translated from Spanish: Argentina is crowned champion of the Copa America after defeating Brazil at the Maracana

Argentina had to wait 28 years to win a title again at the adult level. The last time had been in 1993 in the Copa America in Ecuador with a win over Mexico thanks to a double by Gabriel Batistuta.The match began with a high dose of friction. A lot of strong leg in the middle area, trying to cut aspera way the circuits of both the ‘verdeamarelha’ and the ‘albiceleste’. When the duel did not have great chances in the porticoes, a thick waste of the local lag ended with the only goal of the definition in the enclosure of Rio de Janeiro. It was the 21st minute.Rodrigo de Paul’s long pass from left to right, bad closing of the full-back Renan Lodi and Angel Di Maria overcame Ederson’s bilge in the area with a subtle ‘hat trick’. The complement improved in terms of dynamics and showing a brazil protagonist, forced to go for a goal that would allow him to at least force the lengthening. At 52′, Richarlison received with advantage on the right, threw the center back, the Argentine defense rejected halfway and the english player eel Everton himself converted on the rebound. However, the goal was nullified by Richarlison’s forward position at the start of the play on the right. Tite’s side stepped up their attacks on the right and Richarlison had the equaliser at 54′ with a powerful right cross in the area that found the good reaction of goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez.La squad led by Lionel Scaloni came little and nothing in the second 45′, but Messi on the end had the second. In a swift against the ‘albicelestes’, Rodrigo De Paul gets a great pass filtered to the ‘Flea’, which at 88′ and in front of the goalkeeper slipped at the worst time. Fifteenth continental consecration of Argentina, which thus equals Uruguay as the winningest countries of the competition that began in 1916.

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