Lionel Messi and Argentina take on upset-minded Canada in the first 2024 Copa América semifinal on Tuesday, July 9.
Four teams remain at the 2024 Copa América, with the semifinal matchups set to take place on Tuesday, July 9 and Wednesday, July 10.
The first semifinal features the best player in the world and the best team in the world, according to the FIFA World rankings, Argentina
Lionel Messi and Argentina’s opponent is ranked just No. 48, and is making their touranment semifinal debut. In fact, prior to this year Canada had never advanced out of the Group Stage at any Copa América.
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Argentina rolled through the Group Stage of the tournament, but needed penalty kicks to survive Ecuador in the quarterfinals.
Canada’s sole loss of the tournament came at the hands of this Argentina team, but since then they’ve played some inspired soccer and look to pull off the biggest of upsets on Tuesday.
Does Canada have one more miracle left, or will Messi and his Argentinian brothers in arms relish their Goliath status and advance to the 2024 Copa América finals?
Odds courtesy of BetMGM, last updated on Tuesday afternoon
Argentina is heavily favored to advance to the Copa América 2024 Finals.
Lionel Messi and Co. are -550 to win tonight’s semifinal matchup, while Canada is a +400 underdog.
The winner of Tuesday’s game will take on the winner of Wednesday’s second semifinal matchup between Uruguay and Colombia.
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