Lionel Messi scored the 109th goal of his national team career in the semi-final match against Canada.
Argentina, the reigning champion of football’s Copa America, advanced to the finals of the tournament this time as well. It beat Canada 2-0 in the semi-final early Wednesday Finnish time.
Julian Alvarez scored the winning goal in the 22nd minute of the game.
In the semifinal game, he opened his goal account for this year’s tournament Lionel Messiwho scored Argentina’s second goal early in the second half of the match.
The goal was the 109th in the national team jersey for Messi, who has played 186 international matches. With that, the 37-year-old Argentinian forward completely took over the second place in the statistics of the most national team goals scored. Before this, he shared the second place in the statistics with the Iranian Ali Daein with. At the top of the statistics is Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 130 with goals.
Argentina’s final opponent will be determined next night when Uruguay and Colombia meet in the second semi-final. The Copa America final will be played early on Monday Finnish time. This year the tournament will be held in the United States.