We could not go head to head with Argentina, said La Volpe

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  CORDOBA, July 12, 2011 (AFP) - The coach of Costa Rica, Argentine Ricardo La Volpe, estimated that his team could not "butt heads" with Argentina because could not control the ball, so was the victim of a 3-0, in Cordoba.
  
  "We could not get the ball, we could not go head to head with Argentina, it's hard when you only come out to defend (...) In the meantime I told them: guys, if we not hold on the ball, bye, we were dead men", said La Volpe at a press conference after the game.
  
  La Volpe asserted that more than the failures in the defense, the lack of possession represented the conviction. "Today we went wrong. We played Ping-Pong, you give back the ball and you come to attack me", he quipped.
  
  The naive Costa Rica, with 3 points, depends on the definition of the other groups to get to know its future in the 2011 Copa America, but Bolivia with one point is eliminated of the competition.
  "We expected three losses like this", he said about his first defeat against Colombia (1-0) and the win against Bolivia (2-0). "At the moment we have more experience in games like today, watch out", he warned.
  
  The coach assumed that Argentina "played well" and reaffirmed its position as the favorite to the Copa America title at home.

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