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25 Jul

Messi is angry after seeing Argentina’s loss

Banasree SarkarSportsArgentina

There is still a day to go before the main stage of the Paris Olympics. Before that, the Olympic games started on Wednesday with a football match. The first match pitted Morocco against newly crowned Copa Argentina. However, this match has written the name as the 'strange football match' in the world. Messi's team had to lose the match after a draw. Argentina was behind 0-2 goals until about 70 minutes of the match. However, Giuliano Simeone scored a goal for them at that time. Morocco were expected to make history by winning the match 2-1, but the game ended…

Copa America Final Argentina beat Brazil 1-0: Di Maria goal gives Messi & Argentina first Copa America title since 1993

editor0 CommentsInternational, SportsArgentina, Brazil, SPORTS

Two long droughts ended on Saturday at the Copa America final: Argentina won its first major title since 1993 after a 1-0 win against Brazil. And Lionel Messi finally lifted his first major trophy for the national team, filling in one of the biggest gaps in his decorated career. Argentina's winning goal at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro came in the 22nd minute after Rodrigo de Paul made a long pass to Ángel di Maria. The 33-year-old veteran striker counted on some sloppy defending from left-back Renan Lodi to take control and lob it past goalkeeper Ederson. When…

Copa America: Lionel Messi’s mission, friend Neymar in the way

editor0 CommentsSportsArgentina, Brazil, Copa America

The last few weeks have been all about the European Championship — the glitter of stardom, glaze of goals and the happy noise of packed stadiums creating an atmosphere of hope in this morbid times of the coronavirus. The Copa America, which is being played simultaneously in another part of the world, lost out badly in terms of attention, with few being interested in it. But all that will change early on Sunday morning (India time), when hosts Brazil take on Argentina in Rio de Janeiro in the Copa America final. There is perhaps no bigger match, no bigger rivalry…