Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 to win Copa America Reuters

Rio de Janeiro (Reuters)-Argentina won their first Grand Slam championship in 28 years on Saturday, when Angel Di Maria’s goal allowed them to beat Brazil 1-0 and set the 15th The record of the America’s Cup.

Di Maria made his second start in the Copa America. He opened the scoring midway through the first half, proving that his choice was reasonable.

Renan Lodi failed to cut Rodrigo DePaul’s long pass, and Di Maria calmly lobbed Edson who was trapped.

The Brazilian team applied pressure in an exciting second half, but even with five forwards on the field, they could not equalize the score in the excellent Argentine defense team protected by Rodrigo de Paulo.

Argentina’s victory was a special victory for Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. He won his first championship in a blue and white jersey after more than a decade of club and personal honors.

Messi completed the championship with four goals as the joint top coal player and selected Neymar’s joint best player. But he was quiet from start to finish, and uncharacteristically missed the perfect opportunity to end the game with two minutes left.

When the final whistle sounded, the Argentine TV station announced “Argentina champion, Messi champion!”

This victory is the 15th time that Argentina has won the America’s Cup, which means that they are tied with Uruguay for the leading championship in history.

Their victory extended their undefeated record under Lionel Scaloni to 20 games and allowed Brazil to play for the first time since losing to Belgium in the 2018 World Cup quarter-finals Lost in the middle.