Copa America | Argentina beat Colombia in extra-time remaining regardless of Lionel Messi’s crying absence

The 37-year-old Messi began within the first workforce and for the Argentinians we additionally noticed former Ajax gamers Nicolás Tagliafico and Lisandro Martínez seem within the beginning line-up. For Colombia, Davinson Sánchez and Santiago Arias made their look as former Eredivision gamers. Former Feyenoord attacker Luis Sinisterra remained on the bench for ninety minutes.

A kind of previous acquaintances, ex-PSV participant Arias, got here near the opening purpose at the beginning of the second half. The appropriate again shot simply vast. Not a lot later, Ángel Di María – who will retire from the nationwide workforce after this event – noticed a shot saved by Colombian goalkeeper Camilo Vargas.

After greater than an hour, everybody in Miami’s Arduous Rock Stadium turned their eyes to Messi. The star sprinted again exhausting to affix the protection, however twisted his ankle and left the sector in tears with what seemed to be a severe ankle damage.

Substitutes do it

There have been no objectives in common time and in further time Argentina went looking for victory with three substitutes. It was exactly these three substitutes that in the end made the distinction. Leandro Paredes performed in Giovani Lo Celso, who with one contact put Lautaro Martínez alone in entrance of the keeper.

The Internazionale striker didn’t hesitate for a second and fired the ball into the online along with his proper foot. At that second there have been solely eight minutes left to play and that was not sufficient for Colombia to drive an equalizer.

Argentina thus win the Copa América for the sixteenth time. It’s – after 2021 – solely the second for Messi, who was allowed to carry the prize aloft as captain of the workforce regardless of his damage.

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