According to recent rumours the Champions of Copa America and Euro Cup can face each other in a super Cup . two teams defeated the likes of Brazil and England within a span of 24 hours last weekend. With Argentina’s victory, Lionel Messi brought an end to his trophy drought on an international stage while Italy won their Euro title for the first time after 53 years. Angel Di Maria’s lone goal proved too good for Brazil helping them clinch their first continental crown in 28 years while England vs Italy entered a penalty shootout after 120 minutes of top-flight football.
Both the champs
Italy had beaten England on penalties to win the Euro 2020 campaignArgentina defeated Brazil to lift the Copa America 2021, Lionel Messi’s first international triumphThe two teams could lock horns in a one-off Super Cup match Football fans celebrated a Super Sunday as the world witnessed two big sporting showdowns take place within a span of 24 hours. First Argentina defeated Brazil in the Copa America final as Lionel Messi lifted his first major international trophy. Then, Italy edged favourites England in a penalty shootout at Wembley to be crowned Euro 2020 winners. But, how about a Super Cup battle between Argentina and Italy?
As per Barca Blaugranes, CONMEBOL, South America’s footballing body, has requested its European counterpart, UEFA, to hold a one-off Super Cup match between the winners of this year’s Copa America and European Championship. While UEFA hasn’t yet commented on the matter, such a match-up wouldn’t be a first in the history of international football.
Messi magic
Both the Copa America 2021 and Euro 2020 campaigns were special. While it was the first time ever that Messi had won an international trophy wearing the Argentina shirt, Italy had even failed to qualify in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Messi ended the Copa America campaign as the player with the most number of goals and assists. He was deservedly named the Player of the tournament, having played the most influential role in the team’s triumph.
Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 in the Copa America final on Saturday, winning the tournament for the first time in 28 years and giving Lionel Messi his first major international prize. Rodrigo de Paul’s long ball to Angel di Maria resulted in Argentina’s winning goal at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in the 22nd minute. To gain control and lob it past goalkeeper Ederson, the 33-year-old veteran attacker relied on some poor defence from left-back Renan Lodi. Brazil has only conceded three goals in the competition. With dribbles and passes, Neymar tried hard, but the Selecao hardly troubled Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
Messi’s first international trophy
On Saturday night, Lionel Messi completed his spectacular soccer career by guiding Argentina to a 1-0 victory against host Brazil in the Copa América final in Rio de Janeiro. After a succession of terrible, torturous, and infuriating failures, including probably the most humiliating setback of his career — against Germany in the World Cup final — within the same stadium, Rio’s towering Maracan, in 2014, Messi finally got his first championship with Argentina. When the final whistle rang, Messi sank to his knees and was instantly mobbed by his teammates, his relief apparent. They were lifting him above their shoulders and flinging him in the air moments later.
According to The Associated Press, Messi stated after the celebrations in the locker room, “I wanted to remove the thorn of not being able to achieve something with the national team.” “I’d come close in previous years, and I knew it was going to happen this year. I thank God for providing me with this opportunity, both against and inside Brazil. This was a time I was reserving for myself.”
The 47th edition of the international men’s football championship organised by South America’s football ruling body CONMEBOL. The tournament was hosted in Brazil from 13 June to 10 July 2021. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be hosted in Argentina and Colombia from 12June to 12 July but due to the outbreak of COVID 19 the game was relocated in Brazil. The worldwide audience witnesses some amazing matches and some great sportsmanship in the field. On 20 May 2021, Colombia was removed as co-host amid ongoing protests against President Iván Duque Márquez, and Argentina was then removed on 30 May due to COVID-19 issues. CONMEBOL confirmed Brazil as the new host of the tournament.
Hosts Brazil were the title holders, having won their ninth title in 2019, which they also hosted. Argentina won their fifteenth title by defeating the host, Brazil, 1–0 in the final. It was Argentina’s first senior title since 1993.Argentina also equalled Uruguay’s record for winning the Copa America title on the most number of occasions.Colombia won the third place.
VENUES.
1 June 2021, the cities of Brasília, Goiânia,Cuiabá and Rio de Janeiro as the hosts of the competition,with the following stadiums for the matches: Maracanã, Mané Garrincha, Pantanal and the Olímpico. On 2 June, the CBF decided to use the Nilton Santos as the second stadium in Rio de Janeiro.The government will also allocate resources in the federal budget to provide the necessary support for the CONMEBOL’s tournament logistics and security. Mané Garrincha will host the opening on 13 June,the final will be in Maracanã on 10 July.
The venues.
MATCH OFFICIALS. On 21 April 2021, CONMEBOL announced a total of 14 referees, 22 assistant referees, 16 video assistant referees (VAR), and 10 support referees appointed for the tournament. This edition will feature the participation of a Spanish refereeing team as part of the memorandum of understanding signed by CONMEBOL and UEFA in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme.
MASCOT
Pibe
Pibe was selected as the official Mascot for the tournament and it was the 14th Mascot selected as an official Mascot in the history of Copa America
BROADCASTING RIGHTS
The Tournament was broadcasted by different networks all over South America
Territory Broadcaster(s) Argentina TVP TyC Sports Vrio Corp. Bolivia Tigo Sports Unitel Brazil ESPN Fox Sports SBT Chile Canal 13 TNT Sports Vrio Corp. Colombia Caracol Televisión RCN Televisión Vrio Corp. Win Sports Ecuador TC Televisión Vrio Corp. Paraguay SNT Telefuturo Tigo Sports Trece Vrio Corp. Peru América Televisión Vrio Corp. Uruguay Dexary Vrio Corp. Venezuela La TeleTuya VC Sports
THE REST OF THE WORLD WAS ALSO CATERED BY DIFFERENT NETWORK
Albania DigitAlb Australia Optus Sport Balkans Arena Sport Canada RDS TSN Univision Caribbean Fox Sports SportsMax Central America Tigo Sports China CCTV Huya Live Kuaishou PPTV Cuba Tele Rebelde Costa Rica Repretel Teletica Tigo Sports Cyprus PrimeTel Czech Republic Digi Sport Dominican Republic CDN 37 El Salvador Canal 4 (TCS) France L’Équipe Georgia Adjarasport Germany OneFootball Sportdigital Greece Open TV Haiti TNH Honduras Canal 11 Todo Deportes TV Hong Kong i-Cable Hungary ARENA4 Indonesia Indosiar Vidio Italy Eleven Sports Sky Italia Indian subcontinent Sony Pictures Networks Israel Charlton Japan AbemaTV Kazakhstan Qazsport Maldives ICE TV Public Service Media MENA beIN Sports Mexico Fanatiz Sky Nepal DishHome Netherlands Ziggo Sport New Zealand Spark Nordic countries NENT Panama RPC TVMax Poland TVP Portugal Sport TV Russia Okko Sport Telesport Singapore StarHub Slovakia Digi Sport South Korea SPOTV Spain Kosmos CRTVG (Galicia) TV3 (Catalan) Sri Lanka Dialog TV Sub-Saharan Africa Canal Suriname SCCN Tajikistan TV Varzish Thailand PPTV Turkey Haber Global Ukraine MEGOGO United Kingdom BBC United States Fox Sports Univision Vietnam Next Media
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