A Run Down of Lionel Messi's First Match in the Tournament's First Game Against Canada

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-The Argentine played his 35th match in the world's oldest national team tournament. -He is playing in his seventh edition. Lionel Messi became the player with the most appearances (35) in the history of the CONMEBOL Copa América™ this Thursday . At 36 years old and at his seventh edition of the world's oldest national team tournament, the player from Rosario had a great match against Canada.

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The number 10 had 6 shots (more than any other player in the match), four of them inside the box and three on target. He also completed 9 touches in the box and created two goal-scoring chances.

Messi had two ball recoveries in the final third of the field and won possession 3 times against Canada.

Regarding the world champion's passing matrix, Rodrigo de Paul (7) and MacAllister (6) were at the top. Further back, he connected four times with Lo Celso, Paredes, and Acuña (4).

Messi also had an assist in Lautaro Martinez' goal against Canada.

Another statistic that had Messi as the best in the match was passes in the final third: the number 10 completed 27 out of the 132 achieved by Argentina. Di María and De Paul followed with 18 each.

CONMEBOL.com/OPTA

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A Run Down of Lionel Messi’s First Match in the Tournament’s First Game Against Canada

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