Topic: Copa America 2024 Prediction Thread - page 3. (Read 7257 times)

Messi and Ronaldo should just rest and give opportunity to other young players and they are always in favor of messi and its looking too obvious. Messi will recover from his injury very soon. The fact that its always Messi i don't like it. Lautaro scored the only goal in the game and that's enough for them to win. Sometimes players that you have given up on will be the one to deliver a winning goal somtimes might the person recognize as the bad player. For this he as done he will be recognized wether he his bad player or not.  And Colombia tried their best to but at the end if the day they did not win. They played a challenging game with argentina. Sometimes football just annoying o just did not want argentina to win i wish Messi well, and quick recovery. I saw the expression on Messi face when he was injured.

Look at his foot, it's really a serious injury.



Both teams play really well, Colombia create many chance, but Martinez always able to block it and luckily Lautaro can score a goal on the extra time. Argentina deserve to win, probably in the next 2 years Colombia can become a champion.

However it's really crazy De Paul as the only one midfielder can play for 120 minutes even though he's already 30 years old.

It seems that Messi injury is quite serious, he can no longer endure the pain as his ankle becomes increasingly swollen. Concern was clearly visible on Messi's face after he was withdrawn, he was afraid that his teammates would be mentally down after he was no longer with them, especially since Colombia played very aggressively and had several dangerous attacks. Lautaro Martinez became the hero of Argentina victory after scoring the only goal in this final, he also won the individual trophy as top scorer in the Copa America this time.

Previously, Messi shocked the world of football with his decision to retire from the Argentine national team. He seemed to feel hopeless about the situation that was happening at that time, failure after failure kept coming his way while defending his country. However, Messi took back his decision and returned to defend his country. This decision seemed to be a blessing for him, he has managed to win 2X Copa Americas, 1X World Cup and 1X Finalissima.
Next, Argentina will meet Spain in the next edition of the Finalissima. If Argentina manages to win the trophy, it will extend the series of trophies that Messi has presented to Argentina.

No one knows Lionel Scaloni tactics and strategy in arranging players and placing who will play and be on the bench, indeed what you say is true and can also see that Argentina attack line is still not sharp enough.
There were several weak points that occurred in their efforts to penetrate the Colombian defense and for this match I was really surprised when in two full halves Argentina failed to get single goal, they had several opportunities but they couldn't produce maximum results.
Seeing the game in this final match I concluded that Colombia front line was much more dangerous and continued to apply pressure in every attack, if their game is still like this then in the 2026 World Cup I not sure about Argentina.
But the goal scored for Argentina was also quite good because Martinez was able to find gap and was in completely free position without any Colombian defenders guarding him.

Haha I also experienced it, 1x2 the score was still 0 - 0.

Agree.Bank of America Stadium was lucky for Uruguay national football team. Uruguay  team played excellent in this match and won the match by performing in all sides. Match was decided on penalties and Uruguay won the match by 4-3 score. Match was interesting and thrilling match and nobody felt bore by seeing this match. Everybody is taking about this match and achievement of Uruguay team because that is big success and I expected that Canada wiln win this match but we saw great performance from Uruguay team and now Uruguay  is favorite for this Copa America. The score of both team was equal but Penalties were in the favour of Uruguay team and Uruguay team won the match at the end and Uruguay  team is in full confidence for next match.

As I said in the previous post, this final match has the potential to be goalless in normal time. 90 minutes of running time, neither team scored a goal. Based on data and statistics, Colombia is slightly superior in possession of the ball. Let's assume that Messi is not injured, but it is not certain that Argentina will be able to break into Colombia's goal in 90 minutes. we can see Colombia performing with all their abilities, and how they put quite a lot of resistance and pressure on Argentina in this final match. However, Colombia's steps failed again when they met Argentina. Since losing the previous meeting, Colombia has become an undefeated squad. Unfortunately, Colombia could not beat Argentina in the final match.

