Legendary
#643
2016 Copa América Centenario · SF2016-06-21 · 20:00:00
0-4
United States
Argentina
HT 0–2
NRG Stadium · Houston · 70,858 spectatorsRef: Enrique Caceres Villafane
1Goals
2Assists
9.9Rating
MOTM
“Hitting the 50-goal mark for the season, Messi tears through the Copa América semi-final with a trademark free-kick and two defence-splitting assists to carry Argentina past the hosts and into another final.”
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United States
KO
Argentina3
E. Lavezzi1–0
Lionel Messi
E. Lavezzi
1–0
Lionel Messi
3
31
Chris Wondolowski
31
Chris Wondolowski
32
Lionel Messi2–0FK
Lionel Messi
2–0FK
32
HT2–0
46
▲Christian Pulišić
▼Chris Wondolowski
46
▲Christian Pulišić
▼Chris Wondolowski
50
Gonzalo Higuaín3–0
Gonzalo Higuaín
3–0
50
60
▲Lucas Biglia
▼Augusto Fernández
▲Steve Birnbaum
▼Kyle Beckerman
▲Lucas Biglia
▼Augusto Fernández
60
▲Steve Birnbaum
▼Kyle Beckerman
67
▲Lamela E.
▼E. Lavezzi
▲Lamela E.
▼E. Lavezzi
67
78
▲Darlington Nagbe
▼Clint Dempsey
78
▲Darlington Nagbe
▼Clint Dempsey
84
▲Victor Cuesta
▼Marcos Rojo
▲Victor Cuesta
▼Marcos Rojo
84
86
Gonzalo Higuaín4–0
Lionel Messi
Gonzalo Higuaín
4–0
Lionel Messi
86
FT4–0
Milestones
50goals in a season
Fifty goals in a single campaign is a benchmark most elite forwards never touch; for a scorer already operating at 60-goal seasons, it marked the new baseline of what greatness looked like. This wasn’t a hot streak, it was the floor of his prime.
Messi's Performance
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