The 2024 Copa America will be held in the United States.
Argentina will be defending their Copa America crown in the United States next year. It will be 10 teams from CONMEBOL and six teams from CONCACAF with four groups of four teams.
The six CONCACAF teams will qualify for the 2024 Copa America through the 2023-2024 CONCACAF Nations League. An official announcement was released by CONMEBOL on Friday with an agreement also being reached regarding the women’s tournaments.
Lionel Messi was named as the Guardian’s top player of 2022 with 10 more Argentine players included in the list.
Lionel Messi was chosen as the number one football player of the year and is the only Argentine in the top ten. All eleven players in the top 100 won the World Cup with the Argentina national team.
Emiliano Martínez, who won the golden glove as the best goalkeeper at the World Cup comes in at 20 with the Best Young Player of that World Cup, Enzo Fernández, coming in at number 22 in the list.
Julián Álvarez, who had a breakthrough World Cup is at number 32 with the ultimate big game player Ángel Di María at number 38. Alexis Mac Allister, who was part of that midfield is at 47, just ahead of the engine that is Rodrigo De Paul who is at 48.
Lautaro Martínez is at 70 with Cristian Romero at 72. Lisandro Martínez is at 81 and the veteran Nicolás Otamendi is at 100 on that list. Here are the Argentine players in the top 100:
The Argentina U20 team secured a 1-0 win vs. Peru to stay alive at the Sudamericano.
Javier Mascherano’s team can still make the next round of the Sudamericano in their hopes to qualify for the 2023 World Cup. After losing their opening two matches against Paraguay and Brazil, it was a goal by Gino Infantino which gave Argentina the win and a lifeline in the tournament.
Mascherano made nine changes from the previous team which lost 3-1 vs. Brazil and it got him the win. It was a cross into the penalty area off a free kick and a header back to the captain Infantino who scored a header from close range.
The team kept a clean sheet as the goalkeeper Herrera came in for Gomes Gerth and Nico Paz was back in the eleven. Peru did not create too many chances throughout the match as Argentina had most of the ball.
Argentina are now on three points in the group and have one last match in the group and that is against the hosts Colombia. A win for Argentina will see them into the next round of the Sudamericano while a draw or a loss will have them eliminated. Here are the current standings:
Brazil, 3 matches: 7 points
Paraguay, 3 matches: 7 points
Colombia, 3 matches: 5 points
Argentina, 3 matches: 3 points
Peru, 4 matches: 0 points
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Chimy Ávila scored for Osasuina in their 2-1 win vs. Sevilla in the Copa del Rey.
Ávila got the first goal of the match for Osasuna in their quarter final win. It was a cross into the penalty area and the ball would fall to the Argentine who who spin his marker and shoot in between the defender’s legs and score to give Osasuna the 1-0 lead.
Sevilla would draw level as the match went to extra time but it was Osasuna getting the win. For Sevilla, World Cup winners Marcos Acuña and Gonzalo Montiel would get the start, as did Lucas Ocampos who recently returned to the club.
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Javier Mascherano has made several changes to the team for the Sudamericano match vs. Peru.
Mascherano has dropped Federico Gomes Gerth to the bench, the goalkeeper had started Argentina’s first two matches. In comes Herrera while Di Lollo, who gave away two penalty kicks in the two matches, is also on the bench.
Maximo Perrone of Manchester City also starts the match on the bench while Nico Paz is back in the eleven. Agustín Giay is out injured and doesn’t start. Here is the eleven:
Herrera; Ciccioli, Aguilar, Marco, Aude; Encinas, Infantino, Paz; Vallejo, Veliz, Aguirre
Javier Mascherano names his XI vs. Peru in a match they have to win at the Sudamericano. Several changes, including the goalkeeper. Nico Paz back in the line-up. pic.twitter.com/EP0JuKSaot
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) January 25, 2023
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