The defending champions will have a rematch at the site of an infamous defeat while the hosts should make the knockouts
The buildup can now truly begin as the draw for the 2024 Copa America is now complete. We now which teams are matched up, know when and where they’ll play and know what the pathways to a final could look like and, more importantly, who teams will need to go through to get their hands on that famous trophy.
For now, that trophy still belongs to Argentina, the winners of the most recent edition of this tournament. it was a famous win for Lionel Messi and co., one that set the stage for their World Cup triumph just one year later.
This time around, though, La Albiceleste will get the chance to face the team that kept this trophy out of their hands for so long: Chile. It’s not unusual for the Copa America to give us fantastic grudge matches, but this one will be all the more personal as the two will face off at the same venue where Messi experienced one of the worst nights of his illustrious career.
As for the hosts, the U.S. men’s national team, they’ll be feeling relatively okay. A path to the knockouts is there, even if that path includes Darwin Nunez and Uruguay as one final roadblock.
Below, GOAL runs through the winners and losers from Thursday’s draw in Miami…
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Publish date : 2023-12-08 03:00:00
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