On the other hand, Argentina today is a team that has a winning mentality, strong spirit and teamwork. That's why Argentina deserves to lift the Copa America trophy for the second time in a row. By the way, as a football lover and Argentina supporter I am happy with this victory. At the same time, I'm not sure I can see Messi playing at national team level again and the same goes for Di Maria who has decided to stop playing for his country in other championships in the years to come.

I saw Messi crying on the bench after being pulled out due to an ankle injury, he was worried that Argentina would lose without him but luckily in extra time Lautaro Martinez scored the only goal for Argentina's victory as well as winning the Coppa America this is the umpteenth trophy Messi has won he is really lucky.

Suppose Messi will retire in Argentina he will not regret it because he has got an important trophy at the end of his career World Cup and Copa America, and in addition Angel Di Maria has announced he will retire so this is a trophy for the last time, I hope Messi is still strong to face the 2026 World Cup.

Messi was even crying at the bench after he was facing serious injury on his foot. It was a big letdown. I thought Argentina would struggle without him. But, Lautaro Martinez helped Messi win the Copa America trophy. This is also completing his achievement as a football players.
Messi's so happy. His club won the game against Colombia without even needing a penalty. I really appreciate Messi. He was trying to ensure his club won the competition, but he totally failed. Still, Argentina took the trophy.

Colombia was solid, but they were playing the brawl game. There are many hard contact between Argentina and Colombia. I really appreciate Colombia. Their fans were so crazy before the game. It forced CONMEBOL to delay the game for more than an hour.
Lautaro deserved it. He was called a savior for Argentina because his only goal in this game saved his club from the Penalty.

Lautaro Martinez is a good player, I always wonder why there aren't many big teams interested in him, given that he was the top scorer in Serie A last season, he was also the top scorer in the Copa América. He helped Inter a lot to win the title, even in past seasons Lautaro was helping Inter. But even so, Lautaro is not seen as a favorite to win major individual prizes, it's funny that they even look at Messi, Vinicius Jr, Jude Bellingham but they don't look at Lautaro Martinez. I hope that the judges of the grand prizes this time look at Lautaro Martinez, who at the moment is a player who has contributed to the national team and Inter, was the top scorer in the Copa América and the top scorer in Serie A


it is very difficult to understand how the Argentine coach thinks, he puts Lautaro Martinez sitting on the bench, see the ridiculousness of this decision, Messi plays in a league without quality, even so there he is not the best scorer, the Julián Álvarez is also not the best scorer in the premier league and has not been Manchester City's most important option, but even so, the Argentine coach puts Lautaro Martinez, who was the top scorer in series A, on the bench, so it is clear that the Argentina's attack would be weak, Argentina's biggest advantage is in defense.

unfortunately I lost my bet

Almost all fans were excited about the goalless match for a long moment. After 90 minutes of play and no goals scored, the pressure increased in extra time. However, after one ball hit the bar, it went offside, causing further frustration among the fans in 90 munities play. However, that pressure ended on 118 minutes. Argentina returned home with another Copa America victory. The team took four consecutive titles into their own control. Although it looked easy for Argentina but in reality it wasn't as it appeared that is expressed in Di Maria's expression. On the other hand, the development of Columbia football will definitely raise their position in the future.

Messi's injury really made me feel bad, for the love of game it is expected we support and encourage anyone facing difficulty. Nevertheless, it was a great final that produced the winner that deserve it even though the other team are convinced they did their best. Following the media, no one believed that Columbia would be able to hold Argentina to a full time goalless draw. That alone is a big achievement for them despite losing during extra time. Indeed they did very well and I love the way the whole thing ended.

It was a tough game for Argentina, mostly for when Messi got injured and was taken off the pitch, at then I felt much pity for Di Maria as it was his last international career game for Argentina for which I really wanted him to retire on winning the Copa America. Martinez Lautaro coming in at the 96th minutes as a super-sub  given Argentina the winning goal at the extra time dashed away Colombia dream of winning the Copa America. A goal that would definitely douse down a lot of bad saying on the player from his haters from now on.  

It's the 16th Copa America trophy for Argentina.

