Lionel Messi and Argentina will get the possibility to avenge their defeats to Chile within the 2015 and 2016 Copa America finals after being grouped with their outdated rivals within the draw for subsequent yr’s match on Thursday. Reigning Copa America champions Argentina will defend their title within the United States subsequent summer season in an expanded 16-team match which options 10 South American groups and 6 qualifiers from the CONCACAF area. Argentina, winners of final yr’s World Cup, will kick off the match on June 20 in Atlanta towards both Canada or Trinidad & Tobago, who meet in a playoff subsequent yr to find out one among two remaining CONCACAF slots.
The Argentines will then face Chile in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on June 25 in a repeat of the 2016 Copa America Centenario remaining held on the similar venue.
Argentina, crushed by Chile in Santiago on penalties a yr earlier in 2015, additionally misplaced the 2016 remaining on spot-kicks, with Messi blazing his penalty over the bar.
The Argentine captain later introduced a shortlived retirement from worldwide soccer after the defeat, earlier than reversing the transfer and persevering with his profession.
The world champions will wrap up their Group A marketing campaign in acquainted territory for Inter Miami’ Messi, going through Peru in Miami on June 29 of their remaining first-round sport.
Elsewhere, Mexico had been drawn in a Group B alongside Ecuador, Venezuela and Jamaica, whereas the United States face Uruguay, Panama and Bolivia in Group C.
Five-time world champions Brazil, crushed within the 2021 remaining on dwelling soil by Argentina on the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, have a doubtlessly difficult group containing Colombia, Paraguay and both Costa Rica or Honduras.
Next yr’s Copa America is being seen as an efficient check run for the 2026 World Cup going down within the United States, Canada and Mexico.
CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez mentioned at Thursday’s draw that the match could be a “Copa America of the World.”
“The world champion team (Argentina), the only five-time world champion team (Brazil), the first world champion team (Uruguay) will take part, along with the best players in the world, who are Latin Americans,” Dominguez mentioned.
Brazil open their marketing campaign on the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the futuristic dwelling of the Los Angeles Rams NFL workforce, towards both Costa Rica or Honduras on June 24.
They face Paraguay in Las Vegas on June 28 earlier than concluding their group play towards Colombia at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, dwelling of the San Francisco 49ers.
A complete of 14 stadiums will probably be used for the match, most of them giant capability venues that belong to NFL groups.
If Argentina win Group A, they’ll face the runner-up of from Group B within the quarter-finals on July four at Houston’s NRG Stadium — the place they defeated the United States within the semi-final in 2016.
The Arlington, Texas dwelling of the Dallas Cowboys will host one other quarter-final on July 5, with Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium and the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, rounding out the final eight venues.
The semi-finals will happen at East Rutherford on July 9, and in Charlotte on July 10, with the ultimate going down at Miami on July 14.
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