On March 23, in the middle of their concentration for the double Fifa date, Néstor Lorenzo and the Colombian National Team received extremely important news regarding the participation of the Copa América 2024. It was the officialization of the second rival for the phase of groups from the continental competition.
Coming back from an initial goal against, the ‘Ticos’ defeated Honduras 3-1 this Saturday in Frisco (Texas) in the last playoff match for the Copa América.
The squad captained by Keylor Navas will play in the continental tournament for the sixth time and will be part of Group D, where it will be Brazil’s first rival on June 24 in Los Angeles (California).
Group A: Argentina, Peru, Chile and Canada
Group B: Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela and Jamaica
Group C: United States, Uruguay, Panama and Bolivia
Group D: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and Costa Rica.
The Colombian National Team is above Brazil at this moment. | Photo: 2023 Getty Images
Historical classification
Canada qualified for the Copa América for the first time on Saturday by defeating Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in a play-off match played in Frisco (Texas).
The North American squad will face the current champion Argentina on June 20 in the opening match of the continental tournament in Group A, which also includes Chile and Peru.
The other ticket at stake for the Copa América will be played between Costa Rica and Honduras also this Saturday at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco.
The playoff day started with a victory for Canada with goals from Cyle Larin and Jacob Shaffelburg in the 61st and 90th minutes.
The squad led by Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), who played the full 90 minutes, continues to make progress after playing its first World Cup in 36 years in Qatar in 2022 and reaching the final of the League in 2023. Concacaf Nations.
“It means a lot to us as a team, I am happy to have scored and to advance to the Copa América,” declared Cyle Larin after the victory.
Canada enters the Copa América. | Photo: 2024 Omar Vega
“It was a good performance by the boys. We knew that it was going to be difficult to defeat them, but we stuck to the game, we stayed united and we achieved victory,” he remarked.
Against Trinidad and Tobago, which was also fighting for its first presence in the Copa América, it took Canada 61 minutes of dominance to take the lead thanks to Larin’s initial goal.
The Spanish Mallorca striker culminated a combination of the Canadian attack with a tight cross shot.
In injury time, substitute Jacob Shaffelburg, a winger for MLS Nashville, sealed the deal by completing a counterattack with a powerful left footed shot.
Canada will thus be the rival of Lionel Messi’s Argentina in Atlanta (Georgia) in the opening game of the Copa América, which will be played throughout the United States until the final on July 14 in Miami (Florida).
The Conmebol championship was expanded this year to include six Concacaf squads, of which the United States, Mexico, Panama and Jamaica were already qualified.
*With information from AFP.
2024-03-24 02:21:57
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