Tag: Venezuela

Copa America – Unpredictability emphasised by Brazil loss

Stephen Donovan

The second round of group matches is almost complete, and the Copa America could not be more wide open, with a couple of shock results leaving some to question where the balance of power truly lies on the international stage in South American football. Pleasingly, the less fancied sides are proving competitive and adding to the drama in what has been an entertaining first week of the tournament. It began with Chile registering a comfortable victory over Ecuador, who went on to lose disappointingly against Bolivia, highlighting their regular failure…

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(Video) Venezuelan model Yuvi Pallares strips naked line on air to celebrate win vs Colombia

Steve Green

A Venezuelan model/TV presenter, Yuvi Pallares, has kept up her end of a bargain made before the Copa America kicked off by stripping naked live on air following her country’s win over Colombia this week. Eight presenters from Venezuelan TV show Desnudando La Noticia, stripped off last week in a bid to show their support for their national team. However, Pallares was apparently the only one that said she would bare all every time her country claimed victory in the tournament, and true to her word, she peeled off once…

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Copa America Group C – Time for Brazil to prove a point

Stephen Donovan

A humiliating defeat in their own World Cup will, despite their best efforts, never be forgotten by Brazil. In his second spell in charge, former captain Dunga has had to pick up the pieces of the nightmare in Belo Horizonte and his first shot at competitive redemption begins here as they take on Peru in their opening Copa America match. Performances in friendlies have at least been encouraging, with the recent 2-0 victory over Mexico the latest in a series of positive results, but those matches will not have been able…

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