It’s time for this year’s grand finale Copa America!
The two finalists, Argentina and Colombiagoing up against its 65,000 capacity ‘Hard Rock Stadium’ Miamiwanting to complete their impressive run in the competition in the most ideal way and climb to the top of Latin American football!
On the one hand, Argentina is looking for back-to-back trophy wins, a year and a half after her historic triumph in Qatar, where she was crowned World Champion! To reach the grand final, the “albiceleste” came first, with three wins and without conceding a single goal in the group with Canada, Chile and Peru, while in the quarter-finals it needed the penalty shootout to overcome the obstacle of Ecuador ( 1-1 regular time), before beating Canada 2-0 in the semifinals.
Tonight she wants to win the Copa America for the 16th time in her history and will play in the final of the competition for the 30th time, with her coach, Lionel Scaloninot to worry about absences and not be expected to make changes to his lineup.
On the other hand, Colombia reaching the Copa America final for only the third time in its history, claiming its second title. Having tasted the bitterness of defeat since February 2022, the “cafeteros” have built an impressive 28-match unbeaten streak in the official and friendly games they have played since then and are coming… including tonight’s final. In the group stage they finished first with 2 wins and 1 draw, leaving behind Brazil, Costa Rica and Paraguay, while in the knockouts they demolished Panama 5-0 and prevailed against Uruguay 1-0, despite playing with less than 32′, due to suspension.
With its leader, James Rodriguez, being in excellent condition, Colombia comes to tonight’s match with their psychology high, wanting to make a surprise by winning the coveted trophy. On the competitive side, Daniel Muniot is suspended after seeing a red card in the semi-final against Uruguay.
Possible lineups:
Argentina (Scaloni, 4-4-2): E. Martinez – Molina, Romero, L. Martinez, Tagliafico – Di Maria, De Paul, Fernandes, McAllister – Messi, Alvarez
Colombia (Lorenzo, 4-2-3-1): Vargas – Arias, Sanchez, Cuesta, Mojica – Rios, Lerma – X. Arias, Hames, Dias – Cordoba
Source: Sport Fm
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