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Argentina beats Canada to advance to Copa final 'first goal of Messi tournament'

Uruguay-Colombia clash with winner in final

Argentina, the "defending champion," advanced to the final thanks to Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)'s first goal at the "2024 South American Football Championship."

Argentina won 2-0 in the semifinals of the tournament against Canada at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on the 10th.

Argentina, which beat Canada 2-0 in the first Group A match on the 21st of last month, won again by the same score.

Argentina, which has only one win left until its second consecutive defeat, will play the winner of the Uruguay-Colombia match at 9 a.m. on the 11th and the final at 9 a.m. on the 15th.

On the other hand, Canada failed to overcome Argentina again following the group stage match.

Jesse Marsch, known as the No. 1 candidate for the Korean national soccer team, who appointed Ulsan HD coach Hong Myung-bo, showed his potential to lead Canada to the semifinals immediately after taking office, but failed to advance to the final. 토토사이트


Canada will play the third-place match against the loser of the Uruguay-Colombia match on the 14th.

Argentina took the lead in the 22nd minute of the first half thanks to Julián Álvarez's first goal.

And in the 6th minute of the second half, Messi scored another goal to seal the game.

In particular, Messi's first score of the tournament doubled the joy of the victory.

Messi led Argentina to victory by performing very well at the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup as well as the last Copa tournament, but he lost his unique destructive power in this tournament.

After suffering a right hamstring injury in the second group match against Chile (1-0 win) on April 26, he missed the third match against Peru (2-0 win). He seemed to regain his form after returning to the quarterfinals against Ecuador, but failed to make a big twist as he missed the penalty shootout kicker.

However, he scored a goal in the semifinal ahead of the final, raising expectations for Argentina's second consecutive victory in the tournament.

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