Argentina deserved the victory, from the onset they played like they were supposed champions with confidence and never once did they flinch plus the additional fact that there striker was very active in front of the goal made everything quite easy as Martinez scored vital goals that pushed them from the group stages to the finals as well. I wonder what this euros and Copa America would have to do interms of the decision of the prestigious award @ballon Dior.

Seeing Colombia's performance so far is very good and quite consistent in winning to reach the final, I previously doubted that Argentina would win that match, but it turns out that what I thought was wrong and in fact Argentina managed to maintain their Copa champion status by beating Colombia in the final match today, even though Argentina won today, but I think the match was actually controlled by Colombia since the first half started, Colombia managed to create several opportunities to score goals, but Martinez's impressive performance in guarding the goal meant that Colombia failed to score and unfortunately even the goal post not did side with columbia in the match, after a Colombian player kick hit the post at the start of the match.

Compared to the Euro final which happened yesterday, in my opinion the Copa America final match between Argentina and Colombia was actually more interesting because it was full of aggression and intensity in their game, even though Argentina was the favorite team, but Colombia managed to make Argentina have to work hard enough to beat Colombia in that match. , in fact I think today's final match will be the most difficult match for Argentina compared to the matches they played before in copa.
 
BTW, what about Messi injury that happened today?
I hope he will be fine and can resume his duties as a striker to help Inter Miami who have to face Toronto in three days.

Sure the final was interesting, he had a swollen ankle I saw that. He also appeared to be crying. But the Messi exit is not a problem for Argentina. Argentina still won and won the Copa America. Maybe he was sad because he couldn't play. It is also possible that this could be the last Copa America for him. But Argentina has learned, without Messi in the 2nd half. Congratulations Messi, you have a complete trophy. The World Cup and the Copa America in addition to the European title and the Spanish League.  

Messi's injury in this match was really unexpected. Messi's injury brought to mind Brazilian striker Neymar Jr. but he also suffered a spinal injury against the same Colombia team. Why do the players of this team hit the opposing team's strikers in a big way?However, Argentina overcame Messi's injury and came away with a hard-fought last-minute win against Colombia. Colombia did everything well in this match as they had 56% of Ball possession while Argentina had just 44%. Even though Colombia passed the ball more than Argentina, they were beaten in extra time in the last stages by Lautaro Martinez's goal.

By winning the 2024 Copa America, Argentina team won the 16th Copa America title and they even became the Copa America champions twice in a row.

Messi's injury was really unfortunate.    His foot swelled after the injury and I hope it isn't very serious. He burst into tears after the incident and it reminded me of Ronaldo in Euro 2024. Both of them are still very ambitious which is very nice to see. These are probably the last years we are watching them live in such big organizations.

Anyways, coming back to Copa America finale congratulations to Argentina. It was never easy though. Colombia looked solid in regular time wasting lots of chances. Lautaro really saved the team by entering the game in extra time. Lo Celso's assist was really lovely though. 

After this Copa America title, Lionel Messi is the biggest winner in the history of world football with 43 achievements, leaving Daniel Alves behind. It really is an incredible feat and it is unlikely that any other player will be able to surpass it in the short or medium term.


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I particularly liked this final a lot, Colombia showed that it has been a very strong team recently, if it maintains this level it will take a lot of work in the 2026 World Cup.

Congratulations to Argentina for winning yet another Copa America trophy after they defeated Colombia in the early hours of today. I was never in doubt that the Argentina national team will win the tournament even after Lionel Messi left the pitch. Lionel Messi without doubt is regarded as one of the best players to have ever graced the beautiful game of football but the truth is that he's not been having a good performance like the Messi we all are familiar with so when he picked up that injury and left, I never doubted Argentina's superior chance of winning the game.
Just when they needed the goal most, Argentina's best player in this tournament Lautaro Martinez was on hand to score the goal that helped his team win the game and utterly the trophy.

  congratulations on your wining,  Colombia was my favourite to win. From group stage they performed very well and gave Argentina a tough match I'm the finals. But the copal American organisers should put more effort,  the beginning of the match crisis was really embarrassing to the competition and to the continent,  people are asking if the can host the 2026 world Cup. But I'm sure they will learn from this mistake. Enjoy your money.