In the video .. Facts you do not know about the "Copa America" .. The failure of Pele and Maradona
The history of the “Copa America” football, which began its first edition in 1916, is full of remarkable statistics and strange facts, most notably the failure of the two football legends, Brazilian Pele and Argentine Diego Maradona to achieve their title, and their contentment with participating in one copy, which came to the brown jewel in a copy 1959, and for Maradona in 1979.
The idea of the tournament goes back to Argentina, which in 1916 organized an international tournament on the occasion of the centenary of its independence, in which, alongside the host country, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, participated in a tournament that represented the cornerstone of the birth of the “South American Cup” for football, which was later known by the current name “Cuba” America”, especially that during the first tournament, the South American Confederation “CONMEBOL” was established, which now includes 10 members: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
The first match in the history of the tournament, which was held on July 2, 1916 at the "Gimnasia La Plata" stadium in the Argentine capital, brought together the Uruguay and Chile teams, in a meeting that ended with Uruguay winning by four clean, and witnessed the signing of its player Jose Bandeben on the first goal historically in the "Copa America". When he scored in the 44th minute of the first half.
Although Uruguay and Argentina dominated the competition in its first editions, the 1930 World Cup final, which Uruguay won by beating Argentina 4-2, was behind the escalation of hostility between the two countries, which in turn was reflected in the postponement of the “Copa America” for five years before its re-launch in 1935. .
"Emirates Today" monitors the most prominent strange facts that accompanied the history of the "Copa America" tournaments, according to the following:
1 The start of the championship came from Argentina on July 2, 1916
2 Uruguay is the most successful team in the Copa America with 15 titles
3 Football legends Pele and Maradona failed to win the Copa America.
4 Maradona participated in the 1979 edition with a shirt bearing the number 6 and not his famous number 10
5 Mexican football star Luis Hernandez celebrated reaching the 2000 goal in the 1997 edition
6 Paraguay reached the final of the 2011 edition without winning a match
7 - Argentine Martin Palermo missed three penalties in one match in the 1999 edition
8 - Colombia waited 85 years to win its first title in the "Copa America" in the 2001 edition
9- America hosted the 100th edition in 2016 in a tournament held for the first time outside South America
10 - In 2019, Brazil ended a 12-year fast to win the title.
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