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Lionel Messi and Argentina are one win away from profitable the nation’s second straight Copa América title.
Messi and Co. defeated Canada on Tuesday night time at MetLife Stadium to advance to Sunday’s ultimate in Miami.
Argentina awaits the winner of Wednesday’s semifinal performed between Uruguay and Colombia.
A matchup with Uruguay would mark the primary Copa América ultimate matchup between the 2 nations since 1967. An Argentina-Colombia ultimate would mark the primary time the 2 squads performed within the event title match.
Ultimate: Argentina vs. Uruguay/Colombia winner (Sunday, 8 p.m. ET, Fox)
Semifinal: Uruguay vs. Colombia (Wednesday, 8 p.m. ET, FS1)
Argentina must be favored in both matchup with Uruguay or Colombia.
Argentina at the moment holds the Copa América and World Cup titles and has been in three of the final 4 Copa América championship video games.
Uruguay has not made it to the title match since 2011, whereas Colombia final performed within the championship contest again in 2001.
After all, each potential finalists may very well be robust foes for Argentina, particularly if the likes of Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz play at their highest stage.
Nonetheless, Argentina’s protection has been close to immaculate over the 2024 model of the Copa América, which featured Canada and 5 different North American nations on U.S. soil.
Ecuador was the one group to attain on Argentina’s protection over its five-game run within the Copa. That tally got here within the 92nd minute of their quarterfinal match, which Argentina received in penalties.
No different targets have been scored on the Argentine protection. Even possibilities have been onerous to come back by in opposition to that unit. Canada managed simply two photographs on objective on Tuesday night time.
Colombia is perhaps considered as the larger risk to Argentina in its present kind. Los Cafeteros have the longest worldwide males’s soccer profitable streak and are coming off a 5-0 thumping of Panama.
Uruguay wanted penalty kicks to get previous Brazil, however earlier than that recreation, it had a high-flying group stage by which it scored 9 targets in a gaggle with the USA, Bolivia and Panama.
Argentina would like to see a fast-paced, high-scoring recreation that one way or the other goes into further time in Charlotte in order that it has a health benefit as nicely over its championship recreation opponent.
Even when that doesn’t occur, Argentina would have the sting with the perfect participant on this planet in Lionel Messi, a robust protection and the most effective shot stoppers in Emiliano Martinez as its benefits.
A win on Sunday might not come straightforward, however that is sometimes the case in championship matches.
Prediction: Argentina over Colombia