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© Reuters. Football Football – Copa America 2021 – Final – Brazil – Argentina – Estadio Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – July 10, 2021 Argentine Angel Di Maria REUTERS / Amanda Perobelli
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Argentina won for the first time in 28 years on Saturday with a 1-0 goal from Angel Di Maria against Brazil and tied the record for the 15th America’s Cup.
Di Maria started the Copa for the second time and when he opened in the middle of the first half he justified the selection.
Renan Lodi didn’t cut a long ball from Rodrigo De Paul and attacked Ederson, who was caught by Di Maria.
Brazil accumulated pressure in an exciting second half, but even five strikers on the field were unable to equalize against the Argentine defense backed by the excellent Rodrigo De Paul.
Argentina’s win was a special victory for Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, who received his first title in a blue and white shirt for more than a decade after club and individual honors.
Messi finished with four goals as the tournament’s top scorer and was chosen as the best player along with Neymar. But he was silent and with two minutes left he missed the golden opportunity to end the match.
When the last whistle was blown, Argentine television shouted “Argentine champion, champion Lionel Messi!”
The victory was the 15th victory of the Copa América in Argentina and thus, they achieve equality as the leader of all times who have been victorious with Uruguay.
The winning streak of unbeaten matches was extended to 20 under the command of Lionel Scaloni and Brazil suffered its first competitive defeat since losing to Belgium in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup.
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