slovakia 8pm Spain v Sweden - 12am Brazil v Venezuela 3am Colombia v Ecuador 5pm Hungary v Portugal 8pm France v Germany
Qatar and Australia were invited and originally confirmed for this tournament but had to withdraw due to schedule clashes with their AFC/WC qualifiers
I still think it will go ahead. I don’t think the operation to set it up will be as hard as it sounds. Sports and many industries have had to learn how to flip their plans at a moments notice all throughout the pandemic, and this shouldn’t be no different.
Wouldnt surprise me if the dates moved out by a week or two though.
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You'd think law of average they'd have nicked one.
The Andy Murray of International football.
First of all, all the teams for Copa America are confirmed (obviously) so why would it be TBC? Secondly, there are no games scheduled for the 19th June at Copa America... nothing gets past me.
That said, the sentiment of the tweet is correct. There will be instances where there are up to ten games in a 40 hour window just not exactly as above. Yes I'm sad enough to spend time working it out.
For example... 13/14/15th June... UK times...
2pm England v Croatia
5pm Austria v North Macedonia
8pm Netherlands v Ukraine
10pm Argentina v Chile
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1am Paraguay v Bolivia
2pm Scotland v Czech Republic
5pm Poland v Slovakia
8pm Spain v Sweden
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12am Brazil v Venezuela
3am Colombia v Ecuador
5pm Hungary v Portugal
8pm France v Germany
2pm Ukraine v North Macedonia
5pm Denmark v Belgium
8pm Netherlands v Austria
10pm Chile v Bolivia
-
1am Argentina v Uruguay
2pm Sweden v Slovakia
5pm Croatia v Czech Republic
8pm England v Scotland
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12am Colombia v Venezuela
3am Peru v Brazil
2pm Hungary v France
5pm Portugal v Germany
8pm Spain v Poland
etc.
Now this week, all football has just been suspended in Argentina due to the pandemic.
CONMEBOL is looking into the possibility of hosting the tournament in the US last minute. Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela have all offered to host too.
https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2021/05/25/copa-america-usa/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57304063
Real shame
Wouldnt surprise me if the dates moved out by a week or two though.
Lot of people replying in the comments saying the COVID situation in Brazil is worse than Argentina!!
Apparently Argentina asked for better Covid measures and CONMEBOL went nah, stuff that, we'll just hold it somewhere that doesn't ask.