Lionel Messi brought on Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi to lift the Copa America trophy.
Messi asked Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi to join him when he was being handed the Copa America trophy to lift. The three lifted the trophy and celebrated.
Lionel Messi brings Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi to lift the Copa America trophy! 🇦🇷pic.twitter.com/ULdIGA3k1y
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) July 15, 2024
Lautaro Martínez won the 2024 Copa America Golden Boot.
Martínez scored five goals at the 2024 Copa America, winning the Golden Boot for the top goal scorer. Three of his five goals were as substitutes.
The Argentine scored one goal against Canada in the opening match of the Copa America and against Chile, both goals were after he was substituted into the match. He started against Peru, scoring two goals and in the Copa America final against Colombia, he was substituted in and scored.
Emiliano Martínez won the 2024 Copa America Golden Glove.
Martínez was named as the Best Goalkeeper of the 2024 Copa America after Argentina’s 1-0 win vs. Colombia in the final. Martínez kept five clean sheets in six matches, also saving two penalty kicks in the quarter finals against Ecuador.
He was also named as the 2021 Copa America Best Goalkeeper and the 2022 World Cup Golden Glove winner.
Argentina would win a record 16th Copa America title with Lautaro Martínez scoring to give them the 1-0 win vs. Colombia in the final.
The first half was delayed by an hour and 20 minutes and it was Argentina who had the first chance of the game. A cross in by Gonzalo Montiel and the ball fell to Julián Álvarez but his effort went wide.
Possession of the ball was mostly split and Colombia would have an effort which struck the outside of the post. In an attack for Argentina, Lionel Messi received a knock and twisted his right foot.
He would continue the first half which would end goal less.
The second half would start and Messi would be substituted out shortly after the start. In came Nicolás González in his place.
Nicolás González was lively down the wing for Argentina. Both teams created chances to score and Lionel Scaloni would bring on Nahuel Molina, Lautaro Martínez, Leandro Paredes and Gio Lo Celso on for Gonzalo Montiel, Julián Álvarez, Alexis Mac Allister and Enzo Fernández.
There were no goals after 90 minutes and it would go to extra time. In the second half of extra time, Argentina would win the ball in midfield and it would fall to Gio Lo Celso who would pass it to Lautaro Martínez and he would score to give Argentina the 1-0 lead.
Lautaro Martínez would score his fifth goal of the Copa America, becoming the top scorer. Argentina would hold out, win 1-0 and be crowned as 16 times Copa America champions!
LAUTARO MARTÍNEZ SCORES FOR ARGENTINA! 🇦🇷pic.twitter.com/yBAourZ8Xf
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) July 15, 2024
The Copa America final has been delayed due to many fans entering without tickets.
Kick off for the 2024 Copa America has been delayed by at least 45 minutes after several videos showed hundreds of fans jumping over the security barricades and entering the Hard Rock stadium.
Players came out for the warm up and went back into the locker room due to the delay.
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