The final of the 2024 Copa America has begun, and Argentina and Colombia will face off at the Hard Rock Stadium. In the previous semi-finals, Argentina beat Canada 2-0, while Colombia held on to a 1-0 victory to reach the final with one less man at half-time. The two teams have met a total of 7 times in the Copa America, with Argentina winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 2. The most recent meeting was in the semi-finals of the 2021 Copa America, where the two teams drew 1-1 and Argentina won 3-2 on penalties. Argentina have won the Copa America 15 times and would be the No. 1 all-time champion. Due to the confusion of fans entering the stadium before the game, the start of the game was delayed by more than 1 hour.

After the start of the game, the two teams attacked and defended each other, and Colombia had the advantage in attack. Argentina created a threat just one minute into the opening period, Montiel crossed from the right, Alvarez followed up in the middle, and the ball went wide of the left post; In the 7th minute, Córdoba stopped the ball in the penalty area and then volleyed, and the ball grazed the post and missed the bottom line; In the 9th minute, Luis Dias grabbed a point in the penalty area, and Montiel rushed to clear the ball first;

In the 12th minute, Ronaldo opened a corner kick on the right side, and Cuesta nodded the ball into the goal, but the ball was not strong and was confiscated by Martin; In the 20th minute, Di Maria crossed from the left, Messi shot directly from the penalty area, the ball hit Alvarez's foot and slowed down, and was then confiscated by Vargas; In the 27th minute, Lima was tackled by Córdoba in the penalty area, and the referee showed him a yellow card, which also caused dissatisfaction among Argentina players;

In the 33rd minute, Lerma took the ball in front of the field and shook off the angle and shot from a distance, but Big Martin saved the ball; In the 35th minute, Messi took the ball in the penalty area, but did not choose to shoot, but tried to shake the angle all the way, and finally the ball went out of the bottom line, and Messi was kicked to the ground by the opponent when he chose to cross, and returned to the field after a short treatment by the team doctor to continue the game; In the 44th minute, Messi took a set-piece on the left side of the front, and the header of the tower emperor was high;

At the end of one minute of stoppage time at half-time, both teams were temporarily unable to score; Colombia had 52% possession in the half, 4 of 8 shots on goal and 1 of 3 for Argentina. After a wonderful half-time performance, the second half began, the tempo of both teams became noticeably faster, and Argentina's offensive began to dominate. In particular, Di Maria's left flank has launched several attacks to create threats. In the 57th minute, McAllister's header in the box was in the hands of the defender, but neither the referee nor VAR indicated it; In the 58th minute, Di Maria broke through on the left side and shot from a small angle, but the ball was saved by the goalkeeper;

In the 65th minute, Messi retired from injury and couldn't hold back tears while sitting on the bench; A game of this importance, and it is also likely to be the last major tournament of Messi's career, it must be difficult to accept in such a way; After that, the two teams attacked and defended each other, but neither could change the score, and the game went into extra time. In the 95th minute, De Paul made an inverted triangle return pass on the right side of the penalty area, and Queen Gang's shot was confiscated by Vargas on the ground; In the 112th minute, Lautaro burst into the right side of the penalty area and hit the net, 1-0! At this time, the goal is basically equivalent to a lore!

Scaloni then replaced Di Maria with Otamendi to defend the win, and the angel came off in tears as he came off in tears for what would be his farewell match for the national team. In the end, Colombia failed to fight back, and Argentina won 1-0 thanks to Lautaro's goal, achieving 16 Copa America titles and enjoying the first place in history!