The story of Lionel Andrés Messi with the Argentine national team is a story of sacrifice, suffering, perseverance, resilience and finally sporting success. The captain of the albiceleste spent moments of great sadness with his country, being criticized by the fans, but after a long time he was able to overcome it and was finally crowned champion in Brazil, no less than in the Maracaná, in the 2021 edition. Then would come the Finalissima and the Qatar World Cup 2022.
The America Cup 2024, which is held in the United States, has already begun, so it is a good time to review what important records the best player on the planet can achieve in this competition, with data from El Grafico. Come on.
With his debut against Canada, he became the player with the most appearances in the history of the tournament with 35 appearances, one more than Chilean goalkeeper Sergio Livingstone. There is no player called up for another team that can come close to him.
With 13 goals he is four away from equaling the Argentine Norberto “Tucho” Méndez and the Brazilian Zizinho, who have 17. Will he arrive?
He scored a hat trick against Panama in the 2016 edition and if he achieves another in the United States he will equal the Chilean David Arellano, who was the first in 1926. Then Pedro Petrone of Uruguay (1924 and 1927), Severino Varela of Uruguay joined (1939 and 1942), Teodoro Fernández of Peru (1939 and 1941), Herminio Masantonio of Argentina (1935 and 1942), Sylvio Pirillo of Brazil (both 1942), the Brazilian Ademir (1945 and 1949), Javier Ambrois of Uruguay (1957 ), José Sanfilippo from Argentina (1959) and Paolo Guerrero from Peru (2011 and 2015). The Peruvian forward can become the first to do it three times, since he is called up.
Leo comfortably dominates this area with 17 goal passes. In the last Copa América 2021 he added five assists, and now he is going for more.
Since it was implemented in 1987, Leo has already won it in 2015 and 2021. In addition, he would achieve it in consecutive editions for the first time.
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