It's also the Copa America, in Brazil, at the moment and Lionel Messi is doing his stuff for Argentina. He is his country's most capped player at 148 apps and has scored 75 goals with 51 assists. The Argentina's are top of their group and will meet Ecuador in the Quarter-finals: I hope this link works.....
or the one below.
https://www.givemesport.com/1713877-copa-america-lionel-messis-stunning-assist-for-argentina-in-41-win-vs-bolivia The Aguero assist is against Bolivia in a 4-1 win.
The groups played from 13-27 June and were made up from ten CONMEBOL countries: (Australia and Qatar were also invited to take part but declined due to Covid.)
A Group - 1st Argentina W3 D1, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay. Bolivia out
B Group - 1st Brazil W3 D1, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela out.
Here is the quarter-final draw (2nd and 3rd July), with Bolivia and Venezuela eliminated:
The Copa was first played for in 1916 with Uruguay winning most times:15. Present holders Brazil (their 9th cup).
And as an aside, here are the top 20 footballers in history....well post war.....well since 1960?? 20. Eusebio 19. Marco van Basten 18. George Best 17. Zico 16. Franco Baresi 15. Ferenc Puskas 14. Paolo Maldini 13. Gerd Muller 12. Mane Garrincha 11. Alfredo Di Stefano 10. Roberto Baggio 9. Michel Platini 8. Zinedine Zidane 7.Cristiano Ronaldo 6. Ronaldo Nazario 5. Johan Cruyff 4. Franz Beckenbauer 3. Lionel Messi 2. Pele 1. Diego Maradona. Any substitutions?
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