The Argentine national team He beat his peer Canada by 2-0 in the semi-finals of the America Cup and, in this way, will go in search of the title on Sunday at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
The rival of Lionel Scaloni’s team will be the winner of the duel between Uruguay and Colombia, who also have Argentine coaches: Marcelo Bielsa is with the “Celeste” and Néstor Lorenzo with the “Cafeteros.”
Over the last 20 years, it was a constant to see the National Team in the decisive match of the continental competition, although it was not easy for them.
The last finals of the Argentine National Team in the Copa América:
–Peru 2004: one of the most painful memories. Led by Marcelo Bielsa, the national team reached the final against a Brazil that had not brought its top players.
The “Albiceleste” were winning 2-1 and seemed to have ended their 11-year drought without a title, but “The Emperor” Adriano appeared in the 92nd minute to equalise.
In the penalty shootout, the “Scratch” won their seventh continental title by winning 4-2.
–Venezuela 2007: With Alfio Basile as coach, the Argentine national team scored big and pleased everyone in almost all of its appearances.
But in the final we saw the worst version of the “Albiceleste”, which was thrashed 3-0 (goals by Júlio Baptista, Roberto Ayala against and Dani Alves) by a Brazilian team that again had a majority of substitutes.
–Chile 2015: After the remarkable performance at the World Cup in Brazil a year earlier, Argentina arrived as a candidate to lift the title in the Andean lands.
Ultimately, all of this came crashing down in the decisive match, which ended 0-0 after 120 minutes. In the penalty shootout, Chile took advantage of mistakes by Gonzalo Higuaín and Ever Banega and won 4-1 to lift the first trophy in its history.
–United States 2016: In the Copa América Centenario the finalists were once again Argentina and Chile.
The match ended in a boring 0-0, with the most significant play being Higuaín’s usual mistake in finals.
In the penalty shootout, Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero started by saving Arturo Vidal’s shot, but for Argentina Lionel Messi and Lucas Biglia missed, allowing the Argentines to successfully defend the title they had won a year earlier.
–Brazil 2021: The Argentine national team was able to end its eternal 28-year drought without a title against none other than Brazil and at El Maracaná.
The “Scaloneta” played a great match, winning 1-0 with a goal from Ángel Di María in the first half, winning their 15th Copa América and taking revenge for what happened two years earlier, when the “Canarinha” beat them in a semi-final full of controversy.
Source: Ambito
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