- The Group Stage of the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™ begins with the present champion dealing with a debutant.
- The Mercedes-Benz Stadium within the metropolis of Atlanta will host the opening match on June 20 at 8:00 p.m. (GMT-4).
This Thursday, June 20, the forty eighth version of the oldest nationwide staff match on the earth begins, the CONMEBOL Copa América™, which this time shall be performed in the USA with the participation of 16 nationwide groups, ten belonging to CONMEBOL and 6 others. belonging to Concacaf as visitors.
Argentina, the present champion staff of the continental match and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, will open Group A dealing with the Canadian staff, which is able to compete within the competitors for the primary time after qualifying by way of the Concacaf Nations League . They are going to kick off the match on June 20 at 8:00 p.m. (GMT-4), on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium within the metropolis of Atlanta.
Each groups make up Group A together with Chile and Peru, who can have their debut within the Group Stage once they face one another subsequent Friday, June 21, on the AT&T Stadium within the metropolis of Arlington at 7:00 p.m. (GMT-5 ).
Earlier than the match, the opening ceremony of the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™ shall be held, with the stellar participation of Feid, a outstanding Colombian artist, and a present that shall be memorable.
– Thursday, June 20:
In Atlanta, GA: Argentina vs. Canada (Group A)
Estadio: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Hour: 20:00h (Native time – GMT-4) – 21:00h (Argentina time – GMT-3)
Referee: Jesus Valenzuela (VEN)
WAS: Leodán González (ARG)
Know the entire designation of referees: Right here
Background:
- The Argentine Lionel Messi is one match away from changing into the participant with probably the most appearances within the historical past of the CONMEBOL Copa América™, surpassing the mark of 34 matches that Sergio Livingstone, of Chile, had established in 1953.
- Argentina and Canada solely met as soon as in historical past: in a pleasant previous to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Buenos Aires, the Albiceleste gained 5-0, with targets from Maximiliano Rodríguez -2-, Ángel Di María, Carlos Tevez and Sergio Agüero.
- Argentina gained its final six conferences (5 of them with out conceding targets) in opposition to Concacaf groups within the CONMEBOL Copa América™. Their final loss was in July 2004, when Mexico gained 1-0 within the group stage.
- Canada would be the eighth Concacaf staff to compete within the CONMEBOL Copa América™, after Costa Rica, the USA, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama.
- Including up the final three editions of the CONMEBOL Copa América™ (2016, 2019 and 2021), no participant has had extra direct aim interventions within the competitors than Lionel Messi (20, 10 targets + 10 assists).
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