Argentina vs Canada Prediction & Betting Tips (10 July)

It was tough, but Argentina qualified for the last four of the Copa America by beating Ecuador on penalties, valiant and dominant throughout the game but lacking realism in front of Martinez. Lionel Messi even missed his penalty but like Cristiano in the 1/8 finals of the Euro, he was able to count on his goalkeeper, in this case Emiliano Martinez, who disgusted the Ecuadorian shooters. We will even remember that Enner Valencia missed a penalty during the match by finding the post. The Albiceleste, world champion and reigning champion of this Copa America, meets Canada again, whom it beat on the first day of the group stage 2-0. Furthermore, in the wake of this J1, the three-time world champion took the upper hand against Chile 0-1 before beating Peru in the last place 2-0. Since their defeat at the World Cup against Saudi Arabia, the Argentines have only lost TCC once, when they hosted Uruguay in the qualifiers for the next World Cup 0-2.

This is only the first time that Canada is invited to participate in the Copa America, and for its baptism of fire, it delights by being qualified for this last four. Quite a few teams have never reached this level of the competition despite several participations under their belt. The Canadians qualified by defeating the very good Venezuelan team in the 1/8th final, after a penalty shootout. In the group stage, ultimately, they only lost against Argentina 2-0, since in the process, they beat Peru 0-1 before securing the parity score against Chile in the last day 0- 0. It will be recalled that to prepare for this event, Jonathan David's teammates played against the Netherlands and France through friendly matches with a heavy 4-0 defeat against the Dutch, parity score against the Blues 0-0.

Uncertain until the start of the quarter-final, Messi was finally in the game but did not shine. He even attempted a gesture worthy of Zinedine Zidane during the penalty shootout, but his panenka hit the bar before flying over the cage. This night, the former Parisian will obviously be in the mix as will the majority of his partners, except Dybala and Juan Foyth (both injured before the start of the competition). The residents of L1, Balerdi (OM), and Medina (Lens) were not called up (choice of Scaloni). Author of 4 achievements already in the competition, Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) should be as well as Julian Alvarez (Man City) who will continue with the Olympics without forgetting to mention the valiant De Paul (Atlético), Di Maria (Benfica), Paredes (Roma), or even Alexis Mac Allister, author of a nice gesture on a deflection for the goal of Lisandro Martinez (Man United) against Ecuador. He deserves his credit despite deplorable and dismal attitudes, Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) is probably the best goalkeeper in the world on his line during a penalty shootout.

 Among the Canadians, the absences at the start of the Copa are always the same with in particular the scorer Hoilett (63 caps, and 16 goals), the midfielder Fraser (FC Dallas, 19 caps), Zator (3 caps), Vitoria, Kaye and Cavallini (49 sels, 19 pawns). Present for J1, the interesting Buchanan (Inter Milan) remains injured and could once again be forced to miss his turn. Note as a bonus that the starting central defender, Cornelius (Malmö) will be missing following a suspension for accumulation of yellow cards. Nashville striker Shaffelburg scored his first goal in the competition against Venezuela in the quarter-finals and was honored with the man of the match award. We obviously expect a lot from boys like Larin (Mallorca), David (Lille) or even Davies (Bayern) and Eustaquio (Porto).