Lionel Messi prepares to lead Argentina to the two-time Copa América championship after the final they won against Brazil in 2021. Although, the oobjective is placed on the collective desire to defend the titlethe truth is La Pulga could reach personal bests in the contest.
He The first record it will reach will be this Thursday and it is that, with its debut against Canada will become the player with the most appearances in the history of the tournament with 35 appearances, one more than the Chilean goalkeeper Sergio Livingstone.
On the other hand, it will be first Argentine soccer player to compete in seven editions of the competition: Venezuela 2007, Argentina 2011, Chile 2015, United States 2016, Brazil 2019 and 2021 and United States 2024.
With this brand you will surpass Americo Tesoriere (1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925) and will be one away from the Uruguayan’s absolute record Roman Angel (2 in 1916, 3 in 1917, 3 in 1919, 3 in 1920, 3 in 1921, 4 in 1922, 3 in 1924, 2 in 1926) and the Ecuadorian Alex Aguinaga (1 in 1987, 4 in 1989, 4 in 1991, 6 in 1993, 3 in 1995, 3 in 1999, 2 in 2001 and 2 in 2004).
Furthermore, the Rosario star could be the top scorer in the history of the Copa América. With 13 points He is four away from matching the Argentine Norberto Mendez and the Brazilian Zizinho.
With the Argentina shirt, the ten could take over an epic mark, keep the most of matches with a goal in the Copa América. The record is in owned by Norberto Méndez, Gabriel Batistuta and Leo himself with ten different matches.
La Pulga premiered as scorer in the competition in 2007 against Peru and Mexico. In 2015 saw the goal only against Paraguaywhile Venezuela and the United States were his scoring conquests in 2016. In 2019 repeated against Paraguay and in 2021 he lifted the trophy and converted with Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador.
The man from Rosario could join the select group of players who scored a repoker. Throughout history only cfour footballers scored five goals in the same match. The first was the Uruguayan Hector Scarone in 1926.
The feat was repeated by the Argentine Juan Marvezy in 1961 against Ecuador. A year later, teams were repeated when Jose Manuel Moreno He was one of the figures in Argentina’s 12-0 victory against Ecuador. Finally, the last to join the list was the Brazilian Evaristo in the 9-0 against Colombia in the 1957 edition.
Furthermore, Leo could equal the record for most editions with a goal: noted in five of the six editions that disputed just fthere in Argentina 2011. In case of converting catch up with Brazilian Zizinho, who scored in six. The same registry will search the Peruvian Paolo Guerrero.
If Messi scores a hat-trick he could be one of the players with the most achievements in the history of the Copa América. Leo scored a hat trick against Panama in the 2016 edition and if it achieves another one in the United States it will equal the Chilean David Arellano (1926), Pedro Petrone of Uruguay (1924 and 1927), Severino Varela of Uruguay (1939 and 1942), Teodoro Fernandez from Peru (1939 and 1941), Herminio Masantonio from Argentina (1935 and 1942), the Brazilian Ademir (1945 and 1949), Javier Ambrois of Uruguay (1957), Jose Sanfilippo from Argentina (1959) and Paolo Guerrero from Peru (2011 and 2015). The Inca forward can become the first to do it three times.
It could also increase your brand as a major competitor supporter.which Leo comfortably dominates this area with 17 assists.
Regarding penalties, he could also stand out for being the player with the most penalties scored in definitions. CurrentlyHe is tied with the Colombian Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, both with 4 goals. With three they appear Charles Aránguiz (Chile), Roberto Carlos (Brazil)Alberto Acosta (Argentina), James Rodríguez, Alexis Mendoza and Faustino Asprilla (Colombia), all with 3.
Finally, he would become the first player to win the player of the competition three times. Since it was established in 1987, Leo already won it in 2015 and in 2021. Furthermore, it would achieve for the first time achieving it in consecutive editions.
With information from The Graphic
