translated from Spanish: Lionel Messi and another hat-trick: best player, goalscorer and champion

Argentina snapped the 28-year streak without being able to be champion and this time, after four consecutive Copa America finals lost and one World Cup, came one of the happiest moments in Lionel Messi’s career when he was finally able to melt into a hug with his teammates on the field of play at the Maracana.Behind all that , a coronation that put him in one of his best tournaments with the albiceleste. Four goals and five assists on the 12 goals scored by the national team made him the best of the tournament without a doubt, as well as being the scorer of the same, in the same amount of goals as Luis Díaz, but with more goal passes.
That, in addition, earned him to become the best player of the whole contest without a doubt, despite the fact that Neymar had a contest and a final very up to the mark. On the other hand, he was left without the chance to put the full because Di María, author of the goal in the final, “stole” the prize for the best of the night at the Maracana.
Individual awards, as messi always marked, are generally set aside and this time it was more noticeable than other times. He handed over the distinctions and stayed with the Copa America in his hands to celebrate with everyone in an unforgettable memory and on an unthinkable stage. 

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