THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR ✨👏

LEO MESSI AND ARGENTINA LIFT THE COPA AMÉRICA TROPHY 🇦🇷🏆 pic.twitter.com/AX3N8z2D5v

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Lisandro Martinez wins the Golden boot with five goals in the tournament.

Emiliano Martinez wins the back-to-back best goalkeeper award.

Six assists and one goal, Colombian captain James Rodriguez wins the Player of the tournament award.

Argentina are the Copa America 2024 Champions. Three back-to-back titles for the World Champions as Lautaro Martinez's lone goal was enough for them to win the title for a record 16th time.

Shout for a penalty from Colombian players, but denied by the referee. 

2 minutes added as injury time.

Di Maria, in tears, his replaced by Nicolas Otamendi.

Yellow card for Borja for a foul on Lisandro Martinez.

Lautaro Martinez does the job for Argentina. De Paul won the ball back for Agrneitna and passed it to Giovani Lo Celso who saw Lautaro on the run and passed it perfectly for him. Lautaro after a great first touch, went over Vargas to get the goal. His fifth of the tournament. 

Argentina 1-0 Colombia.

Huge block by Lisandro Martinez to restrict Borja from going for a shot.

Angel Di Maria, in his last international game, sent a great cross but even a stretched Lautaro Martinez could not reach the ball

Dias, Arias and Lerma are replaced by Borja, Carrascal

No goals from either side. We are 15 minutes away from penalty.

1 minute added as injury time.

Lisandro deflects a long cross from Mojica which was heading for Luis Diaz.

Lisandro and Romero both are down after colliding with each other. 

That ankle doesn't look good.

Santiago Arias and Messi clashed in the first half and he wasn’t right after that.

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Enzo, Mac Allister and Alvarez are replaced by Lo Celso, Paredes and Lautaro Martinez.

De Paul with an underlapping run and followed with a cutback pass to Nicolás González, whose right footed shot is saved by Vargas. 

James Rodriguez is replaced by Juan Fernando Quintero. The first half of the the extra time starts.

No goals from their teams in the normal full-time of 90 minutes. We are going to the extra time now.

4 minutes added as injury time.

Chance for Di Maria, who could not get around Mojica to get the shot.

A brilliant cross from Di Maria. Nicolás González tried his best to keep the ball in with the header. His headed pass for Lolina is found too long though.

He’s the best. Always. pic.twitter.com/FOaxKdUbWv

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James Rodriguez goes for the goal from the free-kick spot and is blocked by the wall.

Nicolás Tagliafico is offside. Though Nicolás González scored via his cross, the goal is denied.

VAR check for a potential foul by Mac Allister on Jhon Córdoba. It is nullified by the VAR officials.

Montiel is reaplced by Nahuel Molina.

Messi is in tears as he is subbed off due to injury 💔 pic.twitter.com/t0l3OLLuWf

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Unfortunately for him and his fans around the world, Messi can not continue anymore and is replaced by Nicolás González.

It is a non-contact injury and it looks bad.

Lerma tries his luck from a long-range shot and it is nowhere near the target.

Yellow card for Mac Allister for a foul on James Rodriguez on the byline.

Di Maria from the left tried to go for the far post low corner and it was deflected away by Vargas. 

James Rodriguez with a long corner and Cordoba tried to keep the ball in with his header and the ball was then header over th goal by Sanchez. Another chance gone begging for them.

Mac Allister had the chance to leap the ball over Vargas but as the angle closed down, he passed the ball to Angel Di Maria, whose shot is blocked by Vargas.

Nearly for Colombia. Arias's volley missed the far post narrowly. 

Colombia starts the proceedings in the second half.

We are getting ready for the second half.

No goals for either team. Both teams had one chance from their end. But, no goals till now. Messi limped off the ground. It will be interesting to see if there are some changes in the second half.

Reminder for you that we will have a longer break as Shakira is set to perform in the break.

 1 minute added as injury time.

Messi with a great free-kick. He curves it in for Tagliafico to go for the header. Though he got the header in, it went over the bar.

Montiel with a disappointing cross after receiving a long cross from Di Maria from across the ground.

Richard Rios with a shot from long range. Though he was on-target, it is an easy grab for Martinez.

Messi appears to have hurt his ankle 😳

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Messi looked threatening after playing a one-two with Julian Alvarez and tried to go across the defenders inside the box. However, he hurt his right leg while sending the cross.

Lerma with a shot from nearly from 30 yards and Martinez had to get a tip of his finger to let the ball go for a corner.

Argentina now have control over the game with Messi and Di Maria doing their job in the front while Lisandro and Romero doing their job at the back. However, Colombia are looking good in counterattacks with Diaz on the left and Richard on the right.

Yellow card for Jhon Córdoba as he fouled Lisandro Martinez inside the box. 

Angel Di Maria to Messi and we have seen this many times in their career. Messi finds the sweet spot and curves the ball towards the target. However, the shot is blocked by Julian Alvarez, who tried to somehow go away from Messi's way.

