Argentina wants to be declared champion instead of Chile.

Echoing a phrase from former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the Argentine coach declared today in a press conference: "We are ready to take over."

He asserts that his country's national team has everything it takes to win the Copa América title, dethroning the Chilean national team.

Argentina has decided to take its case to the CONMEBOL Sports Tribunal and the FIFA Tribunal, presenting a series of reasons to be declared champion, even though it lost on the field.

A coup? Nooo, say the Argentinians, it's about "justice".

They don't confess publicly, but behind the scenes they already admit that the tactic will be as follows: to present several accusations because, if they fail to achieve their objectives for one reason, they are likely to achieve them for another.

For example, they will argue to CONMEBOL that the balls given to the Argentinian penalty takers were much lighter, which would have led to two missed penalties.

Messi also received a ball that had been given the wrong foot and only scored because he would have scored with a coconut, a marble, or even a shuttlecock.

Other complaints that the Argentinians will present: the Chilean goalkeeper moved forward more than a step during the penalty kicks, and the referee who officiated was over the age limit to referee Conmebol games.

The Argentinians will tell the FIFA tribunal that they received death threats when they were about to take the field.

Chilean agents said that if Chile lost, so many Argentinians would die in the National Stadium that Pinochet wouldn't die of envy of the perpetrators of the massacre only because he's already dead and buried.

It is rumored that, in order to minimize the risk of losing in court, judges are already being "coached."

Finally, the Argentinians, who were defeated on the field, are so confident of winning the title that they have even created a slogan:

"Tango has already beaten samba and will defeat cueca."