Lautaro Martínez scored the goal against Colombia which won Argentina the 2024 Copa America.
Martínez had a performance no Argentina national team fan will ever forget. Being substituted into the 2024 Copa America final against Colombia, Lautaro scored the goal which won Argentina the final.
The Argentine also won the 2024 Copa America Golden Boot for the tournament’s top scorer with five goals.Courtesy of Argentina Comps, here is a video of Lautaro’s performance.
Ángel Di María had a Man of the Match performance in his final match for Argentina in the 2024 Copa America final.
Di María played his final match with the Argentina national team in the 2024 Copa America final against Colombia on Sunday. It puts an end to a truly stellar career where he had won and scored in the 2021 Copa America final, the 2022 Finalissima and the 2022 World Cup final.
With the Argentina national team, in addition to the World Cup trophy, two Copa’s America and the Finalissima, Ángel Di María also won the U20 World Cup and an Olympic gold medal.
Here is a video of Ángel Di María’s final match with the Argentina national team, courtesy of Argentina Comps.
The Argentina Olympic team won a friendly match 5-0 vs. Petrus Flo, a team that is made up of French players that are without a club.
Javier Mascherano’s team are in their final preparations for the Olympic games which begins on July 24 in France. Luciano Gondou scored two goals in the first half with the rest of the goals scored by Lucas Beltrán, Kevin Zenón and Claudio Echeverri. Here was the starting eleven:
Brey; García, Di Cesare, Amione; Soler; Medina, Hezze, Gondou; Zenón, Almada; Beltrán
Argentina have been drawn in Group B with Morocco, Iraq and Ukraine. They will play the first match on July 24 vs. Morocco, their second on July 27 against Iraq and on July 30 against Ukraine.
Olympique Marseille are preparing a bid for Copa America winner Valentín Carboni.
Inter could be selling or loaning out the 19 year old. According to Corriere dello Sport, Olympique Marseille are preparing a first bid for the Argentine and Inter are willing to loan out Carboni unless a €40 million bid arrives.
Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi has Carboni as a target and Marseille have been in negotiations with Inter to try and bring Carboni to the club.
Lionel Messi is out with a ligament injury in his right ankle.
Messi was substituted out in the second half of the 2024 Copa America final for Argentina in their 1-0 win vs. Colombia due to an injury. Inter Miami have confirmed that Messi is out indefinitely with a ligament injury in his right ankle, which he suffered during the match.
