Argentina: Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Lisandro Martínez, Nicolás Tagliafico; Ángel Di María, Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister; Lionel Messi and Lautaro Martínez or Julián Álvarez. DT: Lionel Scaloni.
Canada: Maxime Crepeau; Alistair Johnston, Moise Bombito, Derek Cornelius, Alphonso Davies; Tajon Buchanan, Stephen Eustáquio, Ismael Koné, Liam Millar; Jonathan David, Cyle Larin. DT: Jesse Marsch.
Canada’s bona fide roster for Copa América 2024:
Archers: Maxime Crépeau (Portland Timbers), Thomas McGill (Brighton & Hove Albion), Dayne St. Clair (Minnesota United FC).
Defenders: Moïse Bombito (Colorado Rapids), Derek Cornelius (Malmö FF), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Luc de Fougerolles (Fulham), Kyle Hiebert (St. Louis CITY SC), Alistair Johnston (Celtic), Richie Laryea (Toronto FC) , Kamal Miller (Portland Timbers).
Midfielders: Ali Ahmed (Vancouver Whitecaps FC), Mathieu Choinière (CF Montréal), Stephen Eustáquio (FC Porto), Ismaël Koné (Watford), Jonathan Osorio (Toronto FC), Samuel Piette (CF Montreal).
Fronts: Theo Bair (Motherwell), Tajon Buchanan (Inter Milan), Jonathan David (LOSC Lille), Junior Hoilett (Aberdeen FC), Cyle Larin (Mallorca), Liam Millar (Basel), Tani Oluwaseyi (Minnesota United FC), Jacen- Russell Rowe (Columbus Crew), Jacob Shaffelburg (Nashville SC).
The Reds, for their part, are still trying to assimilate the game idea of their new coach, the American Jesse Marsch. On the tour prior to the start of the Copa América they were beaten by the Netherlands and drew goalless against France.
Argentina’s good faith list for the 2024 Copa América:
Archers: Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Gerónimo Rulli (Ajax), Franco Armani (River Plate).
Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Nottingham), Germán Pezzella (Betis), Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon), Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United), Nahuel Molina Lucero (Atlético Madrid ), Marcos Acuña (Seville).
Midfielders: Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid), Leandro Paredes (Roma), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Enzo Fernández (Chelsea), Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham), Guido Rodríguez (Betis), Valentín Carboni (Monza).
Fronts: Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Nicolás González (Fiorentina), Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United), Ángel Di María (Benfica), Julián Álvarez (Manchester City), Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan).
The Albiceleste arrives at a great moment at the beginning of this competition. The current champion of America and winner of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar leads the South American Qualifiers and has accumulated five victories in a row, highlighting the victory against Brazil as a visitor. Furthermore, he scored more than three goals in three of his last five games.
The Albiceleste and the Reds will face each other this Thursday, June 20, from 9 p.m., at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The main referee will be the Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela, while his assistants will be his compatriots Jorge Urrego and Lubin Torrealba. The person in charge of the VAR will be the Uruguayan Leodán González and the person in charge of the AVAR will be Richard Trinidad.
Welcome to the minute by minute of the match between Argentina and Canada, corresponding to date 1 of Group A of the Copa América 2024.
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