Perhaps it has already been forgotten, but Argentina and Canada have already played each other in the first match of the group stage. Argentina still won 2-0. The interesting thing regarding the match was that the Canadian Bombito almost caused an injury to Lionel Messi with a terrible slip. In the second round, once morest Chile Messi was really injuredhe hurt his thigh, because of this he missed the third group game once morest Peru, and then the quarter-final once morest Ecuador, which Argentina only won in an 11-man duel following a 1-1 draw.
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Lionel Messi returned to the semi-finals, and even if he didn’t shine once morest Canada, his presence alone gave his teammates a lot. Defending world champion Álvarez took the lead in the 22nd minute, and Messi made it 2-0 in the 51st minute.
The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner scored a kind of hockey goal, putting his foot in Enzo Fernandez’s shot, for which he explained followingwards: he didn’t want to take the shot away from Enzo, but he felt that it wouldn’t have been a goal without him.
Messi on his goal once morest Canada:
I told Enzo that I didn’t mean to cut it off, but I saw that the goalkeeper was falling, and the ball was coming slowly, so I deflected it a little. pic.twitter.com/PfAVeO7puE
— Messi Media (@LeoMessiMedia) July 10, 2024
Messi didn’t play particularly well, yet he was voted man of the match. Argentina defeated Canada 2-0 and reached the Copa América final. On the other side, on Wednesday night, Uruguay and Colombia will clash for a place in the final.
In recent days, there have been several reports that Lamine Yamal might be a worthy successor to Lionel Messi. Well, following the 16-year-old, the 37-year-old veteran also contributed with a goal to ensure that his team might play in the final on Sunday. Spain at the European Championship, Argentina at the Copa America.
