The excitement of the Argentina-Brazil final in Copa America!
Argentina and Brazil will face each other tonight in the Copa America final.
In the Copa America hosted by the defending champion Brazil, all eyes were on the final. The match between Argentina and Brazil, which will be played tonight at Maracana Stadium, will start at 03.00. Defeating Peru 1-0 in the first semi-final of the tournament, the host Brazil made it to the final. Argentina, on the other hand, defeated Colombia in the semi-finals 3-2 on penalties in the match with regular and overtime ending 1-1, and became the opponent of the Sambacilar.
SPORTS OF ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL
Brazil, who took Cup America to its museum 9 times, recorded its last championship in 2019, the last tournament. Argentina, which has 14 championships in the tournament, lifted its last trophy 28 years ago in 1993. Argentina wants to win this cup, equaling Uruguay's record for the most American Cup winners.
In the two countries that met 10 times in the final matches in the Cup America, Argentina won the cup 8 times and Brazil won the cup 2 times. MESSI WANTS TO WIN THE FIRST CUP WITH THE NATIONAL TEAM Shirt
Argentine star Lionel Messi, who has won numerous trophies in his Barcelona career, wants to win his first official trophy with the national team jersey in the Argentina - Brazil final. The experienced player, who played 150 international matches for Argentina, showed 76 goals and 53 assists in his national team career. With these statistics, Messi also holds the titles of the player with the most appearances, the most goals and the most assists in the history of the Argentina National Team. Messi has already made Argentina the final of the tournament with 4 goals and 5 assists in Cup America 2021.
Lionel Messi, who missed his chance to win the Copa America three times in the finals, lost 3-0 to Brazil in the final in 2007, and lost to Chile in 2015 and 2016 on penalties in two consecutive finals.
OLD FRIENDS AGAIN
Old friends face off in the Cup America final. His former teammates from the Barcelona years, Argentina's superstar Lionel Messi and Brazilian star Neymar, will appear in the final. Neymar became the most paid football player in the world by transferring from Barcelona to PSG for an astronomical price of 222 million euros in 2017. The Brazilian star talked about his former teammate Messi and friendships before the Cup America final. The star player said in a statement:
“I'm going to face the best player I've ever seen in a tough final. As I always say, Messi is the best player I have ever seen. Besides being a great player, he's a great friend, but now we're rivals.
I really want to experience this happiness by winning the Cup America for the first time.”
Stating that he supported Argentina in the 2014 World Cup for Messi, the Sambacı star said, "When the tournament for Brazil ended, I supported Argentina for Messi. He had not won a trophy with his national team for a long time and he was very close to it. When you are friends with someone, it is difficult to break the bond between you, but even if you play computer games with your friend, you always want to win. The same thing will happen in the final and we will go out on the field to win.”
Brazil National Team Coach Tite was also involved in the Messi - Neymar rivalry. Brazil's coach, in his statement before the Argentina match, said, "If they have Messi, I have Neymar. If Argentina tells you how to stop Neymar, I will tell you how to stop Messi. "I know how we're going to eliminate Messi on the pitch, but I'm not going to say that."
references:https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sporarena/copa-americada-arjantin-brezilya-finali-heyecani-41850504