Watch Argentina vs Bolivia Live Streaming Copa America 2011
The Argentine football team starting today will seek a return to success, which is denied since 1993, when they host Bolivia in La Plata City Stadium for the opening of the 2011 Copa America.
The Match, for the group A which also make up Colombia and Costa Rica. Finalist for the last two editions, Argentina will fight for a title that the project, with 15 titles, up from Uruguay, as the most winning in the 95 year history of the South American tournament most old world football. The current champion, Brazil, with the Neyman-rising star, and Uruguay, South Africa fourth in 2010, completed the podium in main candidates.
With an investment of nearly $ 90 million in infrastructure for the tournament, Argentina will host the cup for the ninth time in 43 chapters. Of the previous eight in the country, selected "albiceleste" won six (1921, 1925, 1929, 1937, 1946 and 1959) and Uruguay kept the remaining two (1916 and 1987).
Argentina Copa America 2011, first in history to be broadcast in high definition, will be seen by some five billion viewers in 204 countries worldwide.
In sporting terms, represent the first official tournament of head coach Sergio Batista, Diego Maradona's successor after the last World Cup.
The former world champion in Mexico in 1986, who took over last August, a campaign record of seven wins, three draws and three defeats in friendly matches. Under his leadership, the Argentine attacking football bet (4-3-3), with a lot of ball possession and Lionel Messi as the core of the game from the center forward position. Batista included in the squad to twelve players who became champion in Beijing Olympics 2008: Messi, Javier Mascherano (captain), Nicolas Burdisso, Fernando Gago, Sergio Romero, Pablo Zabaleta, Ezequiel Garay, Nicolás Pareja, Ever Banega, Ezequiel Lavezzi Angel Di Maria and Sergio Aguero. Neither left out the "Player of the people", Carlos Tevez, who surely have a place among the starters for the debut, after spending six months out of the team because of differences with the coach.
Bolivia, led by Argentine Gustavo Quinteros-ex champion with San Lorenzo in 1995 - and without leading figures at the continental level, will be the first test for Argentina, which left generations of great players pass without results in the last 18 years.
After the debut, Batista's team will continue its activity in the group against Colombia in the field of Colon de Santa Fe on Wednesday, 6, and close to Costa Rica on Monday 11 in Cordoba.
If classified first in your area, Argentina will play again in the quarterfinals against the best third Cordoba on Saturday 16. The "semi" will touch on Tuesday 19 in La Plata and the final is scheduled for Sunday 24 to 16 in River Plate.
Probable Lineups
Argentina: Sergio Romero, Javier Zanetti, Guillermo Burdisso, Gabriel Milito and Mark Red, Ever Banega, Javier Mascherano and Esteban Cambiasso, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez.
Coach: Sergio Batista.
Bolivia: Carlos Arias; Lorgio Alvarez, Ronald Raldes, Ronald Rivero and Luis Gutierrez, Jaime Robles, Walter Flores, Joselito Vaca, Edivaldo Jhasmani Rojas Campos, Marcelo Martins.
Coach: Gustavo Quinteros.
Referee: Roberto Silvera (Uruguay), supported by his compatriot Miguel Nieves and Luis Alvarado from Ecuador.
Stadium: City of La Plata.
Kick-off time: 21.45 (Local)
