The Argentina national team top Group A at the 2024 Copa America after the first round of matches.
Argentina are the only team to get all three points in the first round in Group A after their 2-0 win vs. Canada on Thursday. The other two teams in the group, Peru and Chile, played to a 0-0 draw on Friday.
Lionel Scaloni’s team are in New Jersey and will play Chile there on Tuesday.
The Argentina national team trained after the team’s 2-0 win vs. Canada at the Copa America.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni held a training session on Friday after the team’s win. The team will be travelling on Friday to New Jersey to begin preparing for their next match against Chile on Tuesday.
Lionel Scaloni’s team will be training at the Red Bull Arena before the next Copa America match.
Lionel Messi has broken the Copa America all time appearance record.
Messi has now played the most Copa America matches. Argentina vs. Canada was match 35 at a Copa America for Argentina, making him the player with the all time most appearances.
He was previously tied on 34 matches with Chile’s Sergio Livingstone.
The Argentine has now played in seven Copa’s America, having played his first match in 2007 against the United States.
Julián Álvarez was named the Man of the Match for the Argentina vs. Canada game at the 2024 Copa America.
Álvarez scored the first goal for Argentina in their 2-0 win vs. Canada in the Copa America opener. The 24 year old started, scored and played 76 minutes for the reigning Copa America champions.
The match vs. Canada was the first time that Álvarez started a Copa America match and it was his first Copa America goal.
Congratulations to Julián Álvarez on winning Man of the Match for Argrntina vs. Canada! 🕷 pic.twitter.com/82X4vniL4l
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni spoke about the team’s 2-0 win vs. Canada at the Copa America.
The Argentina national team won their Copa America opener in a match that saw two goals in the second half. Speaking to the media after the match, here is what Lionel Scaloni had to say:
“The important thing is that the team always responds, no matter what the game is like. This team generates goal situations and defends like lions”.
“As a negative aspect, I am left with the chances they created. We will analyze them in detail later. Winning always reinforces a lot of things. Yesterday I said that Canada was a tough opponent, it was a good test.”
Lionel Scaloni also spoke about the pitch:
“We knew we were going to play here seven months ago and they changed the turf two days ago. I’m very sorry for the show, it’s not suitable for this kind of players.”
Scaloni commented on the next match vs. Chile on Tuesday:
“We play based on how we can hurt the opponent. We always do that, and it will be the same in the next match.”
