The 36-year-old superstar played the full 90 minutes in the opening match of the 2024 Copa America. He created the opportunity for Julian Alvarez to open the scoring and contributed an assist for Lautaro Martinez's goal, helping the Argentine national team get off to a perfect start in their title defense. However, Messi's biggest mark after the match was breaking the record held by former Chilean goalkeeper Sergio Livingstone since 1953 with 34 appearances in the Copa America. Messi had equaled this record in 2021 after the 1-0 victory over Brazil in the final, winning the tournament for the first time with the national team.
Messi played with great inspiration in the opening match of the Copa America 2024, but also missed many scoring opportunities.
He might never have broken this record if he hadn't won the 2022 World Cup with the Argentine national team. Winning the world championship in Qatar allowed Messi to continue playing for the national team, participating in his 7th Copa America and becoming the player with the most appearances in the world's oldest tournament. He also holds the record for most assists (a total of 18 goal-scoring opportunities) and has assisted in all 7 Copa America tournaments he has participated in (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024).
Messi has now scored a total of 13 goals in Copa America tournaments. He is still 4 goals behind the top scorers in the history of this South American regional tournament, Norberto Mendez (Argentina) and Zizinho (Brazil), each with 17 goals. Ahead of Messi are two players still playing and participating in this year's Copa America: Paolo Guerrero (Peru) and Eduardo Vargas (Chile), both with 14 goals.
In their next match, Argentina will face Chile at 8:00 AM on June 26th at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey (USA). Also in Group A, the match between Chile and Peru will take place at 7:00 AM on June 22nd. Meanwhile, in Group B, Ecuador will play Venezuela at 5:00 AM, and Mexico will play Jamaica at 8:00 AM on June 23rd.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/copa-america-2024-messi-lien-tiep-lap-ky-luc-185240621205020445.htm
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