These aren’t sunny times at the King Power Stadium, and Leicester hasn’t spent much to improve its team. That’s left them woefully unprepared for Tottenham.Â
Chelsea are trying to learn a new system and figure out which pieces go where, and they’re doing it on the fly. Manchester City are four-time defending champs, making this a tough ask for the Blues.
Aston Villa have been one of the worst in the Premier League at starting the season. The Lions have avoided defeat just once in their past five season openers, and they got run over last season by Newcastle United. With Villa now in the role of the hunted, another similar performance would mean disaster.
The U.S. will host the World Cup in two years. The U.S. soccer federation will not have a better chance to make soccer explode here for at least another three decades. After crashing out of Copa America, the Americans can’t go into the World Cup with the same coach.
What does Argentina have left in the tank? The world champions have more closely resembled France than Spain during Copa America, as they’ve labored through their half of the bracket. While Argentina plays with the pressure of trying to repeat, Colombia can play loose here.
Is it finally coming home, or is England set up for another heartbreak? This time the English face Spain, which looks to become the first European nation to win four continental crowns.
There’s no delusion in the Canadian camp about their situation. They know that they’ve got about a 1-in-1000 chance of beating Argentina, and that’s fine with them. Reaching the semifinals is a victory in and of itself for this Canadian side.
Two more wins would give Spain its fourth European title, setting a new record. This side is motivated, and if France doesn’t raise its game quickly, it’s hard to see the French coming out ahead.
If you’d been able to place a bet on either Venezuela or Canada to be one of the last four in the Copa America, you could have retired for life.