The 2019 Copa America quarterfinals are underway and the second matchup in the Last Eight will decide who faces Brazil in next Tuesday’s semifinal as Venezuela and Argentina face off at the Maracanã.
15 years ago this wouldn’t even be a contest. Argentina have always been light years ahead of the Vinotinto, but with Venezuela’s quiet but impressive rise and Argentina’s instituional collapse this is a much closer contest than we ever thought it could be.
Friday’s is an impossible match to predict. Venezuela haven’t lost to Argentina in four years and dominated them in a friendly back in March when both sides were at full strength.