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Lionel Messi comments on Argentina qualifying for 2024 Copa America final

Lionel Messi spoke about the Argentina national team qualifying for the 2024 Copa America final.

The Argentina national team will play in another Copa America final on Sunday. Julián Álvarez and Lionel Messi both scored for Argentina in their 2-0 win vs. Canada on Tuesday and will play either Colombia or Uruguay in Miami. Messi spoke to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say:

“It is crazy what this group has done, what the Argentine national team has been doing. After this, much more importance will be given to all the finals that I played and to all the players of the old generation.

“It is a difficult Copa, very hard, with a heavy temperature. The fact that we are once again in a final is to be highlighted”.

“I am aware that these are the last battles, and I am enjoying them to the fullest.”

Argentina qualify for the Copa America final, Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez score

Argentina qualified for the 2024 Copa America final in a 2-0 win vs. Canada with Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez scoring.

It was a first half where Argentina had a lot of the ball and it was Rodrigo De Paul who played a cross in from deep to Julián Álvarez who controlled it and scored to give Argentina the 1-0 lead.

The second half would start with Argentina getting a corner kick. The ball would fall to Enzo Fernández and his effort on goal got a touchh by Lionel Messi on the way and Messi would score.

Lionel Scaloni brought on Nicolás Otamendi for Nicolás Tagliafico and Nahuel Molina for Gonzalo Montiel. Argentina would control more of the match and Scaloni would make more substitutions, bringing on Lautaro Martínez, Exequiel Palacios and Nicolás González for Julián Álvarez, Alexis Mac Allister and Ángel Di María.

Emiliano Martínez made a big save towards the end of the game and Argentina would win 2-0 to make the Copa America final.

Argentina will play one of Colombia or Uruguay on Sunday in the final of the Copa America.

Argentina team vs. Canada in Copa America semi final, Lionel Messi starts

The Argentina national team will play Canada in the semi finals of the Copa America and Lionel Messi will start.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will make some changes to the team which won on penalty kicks against Ecuador. According to Gastón Edul, this is the confirmed Argentina team:

Emiliano Martínez; Montiel, Romero, Lisandro, Tagliafico; De Paul, Enzo, Mac Allister; Messi, Julián Álvarez, Di María

Argentina rumored eleven, Gonzalo Montiel and Enzo Fernández to start

The rumored Argentina eleven includes Gonzalo Montiel and Enzo Fernández starting.

Gonzalo Montiel and Enzo Fernández could both start for Argentina vs. Canada. According to Esteban Edul, Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni could be starting Montiel in place of Nahuel Molina and Enzo Fernández playing behind Alexis Mac Allister. Here is the rumored eleven:

Emiliano Martínez; Montiel, Romero, Lisandro, Tagliafico; De Paul, Enzo, Mac Allister; Messi, Julián Álvarez, Di María

Nicolás Tagliafico and Nicolás González one yellow card away from suspension

Nicolás Tagliafico and Nicolás González are both one yellow card away from suspension.

Tagliafico and Gonzalez are the two Argentine players presently on a yellow card. Argentina will be playing two more matches at the Copa America and a yellow against Canada for either of them will mean that they would miss either the Copa America final or the third place match.

Both players got yellow carded against Ecuador in the quarter final match.

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