Copa America 2021: The Tuesday recap

• by Mike Woitalla  @MikeWoitalla, Jul 7, 2021

Highlights

Tuesday, July 6
Argentina 1 Colombia 1 (Argentina wins, 3-2, on penalties). (Goal: Martínez 7; Díaz 61)

Argentina, thanks to its semifinal win over Colombia, has a chance on Saturday, when it faces host Brazil for the Copa America crown, to win its first major title since 1993.

Lionel Messi assisted on Lautaro Martínez's 7th minute goal and converted Argentina's first shot of the shootout.

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6. Messi has played in six finals with Argentina, winning only at the youth level: the 2005 U-20 World Cup and 2008 Olympics, a U-23 tournament (with three overage players per team).

Lionel Messi: Argentina finals
2005 U-20 World Cup: Argentina 2 Nigeria 1
2007 Copa America: Brazil 3 Argentina 0
2008 Olympics: Argentina 1 Nigeria 0
2014 World Cup: Germany 1 Argentina 0 (OT)
2015 Copa America: Chile 0 Argentina 0 (PKs, 4-1)
2016 Copa America Centenario: Chile 0 Argentina 0 (PKs, 4-2)

• The 34-year-old Messi has four goals and five assists in six games at this Copa America. Brazil's Neymar, 29, has two goals and three assists.

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3. Neymar has played in three finals for Brazil, and he scored in both wins. Neymar was injured when Brazil won the 2019 Copa America.

Neymar: Brazil finals
2012 Olympics Mexico 3 Brazil 1
2013 Confederations Cup: Brazil 3 Spain 0
2016 Olympics: Brazil 1 Germany 1 (PKs, 5-4)

Schedule
Third-place game
Friday, July 9
8 pm ET Colombia-Peru, FS2, UniMas, TUDN
Final
Saturday, July 10
8 pm ET Brazil-Argentina, FS1, Univision, TUDN