IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - COPA AMERICA 2024 (SEMI FINALS°
Picture : Colombia have qualified for their 3rd Copa América final, after losing in 1975 and winning in 2001.
The statistics on Copa America 2024 semifinals (9-10 July)
Argentina vs Canada 2-0
*It was the third confrontation between the teams. Both previous turned Argentina’s victories as well: 5-0 in Buenos Aires on 24 May 2010 and 2-0 on 20 June (the opening game of Copa América 2024).
*Argentina faced the same rival twice in an edition of Copa América for the 5th time with the current format. Two crosses were in the semifinals (Colombia in 1993 and Paraguay in 2015) and two in the finals (Mexico in 1993 and Chile in 2016).
*Argentina won 7 of the 8 semifinals of the Copa América since the current format of the tournament was established in 1993 (in 1993, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2024).
*Argentina will play their 7th Copa América final with the current format (they won 2 of 6 finals so far, in 1993 and 2021).
*Julián Álvarez is the 4th player to score in both the Copa América and World Cup semi-finals, along with Lionel Messi, Romário and Diego Forlán.
*Argentina lost only one of the 16 Copa América games in which Ángel Di María started (it was against Colombia in 2019 in the group stage, 0-2).
Uruguay vs Colombia 0-1
*Colombia have overcome their best historic unbeaten streak of 27 games from 1990s; they have now already 28 games in a row without losing.
*Colombia have qualified for their 3rd Copa América final, after losing in 1975 and winning in 2001.
*Colombia is the first team to score 5+ headed goals in the same edition of the Copa América since Argentina scored 6 in 1993.
*James Rodriguez made another assist and equaled the record for assists in a single edition of the Copa América (6) that belongs to the Brazilian Alex (in 2004).
*Daniel Muñoz became the 3rd Colombian players expelled in a Copa América semifinal, after:
Luis Carlos Perea against Argentina in 1993,
Carlos Sánchez against Chile in 2016.
*José María Giménez (Uruguay) has played his 20th game in Copa América, equaling the line of Diego Pérez and Roberto Porta in the national ranking.
Ahead of them, only Ángel Romano (23), Fernando Muslera (22) and Schubert Gambetta (21).