The previous Copa America, in 2019, they finished third. The most recent World Cup, they bowed out at the Round of 16. The Argentine team has underperformed in tournaments in the past. In fact even at this tournament, Argentina has had other top scorers like Lautaro Martinez and Alejandro Gomez. Messi is often seen as the tour-de-force of the Albiceleste, but playing football is not a one-man job. A notion that has had their share of legends on the international scene like Guillermo Stabile, Daniel Passarella, Mario Kempes, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Claudio Cannigia, and the latest being Lionel Messi. We’re talking about a nation that has won the World Cup twice, made the World Cup finals a total of five times, and won the Copa America fourteen times. Now that I did my brief summary, here’s my summary of the two teams and my prediction for the win for the Copa America:Īrgentina: The South American team with the second-biggest legacy in football is undoubtedly Argentina. Messi leads Argentina while Neymar leads Brazil.
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This is the eleventh time the Copa America final is Argentina vs. Argentina qualified with a 3-0 win over Ecuador in the quarterfinals and a penalty kick shootout against Colombia in the semis. For the knockout rounds, Brazil qualified with 1-0 scores against Chile and Peru. In Group B, Brazil topped with Peru second. The two groups were decided under the ‘South Zone’ or the ‘North Zone.’ In Group A, Argentina topped with Uruguay second. The preliminary matches were contested under five groups of two. The pandemic is also the reason why all matches have been contested behind closed doors. The pandemic is what caused the limit of nations to be just the ten CONMEBOL nations.
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This led the Copa to be rebooked to Brazil: five venues in four cities.įor the tournament, it was originally scheduled to be twelve teams competing: the ten CONMEBOL nations, special guests Australia, and 2022 World Cup host nation Qatar. Colombia went through political unrest with protests against the president and Argentina had issues with the severity of its COVID situation. The twelve-month wait also led to the Copa being rebooked to another nation in May 2021. COVID caused its eventual cancellation and rescheduling to 2021. It was supposed to be held from June to July of 2020 in Argentina and Colombia. Copa America is one of those events affected too. It seems like there hasn’t been a major event in the world that hasn’t been affected by COVID. Before I give you my Euro pick, I will give my prediction for the Copa America final. Nevertheless they’re both worth predicting to winner for. I’ve been so focused on the Euro 2020, I completely forgot that the CONMEBOL’s Cop America was happening this year! And the final is the very night before the final of the Euro! Interesting that both major tournaments are taking place around the same time.
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This year’s Copa America final is the classic battle of Brazil vs.