The Argentine national team qualified for the semi-finals of the Copa America 2024 of USA after the victory against Ecuador at NRG Stadium in HoustonIn recent decades, it was a constant to see the “Albiceleste” in this instance, in which it almost always emerged victorious.
The following is a detail of the last few times that the Argentine national team played semi-finals of America Cup:
– Peru 2004: After beating the locals in the quarter-finals, Marcelo Bielsa’s team faced the defending champions in the semi-finals, Colombiaand the they beat 3-0 with goals from Carlos Tevez, Luis “Lucho” González and Juan Pablo Sorín.
– Venezuela 2007: The national team, with Alfio Basile as coach, excelled in the semi-finals of this edition and beat Mexico 3-0 with a football show. The goals were scored by Gabriel Heinze, Lionel Messi and Juan Román Riquelme.
– Argentina 2011: the selection did not reach the semi-finalsas they fell in the quarter-finals against Uruguay in the penalty shoot-out.
– Chile 2015: Argentina reached this Copa América after reaching the final in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In the semi-finals of this edition, the team then led by Gerardo Martino They beat Paraguay 6-1 with goals from Marcos Rojo, Javier Pastore, Angel Di Maria (two), Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain.
– United States 2016: The organizers were victims of the power of Martino’s team, which thrashed 4-0 (Ezequiel Lavezzi, Lionel Messi and Higuain 2). But not everything was positive in that match, since Lavezzi, fundamental in the assembly of that Selection, suffered a serious injury that made him miss the final against Chile.
– Brazil 2019: In the first tournament with Lionel Scaloni as technical director of the “Albiceleste” the only one occurred defeat at this stage in the last 20 years. The organizer, Brazilwas imposed 2-0 in a meeting full of controversy.
– Brazil 2021: In the semi-finals of this edition, remembered for breaking the 28-year drought without titles, Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez had a consecrating performance in the Penaltiesstopping three shots from the coffee growers in the final 3-2. Lautaro Martínez scored the 1-0 for the national team and Luis Fernando Díaz equalized for Colombia in the ninety regulation minutes.
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