Argentina In The Copa America Final With Messi’s Goal Argentina entered the Copa America final by defeating Canada 2-0 on Wednesday with Lionel Messi’s goal. Now there will be an opportunity to defend the title in front of the defending champion. In the final, he will face either Colombia or Uruguay.
World champion Argentina opened the scoring in the 23rd minute of the first half by Julian Alvarez. Then captain Messi added the second goal in the 51st minute. This is Messi’s first goal in this competition.
With this, Messi has risen to second place in the list of the most goals scored in international football. This is his 199th goal for Argentina. He has surpassed Iran’s Ali Dai. Dai has scored 180 goals. Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo is at the top with 130 goals.