Argentina will face Ecuador in the quarter-finals of Copa America. Two teams will face each other in the semi-finals on Sunday at 7 am Bangladesh time. Three days ago, coach Lionel Scolani made his final eleventh player. The last two matches in the XI under the leadership of Lionel Messi have brought several changes from the Teams.
Catch sight of the Argentina players who are playing against Ecuador. Leonel Messi, Amy Martinez, Nahuel Molina, Cristiano Romero / German Pazzella, Nicolas Otamendi, Marcos Aquinia / Nicolas Taliafico, Rodrigo de Paul, Leandro Pardes / Guido Rodriguez, Lo Chelsea, Argentina reached the quarter-finals of Copa America after losing to Paraguay. However, their victory did not come easily at all. Because Paraguay has given the gift of hard fighting throughout the whole match.
June 21, 2021 (Tuesday) Brasilia beat Argentina 1-0 in a Group A match at the Garrincha Stadium. Scaloni made six changes against Uruguay. In defense, Tagliafico and Pezzella were brought down in place of Otamendi and Akuna. In midfield, de Paul and Lo Celso were replaced by Gomez and Paredes. Di Maria and Sergio Aguero replaced Lautaro Martinez and Nicolas Gonzalez in the attack.
The team made several attacks. Sergio Aguero could not use a great opportunity in the eighth minute. Paraguay’s two defenders, Gustavo Gomez and Paris, both jumped together and missed the head. Aguero forgot them and got the ball in the penalty box. However, two minutes after Aguero’s goal, Gomez brought relief to Argentina. The Sevilla forward got the throw-ball from Anhel Di Maria in the penalty box and hit the opposing goalkeeper.
Messi’s free-kick missed in the 18th minute. Then slowly Paraguay began to organize itself. Despite several attacks on Argentina’s defense, they failed to put goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to a tough test. The Paraguayan goalkeeper returned a shot from The Maria in the added time of the first half. But he could not save the danger, on the contrary, Junior Alonso sent the ball to his own net to prevent Gomez’s cross. In the second half, Argentina began to emphasize the defense. As a result, Paraguay gets a lot of space.
The two teams will have an equal chance to win this match. Argentina has won three matches from Group A and drawn one to become the group champions. Messi’s opponent in the quarter-finals is Ecuador. That Ecuador stopped Brazil in the last match of the group. However, Ecuador has yet to win the Copa after playing four matches. On the other hand, Brazil’s opponent in the last eight is Chile. That Chile has stuck Argentina in the group league. Chile has also won the Copa in two consecutive terms in 2015 and 2016. The Colombia-Uruguay match in the third quarter-final is likely to be enjoyable. Uruguay finished second in the group after beating Paraguay 1-0 yesterday.
Colombia, on the other hand, has always been a tough opponent in a great game against Brazil. The quarter-final match will start with last year’s finalist Peru vs Paraguay match. On July 5, the winner of the Brazil-Chile match in the first semifinal will play Peru vs. Paraguay. On July 7, the winner of the second semifinal between Argentina and Ecuador will play the winner of the match between Uruguay and Colombia. Final 10 July.
Copa America 2020 schedule:
Schedule of all matches according to Bangladesh time. For the convenience of the readers, the 3 pm match has been taken as the dawn of the next day.
Quarter-Final – Date – Time – Match – Venue
03/08/21, Saturday
3 o’clock in the morning
COFA: Peru-Paraguay
Olympico, Goiania
03/08/21, Saturday
6 o’clock in the morning
COFA 2: Brazil-Chile
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
04/08/21, Sunday
4 o’clock in the morning
COFA 3: Uruguay-Colombia
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
04/08/21, Sunday
8 o’clock in the morning
COFA 4: Argentina-Ecuador
Olympico, Goiania
Date- Time- Match- Venue
14/08/21, Monday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Brazil-Venezuela
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
14/07/21, Monday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Colombia-Ecuador
Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba
15/07/21, Tuesday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Argentina-Chile
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
15/07/21, Tuesday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Paraguay-Bolivia
Olympico, Goiania
16/08/21, Friday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Colombia-Venezuela
Olympico, Goiania
16/08/21, Friday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Brazil-Peru
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
19/08/21, Saturday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Chile-Bolivia
Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba
19/08/21, Saturday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Argentina-Uruguay
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
21/08/21, Monday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Venezuela-Ecuador
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
21/08/21, Monday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Colombia-Peru
Olympico, Goiania
22/07/21, Tuesday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Uruguay-Chile
Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba
22/07/21, Tuesday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Argentina-Paraguay
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
24/07/21, Thursday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Ecuador-Peru
Olympico, Goiania
24/07/21, Thursday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Brazil-Colombia
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
25/07/21, Friday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Bolivia-Uruguay
Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba
25/07/21, Friday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Chile-Paraguay
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
26/07/21, Monday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Brazil-Ecuador
Olympico, Goiania
26/07/21, Monday
3 o’clock in the morning
Group B: Venezuela-Peru
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
29/08/21, Tuesday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Uruguay-Paraguay
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
29/08/21, Tuesday
6 o’clock in the morning
Group A: Bolivia-Argentina
Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba
Semi-final- Date- Time- Match- Venue
06/08/21, Tuesday
5 o’clock in the morning
Peru-Brazil
Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro
06/08/21, Wednesday
8 o’clock in the morning
Co. Fa. 3-Co. Fa. 4
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
Third place- Date- Time- Match- Venue
10/07/21, Saturday
6 o’clock in the morning
The two teams lost in the semi-finals
I mean Garincha, Brasilia
Final- Date- Time- Match- Venue
11/08/21, Sunday
6 o’clock in the morning