Messi's assist for Argentina's victory against Canada at the start of the Copa América (2-0)

Argentina began the night of this Thursday, morning of the Friday in Spain, the defence of his title in the Glass America. The team albiceleste, that once again had to Leo Messi like his big leader, confronted in the city of Atlanta, United States, to the combined of Canada. The duel represented the start of a tournament that will develop until the next 14 July, to the equal that the Eurocopa, with 16 teams, 10 of Conmebol, and other six of Concacaf, including to the Canadian team, as well as the venue United States and of Mexico, a combined that has been invited many times to the Glass.

The debut for Argentina, in what it went the only party of this first day of action, finished being much more complicated of what any one could have foreseen. Further of the presence of Alphonso Davies like left side and captain of Canada, the North American group did not seem to represent a big problem for the albiceleste, but yes that it was it, especially in the closing of the first-half.

Argentina found with a very hard rival in his debut

The party initiated with very little pause in the midfield of both teams, but with Argentina having occasions to annotate, with the clearest for Ángel Gave María. The left-handed footballer stole the balloon in his own field and finished arriving to the rival area, but in the definition finally the ex of the Real Madrid and PSG could not with the Canadian goalkeeper.

Messi also was near with a shot from the left band, but finally signalled out of place, a constant in all the first time for the Argentinian forwards. Canada, by his part, generated a pair of dangerous shots when it played the equator of the first-half and from there seemed to think that could hurt him to an Argentinian that could not detain the contras Canadian.

Before the end of the first time, Canada was about to to open the marker after a desborde by the right band in which Eustáquio finished of head a big centre, but Emiliano 'Dibu' Martínez did a big cut across. The balloon later remained him to the captain Alphonso Davies, the one who finished of volley with his right leg, but the balloon left very diverted.

The goals arrived in the second half of the party

The second half began still without goals in the marker, but Julián Álvarez took very little in annotating the first goal of the party, and of all the Glass America 2024. On the minute 49, Alexis Mac Allister received the balloon inside the area girl after a pass of Messi, but the Canadian goalkeeper demolished it, an action that Álvarez took advantage of to take the rebound and send the balloon to the interior of the Canadian goal, almost without adversity.

The goal relaxed a bit to the team of Lionel Scaloni and Canada, as in the second time, understood that it could hurt if it was able to complete some attack. They arrived the changes and the Canadian group grew a bit more, having even the possibility to find with a penalti to his favour, although the VAR finished reviewing the played and dictaminando that the infringement had been out of the area. In the meantime, Messi and Lautaro Martínez, that ingresó by Julián, failed three -two of the '10'- very clear opportunities in front of the Canadian goalkeeper, but to the 88' would have his revancha.

Leo would find of big way to the captain of the Inter of Milan with a pass filtered so that the forward now yes could define of correct way. Lautaro left to run the balloon and finished sending the balloon to the North American goal with a soft finish crusader that finished happening between the legs of the goalkeeper of Canada. 2-0 final in Atlanta and first three points for an Argentinian that will complete the phase of groups confronting to Chile and to Peru the next week.