After defeating Colombia 1-0 on Monday, Argentina is the reigning Copa América winner once more.
Argentina’s triumph ends a tie with Uruguay for the most Copa América championships ever won, giving them their 16th Copa América final victory.
The two teams entered extra time with no score after an entertaining Copa América final that lasted 90 minutes plus four minutes of stoppage time. After a tiresome 30-minute match, Argentina finally took the lead in the eleventh minute thanks to a goal from Lautaro Martínez, his fifth of the competition.
The game was decided by Martínez’s goal because Colombia was unable to answer in the last few minutes.
Argentina’s win was bittersweet because they had tо play the majоrity оf the game withоut Liоnel Messi, their natiоnal star fоr the past 20 years. Messi was fоrced tо watch the rest оf the game frоm the sidelines after sustaining an injury in the 64th minute.
But Argentina had enough to win what might have been Messi’s final Copa América game even without the superstar.
Following the victory, supporters gave Martínez and Argentina high marks for persevering against fatigue to win the Copa América final for the second time in a row.