Copa America News

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A massive fight broke out between the Uruguay players and the Colombian fans after the semi-final match between Uruguay and Colombia in which Colombia beat Urugua

Copa America 2024: Ten-men Colombia clinched a 1-0 victory against Uruguay in a ill tempered final

Copa America 2024: Lionel Messi netted his first goal in the campaign to surpass the goal tally of Iran’s Ali Daei (108) to be the second highest goalscorer of all time behind Cristiano Ronaldo.

Brazil were knocked out of the ongoing Copa America tournament after they lost to Uruguay on penalties in their quarter-final match.

After Lionel Messi announced his decision to not play in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Kylian Mbappe has now told that he too would not be playing for France in the Olympics as he is in the middle of a move from Paris Saint Germain to Real Madrid. 

Checkout all the details about the Italy vs Argentina Finalissima 2022 match taking place at the Wembley Stadium, England on Wednesday (June 2).

Argentina coach on Sunday revealed that Lionel Messi played in the Copa America Final with an injury. “You can never do without a player like him, even when he is not fully fit like in this game and the previous one," Lionel Scaloni said.

Check the complete details from the Copa America 2021 Final match between Argentina and Brazil.  

Messi is in top form and Argentinian fans would hope he fires again. The 34-year old with four goals is leading the Golden Boot race. Neymar has two goals to his name in the tournament.

Messi was all praise for goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez after Argentina beat Colombia via penalties on Tuesday in the Copa America semi-final. Admitting that penalty shootouts depend on luck, Messi confessed that he was confident Martinez, who has had a great tournament – would save at least two penalties. Messi also referred to Martinez as a ‘monster of a keeper.’

It was the 58th goal from a free-kick spot for Messi and he has now overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo’s record.

In the other quarterfinal, Peru defeated Paraguay 4-3 on penalties to enter the semifinals of the ongoing tournament.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly is impressed with the tribute given by CONMEBOL to Argentina legend Diego Maradona. 

Check the live streaming and live telecast details for the Copa America 2021 match between Argentina and Chile

Earlier, CONMEBOL had confirmed that Copa America will not be played in Argentina in view of the current COVID-19 circumstances.

Messi was banned for one game after being sent off in the Copa America third-place playoff against Chile and for levelling accusations of corruption at South American soccer chiefs. The Barcelona forward was shown the red card after clashing with Gary Medel and afterwards he alleged the tournament had been fixed in favour of the hosts Brazil. Argentina, who last won the World Cup in 1986, kick off their qualifying campaign with a double header at home to Ecuador and away to Bolivia.

Brazilian defender Thiago Silva has signed a one-year contract with the club, having the option of a further 12 months. Silva's signing by Premier League side Chelsea follows the addition on Wednesday of Ben Chilwell to the squad. Silva was an important player for Brazil as they lifted the Copa America at the Maracana last year and he has represented his country 89 times.pub

 The rescheduled tournament would be played between June 11 and July 11, 2021.

Brazil international forward Everton Cebolinha has signed a new contract with Gremio that will tie him to the Porto Alegre club until December 2023.