The captain of the Argentine national team, Lionel
Messi, won this Saturday his first title of Cup
America in a final dreamed of Brazil thanks to the 1-0 sentenced by Angel
Gave
Mary and incidentally he established himself with four goals as the top gunner of the competition alongside the Colombian Lewis
Diaz.
As if that were not enough in its superb balance in the 47th edition of the Cup
America, Messi was the leader in assists, with five, after having played every minute of the seven games that each finalist team must face.
Messi He is the Argentine player who most shined in the Cup
America And now the world debate is whether this campaign is the best of the 34-year-old striker with the Albiceleste.
Close to matching Pelé
If he had scored today at the Maracaná stadium, the Albiceleste captain would have established another historical novelty: to stand next to Pele as the top scorer in South American teams, with 77 goals.
He did not rest for a minute
Messi He started in all the group stage matches and did not rest for a minute despite the fact that Albiceleste qualified a day in advance.
On the first day, before chili, scored his team's only goal from a free kick, which he tied 1-1. In the second, before Uruguay, attended to Guido
Rodriguez, who scored 1-0 with which Argentina beat the Light blue.
In the 1-0 win over Paraguay, participated in the goal scored by Papuan
Gomez by commanding the counterattack and passing the ball to Angel
Gave
Mary, today's scoring hero, who then attended the Papuan.
With the classification assured, the coach Lionel
Scaloni put an alternate team to face Bolivia on the last day. However, Messi He started and played every minute in the 1-4 win.
In that match he attended Gomez At 1-0, he scored a penalty at 2-0, scored 3-0 and participated in the play that ended in the fourth Argentine goal scored by Lautaro
Martinez.
Goal and two assists in the quarterfinals
In the quarterfinals he served Rodrigo
from
Paul for 1-0, to Lautaro
Martinez at 2-0 and scored the 3-0 free throw. In the semifinals he again attended Lautaro
Martinez at 1-0 and then converted when he had to kick in the penalty shootout.
In total, he scored two goals from a free kick, one from a penalty and one by stinging the ball over the goalkeeper. He also gave five assists, participated in the two remaining goals and did not miss on penalties.