| Copa America is just around the corner. While Europe is looking forward to a spectacular tournament on German soil, the South American teams are also positioning themselves to be fit for their biggest competition outside of a World Cup. One of the absolute top favorites is only slowly getting into form, and will face the number 11 in the world on Thursday night. It was a strange year for record world champions Brazil, one in which they themselves couldn't really explain what was going on. Three defeats and one draw, that was the result they left 2023 with. Losses against Uruguay, Colombia and Argentina and a 1-1 against Venezuela. They also lost friendlies against Morocco and Senegl. The Copa America starts in a few weeks, this time in the USA. The Brazilians know how much is expected of them, having already played three friendlies. In March, they tested themselves against two really strong opponents, and after the poor results of the previous year, the fans were quite tense. They then won 1-0 against England and drew 3-3 vs Spain. USA have worked their way up to 11th place in the world rankings, so at first glance there is not much to criticize. The US boys have experienced everything this year, most recently a small disaster, a 1-5 loss againat Colombia. |
