IFFHS WEEKLY COPA AMERICA 2021 STATISTICS
Picture : Lionel Messi equalled Javier Mascherano’s record as the player with the most caps for Argentina (147). He has now played 100 competition matches for the Albiceleste.
• Venezuela ended a streak of three consecutive games without scoring in the CONMEBOL Copa América when they played 2-2 against Ecuador.
• Ecuador scored two goals against Venezuela and picked up at least one point in a CONMEBOL Copa América match against a CONMEBOL rival for the first time since 2016 .
• for the first time in four competitive games (3 draws, 1 loss), Argentina has beaten Paraguay. The last victory came in the semifinal of the CONMEBOL Copa América 2015 (6-1).
• Miguel Borja (Colombia) has scored two goals in five games for Colombia in 2021, making him the only player to score in qualifiers and at the CONMEBOL Copa América.
• Argentina continue their unbeaten run to 16 games in all competitions (9 wins, 7 draws). Messi’s team has not lost since an 0-2 defeat to Brazil in the Copa América 2019.
• Peru have lost only two of the 17 games played against Colombia in the CONMEBOL Copa América (8 wins, 7 draws).
• Colombia ended a run of 7 games unbeaten in the CONMEBOL Copa America (5 wins, 2 draws) with their last defeat in 2016 against Chile with Charles Aranguiz (picture).
• Uruguay and Chile have drawn 1-1 in three of their last five matches in the CONMEBOL Copa América. In the other meetings there was a 1-0 win each.