Lionel Messi lastly scored on the 2024 Copa America, as he netted one of many targets in Argentina’s 2-0 win towards Canada within the semi-finals on Tuesday evening.
The Albiceleste have now moved inside one win of becoming a member of Spain as the one nations to win three straight main titles.
Spain received the European Championship in 2008, had been topped FIFA World Cup winners in 2010 earlier than touchdown one other European trophy in 2012.
On their half, Argentina received the 2021 Copa America earlier than occurring to win the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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In Tuesday’s semi-finals, Julián Álvarez put Argentina forward within the twenty second minute, controlling a protracted move from Rodrigo De Paul, taking two touches to get away from Moïse Bombito and slipping the ball via the legs of goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau for his ninth worldwide objective.
Messi made it 2-0 on 51 minutes as he redirected Enzo Fernández’s shot following a poor Ismaël Koné clearance in off the face of Crépeau from 4 yards.
The previous Barcelona star has 28 targets in his final 25 matches for Argentina and 14 in Copa America play, three shy of the document. He has scored towards 38 completely different nations.
Additionally, the objective towards Canada was Messi’s 109th worldwide objective. Solely Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo with 130 has extra worldwide targets than Messi.
Argentina will face both Uruguay or Colombia within the last of this 12 months’s Copa America.
The semi-final conflict between Uruguay and Colombia comes up on Thursday.
