Lionel Messi, Argentina To Face Old Enemy Chile In Copa America
Lionel Messi and Argentina will be able to retaliate for their losses to Chile in the 2015 and 2016 Copa America finals in the wake of being gathered with their old adversaries in the draw for the following year’s competition on Thursday. Ruling Copa America champions Argentina will guard their title in the US the following summer in an extended 16-group competition which highlights 10 South American groups and six qualifiers from the CONCACAF area. Argentina, victors of last year’s Reality Cup, will start off the competition on June 20 in Atlanta against one or the other Canada or Trinidad and Tobago, who meet in a season finisher one year from now to decide one of two leftover CONCACAF openings.
The Argentines will then confront Chile in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on June 25 in a rehash of the 2016 Copa America Centenario last held at a similar scene.
Argentina, beaten by Chile in Santiago on punishments a year sooner in 2015, likewise lost the 2016 last on spot-kicks, with Messi bursting his punishment over the bar.
The Argentine skipper later reported a shortlived retirement from worldwide football after the loss, prior to switching the move and proceeding with his profession.
The title holders will envelop up their Gathering A mission by recognizable region for Entomb Miami’ Messi, confronting Peru in Miami on June 29 in their last first-round game.
Somewhere else, Mexico were attracted a Gathering B close by Ecuador, Venezuela and Jamaica, while the US face Uruguay, Panama and Bolivia in Gathering C.
Five-time title holders Brazil, beaten in the 2021 last on home soil by Argentina at the Maracana Arena in Rio de Janeiro, have a possibly precarious gathering containing Colombia, Paraguay and either Costa Rica or Honduras.
The following year’s Copa America is being viewed as a successful trial for the 2026 World Cup occurring in the US, Canada and Mexico.
CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez said at Thursday’s draw that the competition would be a “Copa America of the World.”
“The title holder group (Argentina), the main five-time title holder group (Brazil), the principal best on the planet group (Uruguay) will partake, alongside the best players on the planet, who are Latin Americans,” Dominguez said.
Brazil open their mission at the SoFi Arena in Inglewood, the modern home of the Los Angeles Rams NFL group, against either Costa Rica or Honduras on June 24.
They face Paraguay in Las Vegas on June 28 preceding closing their gathering play against Colombia at Levi’s Arena in St Nick Clara, home of the San Francisco 49ers.
A sum of 14 arenas will be utilized for the competition, the majority of them enormous limit settings that have a place with NFL groups.
On the off chance that Argentina win Gathering A, they will confront the sprinter up of from Gathering B in the quarter-finals on July 4 at Houston’s NRG Arena – – where they crushed the US in the semi-last in 2016.
The Arlington, Texas home of the Dallas Ranchers will have another quarter-last on July 5, with Las Vegas’ Allegiant Arena and the State Ranch Arena in Glendale, Arizona, balancing the last eight settings.
The semi-finals will happen at East Rutherford on July 9, and in Charlotte on July 10, with the last occurring at Miami on July 14.
