Argentina 2-1 Chile

Argentina secured third place at the Copa America with a 2-1 victory over Chile in an eventful consolation playoff that saw Lionel Messi sent off for just the second time in his career.

Sergio Aguero and Paulo Dybala fired the 1993 Copa winners to an early lead, but Messi’s red card stole the headlines after a clash with Chile defender Gary Medel just before half-time.

With Argentina up 2-0, Messi put in a hard challenge on Medel who was shepherding the ball out of play. The two players then aggressively bumped chests a number of times before the match referee intervened and immediately flashed reds for both.

The expulsion marked the first time the Barcelona forward had been sent off in a senior game for club or country since his debut with the national team in 2005.

With Messi out, Chile converted a penalty 14 minutes after the restart to cut Argentina’s lead in half — Arturo Vidal beating Franco Armani after a VAR review.

The defending champs could get no closer, however, as Argentina held out for the win in Sao Paulo.  (6 JUL 2019)

Brazil 2-0 Argentina

The National Team of Brazil beat Argentina 2-0 on Tuesday, 2nd of July, for the CONMEBOL Copa America’s Brazil 2019 semifinal and advanced to the final which will be played next Sunday at the Maracaná Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

With goals from Gabriel Jesús (19 FT) and Roberto Firmino (26 ST), the team managed by Tite overcame, in a very difficult game, played at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte, the Argentinean team which did not surrender and fought from the begin to the end.

However, Brazil was more effective and scored two goals, one in each half, to get through the final match that already expects the winner of the game between Chile, current America´s champion, and Peru. (2 JUL 2019)