This time, Lionel Messi finally holds it! After five failures in the final, the Argentine finally won a first major trophy with the Albiceleste by winning the Copa America 2021, beating the Brazilian hosts in the final (1-0). If the Barcelona player generally missed his final, his partners were there, like a goal scorer Di Maria and a breathtaking De Paul. At the end of a meeting much more choppy by faults than animated by offensive movements, despite a voluntary Neymar, Argentina offers itself its first trophy in 28 years and the 15th Copa América in its history, tying the record of Uruguay.
First shot, first goal for Argentina
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We were expecting a big match, a game, an opposition between the two big stars, Neymar and Messi but we did not have any of that. Rather, it is the mistakes and rough contact that have multiplied. After twenty minutes of play, there were already eleven fouls for a single shot! Despite everything, Brazil seemed to master its subject, with this game however still so slow and dependent on the creativity of Neymar. But the Parisian star, who has never stopped daring and trying, will have been too alone. Decisive in the quarter and half, Lucas Paqueta missed his final, multiplying the clumsiness and mistakes (6). But Brazil dominated, until Renan Lodi’s big mistake.
Angel Di Maria just missed the chance to score the only goal of the 2021 Copa America final
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While Argentina seemed on the verge of breaking, the Atletico side did not appreciate a long opening from De Paul and missed his intervention. A blunder that Angel Di Maria, a little surprise from Scaloni’s eleven, perfectly exploited (21st) to open the scoring on the first Argentine shot of the match. A goal, the Parisian’s first with the Albiceleste for three years, which hurt the Brazilians very badly. Returned in the second half with better intentions, the Seleção quickly believed to equalize (52nd) but Richarlison was logically signaled in an offside position.
And, two minutes later, the Everton striker spoiled a marvel of Neymar’s pass by preferring strength to precision, facilitating the intervention of Martinez (54th). Little used in this meeting, the goalkeeper of Aston Villa was however decisive when needed, with this parade at the end of the match in front of Gabriel Barbosa (87th) on one of the rare Brazilian dangerous situations of the last half. -time. While Brazil ended up with six forwards …
Messi misses his final but Messi is sacred
Ironically compared to the image that we often give – and rightly – Argentina, it is through its defense that the Albiceleste went to seek this 15th Copa America. Romero and Otamendi were impassable, even if the interventions of the Benfica player were sometimes limited, Montiel will have been impeccable until the entry of Vinicius and Acuna will have been very solid. But the player of the match was undoubtedly Rodrigo De Paul. Tireless in the heart of the game, decisive on Di Maria’s goal with a perfect opening in the back of the Brazilian defense, the Udinese player set the pace for this Argentine team, in the offensive phase as in the defensive phase. . In a middle duel that was not announced to the advantage of the Argentines, he reigned over the midfield against an extinct Casemiro.
Messi tries to find an opening against Brazil in 2021 Copa America final
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And it is again he who offers an offering to Messi to make the break (88th), an offering wasted in an incomprehensible way by the “Pulga”. As a symbol of his finale, in which he has never really been a major player. Little found in the first period, he will have tried to show himself more after the break but he did not always make the right choices, like this action after a completely failed Brazilian recovery where he forgets Di Maria alone to come lock in the axis (50th).
But the captain of the Albiceleste, whom he wore throughout the competition (he was also elected best player tied with Neymar), will only retain from this final the trophy won, his very first with Argentina. if we except the 2008 Olympics. At 34, Messi knew that it was undoubtedly his last chance to win the Copa America and he did it. On Brazilian soil, which no other nation had ever achieved in the history of competition. To end 28 years without a trophy for Argentina. But Messi is used to breaking codes. And here he is finally sacred with Argentina.
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