The first minutes of the America Cup they reached Lionel Messi to achieve a new record in his career. The Argentine captain became before Canada in it player with the most games played in the history of the competition.
At the start of the opening match, The Rosario player reached 35 games in the continental tournament, leaving second place Chilean goalkeeper Sergio Livingstone.
Messi, who also became the first Argentine player to play seven consecutive editions of the Copa Américaplayed six games in Venezuela 2007, four in Argentina 2011, six in Chile 2015, five in the United States 2016, six in Brazil 2019 and seven in Brazil 2021.
During his participation in this contest, Messi scored 13 goals and distributed 17 assists (He also holds the record in this statistic).
The other records that Messi could break
If he wins Golden Ball for best player of the tournament, Messi will also become the first to keep it in two consecutive editions and in doing so three times throughout his career (he already obtained it in 2015 and 2021).
Another record that is more complicated, but not impossible, is that of top scorer in the history of the Copa América. Messi, who has 13 goals, he is only four behind the leadersNorberto Méndez (Argentine from the 40s) and the Brazilian Zizinho.
The last achievement you could obtain is most hat-tricks. He has only one (against Panama in 2016) and if he gets another he will join a list made up of 10 different players.
#Argentina
