After a month of intense competition , the curtains had finally descended upon South Africa with the crowning of Spain as the World Champions . The 2010 FIFA World Cup has thus come to a close . It will be only four years later that we will all shift our attentions to Brazil for the next Edition of soccer biggest showpiece event on the world stage !
For some soccer fans , and to some South American teams in particular , especially after a good showing in South Africa , they will all view the 2011 COPA America Tournament as the next biggest soccer competition to come their way on the calendar . Usually this competition is not expected to attract that many eyeballs and that much attentions as the FIFA World Cup . But with Argentina being the Hosts next year , it is expected that next year's COPA America Tournament will be one huge fixture on the soccer calendar !
And it is set to be the most exciting of all COPA America Tournaments in the history of the popular South American competition ! Argentina as Hosts will be very eager to erase their World Cup failure by clinching the throphy on home soil in front of their own fans !
Brazil , after sacking Dunga as coach will definitely view the COPA America as the perfect chance to bounce back from their World Cup disappointment . Furthermore , to be able to win the COPA America on their arch rival's turf , especially when they will be going into next year's competition as Defending Champions after coming out triumphs in the last Edition three years ago ( ironically against Argentina in the Final ) will go a long way to making up for all the blame that comes with their early World Cup exit .
Bearing in mind that as they will be the Hosts of the next World Cup , they won't have to play any World Cup Qualifiers and this will greatly reduce the number of games that they will be playing for the players to be really seriously tested on a competitive level . The least they will be doing will be a series of Friendly Matches , starting against the United States on 11 August , right up till 2014 when the World Cup commences . Whether that would be sufficient enough for the team to be ready for the Tournament that they will be hosting in four Years time is anybody guess .
So they will be expected to treat the COPA America competition next year very seriously to see where they actually stand after one year and to fine tune and prepare for the Confederations Cup in 2013 and the 2014 World Cup .
Also , with the rise of Uruguay , Paraguay , alongside traditional powerhouses Brazil and Argentina , with four South American teams in the Quarter Finals for the first time in the continent's World Cup History , the former two will be eager to repeat and carry that fantastic form to the COPA America next year and prove that they are indeed on the rise .
So , what all these means is that soccer fans will be in for a real treat and a spectacle of nearly one month of great COPA America Tournament is in store for all of us next year ! If it really does live up to the huge expectations as we have come to expect of the teams and players , this will be one of the best COPA America Tournaments in the history of the South American's showpiece Event !
Argentina will play Hosts to the three weeks COPA America Tournament next July , from 3 July 2011 To 24 July 2011 .
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