Lionel Messi scored his 109th worldwide objective and first of the competition, assisting Argentina in overcoming Canada 2-0 on Tuesday night and securing a spot in the Copa America last.
The primary objective came in the 22nd moment from Julián Álvarez, trailed by Messi diverting Enzo Fernández’s shot into the net off goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau’s face in the 51st moment. Messi presently has 14 objectives in Copa America matches, drawing him nearer to the record.
At 37 years of age, Messi has scored 28 objectives in his last 25 appearances for Argentina. He is second just to Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, who has 130 global objectives. There is a disagreement regarding Ali Daei’s objective count of 108 or 109 from 1993 to 2006, especially in regards to an objective against Ecuador in 2000 and its grouping as a full global match.
Argentina’s success stretched out their unbeaten streak to 10 games and set them up for an opportunity to guarantee their sixteenth Copa America title. They will confront either Uruguay or Colombia in the last on Sunday at Miami Nurseries, Florida.