Argentina is facing a great opportunity to successfully defend the Copa America championship. First, arch-rival Brazil was eliminated in the quarter-finals.
In addition, Albiceleste had a gentle victory over Canada in the semi-finals without spending too much effort. That is the basis for them to aim for victory in the final against Colombia.
Of course, Colombia is not a team that is easily bullied. After passing the group stage, they defeated Panama and Uruguay respectively to appear in the final. However, they had to rely on a fixed situation to defeat Uruguay in the semi-finals. Playing without players against Uruguay also caused Colombia to lose more physical strength than Argentina.
In many aspects, Argentina is still considered better than Colombia. Although Lionel Messi is not in good form at this year's tournament, he will know how to shine when the team needs it. Furthermore, El Pulga will also be determined in what could be his last match at the international level.
Besides other outstanding talents on all three lines, Argentina has enough basis to think about defending the championship. Those are Emiliano Martinez, Lisandro Martinez, Alexis Mac Allister or Julian Alvarez. For Colombia, they can only rely on James Rodriguez or Luis Diaz if they want to cause a mutation.
Regarding personnel, Argentina entered the Copa America 2024 final with the strongest force. None of Lionel Scaloni's students are injured or suspended and he will likely keep the same squad as in the win over Canada.
On the other side of the front line, right-back Munoz is suspended with Santiago Arias likely to replace him. Their strength will certainly lie in the attack with the trio of James Rodriguez, Luis Diaz and Jhon Cordoba.
Probable teams:
Argentina : E. Martinez, Molina, Romero, L. Martinez, Tagliafico, De Paul, Mac Allister, Lo Celso, Gonzalez, Messi, L. Martinez.
Colombia : Vargas, Arias, Sanchez, Cuesta, Mojica, Rios, Lerma, J. Arias, Rodriguez, Diaz, Cordoba.
The match between Argentina vs Colombia takes place at 7:00 a.m. on July 15 (Vietnam time), live on K+, VTC.
