- The Group Stage of the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™ begins with the current champion facing a debutant.
- The Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the city of Atlanta will host the opening match on June 20 at 8:00 p.m. (GMT-4).
This Thursday, June 20, the 48th edition of the oldest national team tournament in the world begins, the CONMEBOL Copa América™, which this time will be played in the United States with the participation of 16 national teams, ten belonging to CONMEBOL and six others. belonging to Concacaf as guests.
Argentina, the current champion team of the continental tournament and the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, will open Group A facing the Canadian team, which will compete in the competition for the first time after qualifying through the Concacaf Nations League . They will kick off the tournament on June 20 at 8:00 p.m. (GMT-4), at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in the city of Atlanta.
Both teams make up Group A along with Chile and Peru, who will have their debut in the Group Stage when they face each other next Friday, June 21, at the AT&T Stadium in the city of Arlington at 7:00 p.m. (GMT-5 ).
Before the match, the opening ceremony of the CONMEBOL Copa América USA 2024™ will be held, with the stellar participation of Feid, a prominent Colombian artist, and a show that will be memorable.
– Thursday, June 20:
In Atlanta, GA: Argentina vs. Canada (Group A)
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Hour: 20:00h (Local time – GMT-4) – 21:00h (Argentina time – GMT-3)
Referee: Jesus Valenzuela (VEN)
VAR: Leodán González (ARG)
Find out the complete designation of referees: Here
Background:
- The Argentine Lionel Messi is one match away from becoming the player with the most appearances in the history of the CONMEBOL Copa América™, surpassing the mark of 34 matches that Sergio Livingstone, of Chile, had established in 1953.
- Argentina and Canada only faced each other once in history: a friendly prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup played in Buenos Aires, the Albiceleste won 5-0, with goals from Maximiliano Rodríguez -2-, Ángel Di María, Carlos Tevez and Sergio Agüero.
- Argentina won its last six meetings (five of them without conceding goals) against Concacaf teams in the CONMEBOL Copa América™. Their last loss was in July 2004, when Mexico won 1-0 in the group stage.
- Canada will be the eighth Concacaf team to compete in the CONMEBOL Copa América™, after Costa Rica, the United States, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama.
- Adding up the last three editions of the CONMEBOL Copa América™ (2016, 2019 and 2021), no player has had more direct goal interventions in the competition than Lionel Messi (20, 10 goals + 10 assists).
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