Argentina's elimination of the Copa America "is not a failure", said Batist

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• SANTA FE, July 17, 2011 (AFP) - The elimination of Argentina in the Copa America, on Saturday ,against Uruguay, in the quarter-finals, "is not a failure," said coach Sergio Batista, who said he was "satisfied" with football presented and ruled out the possibility of resigning from his office.
  
  "I do not think it was a failure, we did everything possible to try to win the cup, but we couldn’t. Failure is a very strong word, we worked to win the competition," echoed the coach at a press conference after the game against Uruguay.
  
  Batista felt that the first stage of the game "was very well played by Argentina," but then "fell production, the team was disorderly." "The balance of play we wanted did not happen," he added.
  "Today (Saturday) we did not play poorly, scoring situations were created, we just missed achieving them, but we'll keep working to reach that level," he continued.
  
  The Argentina coach, who took command of the team five months ago, dismissed resign after the elimination in the Copa America, after all, Argentina has not won this competition in 18 years.
  
  "That's not on my mind, the pain of defeat is here, but you have to keep working, my work began five, six months ago, we were intending to win the Copa America, but our main goal is the World Cup," said.
  In the future, "we will continue working on the psychological side and the technical, already thinking about the playoffs, which is more important," he said.
  
  Sergio Batista said good things about the work of Lionel Messi, who "played 30 minutes exceptional". "He did a very good game, a player who showed his importance."
  
  Uruguay won the home team Argentina, in the Santa Fe stadium, and went on to semifinals of the 2011 Copa America with a 5-4 win on penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal gameplay.
  
  Argentina defeated only one team in the Copa America, Costa Rica, by the score of 3-0. And drew the other two games, against Bolivia (1-1) and Colombia (0-0).
  
  Through its participation in the issue of Venezuela-2007, the team previously directed by the legendary Diego Armando Maradona finished second after losing by 3-0 to Brazil, in the final, in Maracaibo.
• Source: ca2011.com