Update: Kick-off delayed by 30 minutes

Update: Kick-off at 6.45 IST

First Half: Argentina 0-0 Colombia

49' | Vargas denies Di Maria

57' | Vargas denies Di Maria, again

65' | Injured Messi is subbed off

Full Time: Argentina 0-0 Colombia

Extra time

109' | Block by Lisandro Martinez

112' | Goal by Lautaro Martinez; ARG 1-0 COL

Full time: Argentina 1-0 Colombia

🏆 #CopaAmérica

⚽ @Argentina 🇦🇷 0 🆚 #Colombia 🇨🇴 0

⏱ 15' PT pic.twitter.com/272J1OGwdy

— 🇦🇷 Selección Argentina ⭐⭐⭐ (@Argentina) July 15, 2024

Enzo fouls James Rodriguez and he is down.

Another save from Martinez as James's corner was headed towards the target by Carlos Cuesta.

Jhon Arias with a lot of space and speed on the right side, before sending a curling cross. However, Lisandro was there to make the block.

Attacks after attack and the Colombian front line is not letting the defending champions have a breather. Diaz, and Richard Rios already with a few chances for them. They are on fire.

Angel Di Maria's daughters brought out the match ball and hugged their dad before the Copa América final 🥹 pic.twitter.com/gdA90rNJBP

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Nicolas Tagliafuco initiated the early attack for Argentina which led to their first corner. Meantime, minutes later, Colombia had their first attack with Luis Diaz being on target. However, the shot is grabbed by Emiliano Martinez.

Here we go! Finally, the game starts!

Lionel Messi during the national anthem. #CopaAmerica #ARGCOL pic.twitter.com/zXF3fmsa3b

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Lionel 🇦🇷 🤝 James 🇨🇴pic.twitter.com/ywmX7U3rJl

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37 - Aged 37 years and 20 days old, Lionel Messi is the oldest player to start a CONMEBOL Copa América final in the 21st century. Legendary. pic.twitter.com/F9dcBAYZEf

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🚨 Alexis Mac Allister's mother Silvina stated that Alexis had to leave the locker room to assist his family to get them into the Hard Rock stadium. She says "it was inhumane".pic.twitter.com/ZisP95B0n3

— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) July 15, 2024

The situation is still not settled yet. #CopaAmerica #ARGCOL

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"He {Enzo Fernández} wasn't the only Argentina player who is dealing with their families outside while they were in the locker room helpless, unable to get them in."@JennyTaft gives us the latest on the scenes outside ⬇️

Kickoff is now set for 8:45PM ET on FOX pic.twitter.com/ddaKATwJdT

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 15, 2024

These images of fans struggling to enter the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami ahead of the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia are devastating.

This is one of the host venues for the 2026 FIFA World Cup! A lot has to be done to ensure that they are ready in two years! pic.twitter.com/CmM4B9xC0k

— Usher Komugisha (@UsherKomugisha) July 14, 2024

Getting ready ♨️ pic.twitter.com/5lAJZfzbHK

— CONMEBOL Copa América™️ ENG (@copaamerica_ENG) July 14, 2024

One last time. pic.twitter.com/OMdIYmbz8R

— CONMEBOL Copa América™️ ENG (@copaamerica_ENG) July 14, 2024

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Colombia's lineup for the final 🚨 pic.twitter.com/hFOqb1Seg5

— CONMEBOL Copa América™️ ENG (@copaamerica_ENG) July 14, 2024

Argentina's starters for the final 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Z3cIj4CT9Z

— CONMEBOL Copa América™️ ENG (@copaamerica_ENG) July 14, 2024

We can only say one thing: thank you, Ángel! 🫶🥹 pic.twitter.com/V2xfP9zJDg

— Selección Argentina in English (@AFASeleccionEN) July 14, 2024

Argentina's possible starting lineup

Emiliano Martinez; Molina, Romero, Lisandro Martinez, Tagliafico; De Paul, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Gonzalez, Alvarez, Messi

Colombia's possible starting lineup

Vargas; S. Arias, Sanchez, Cuesta, Mojica; Rios, Lerma; J. Arias, James, Diaz; Cordoba

• Matches: 15
• Argentina won: 7
• Colombia won: 3
• Draws: 5

• Matches: 42
• Argentina won: 25
• Colombia won: 8
• Draws: 9

Colombia went past Uruguay by 1-0 in a hard-fought battle with 10 men as Jefferson Lerma found the back of the net for them in the first half.

Argentina qualified for the via an easy 2-0 win over Canada as Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi scored for the La Albiceleste. 

The Argentina vs Colombia Copa America 2024 final will be streamed LIVE on the following services.

• In Argentina: Telefe, Directv, TyC, TVP.
• In Colombia: Caracol TV, RCN, DirecTV, Win Sports.
• In the United States: Univisión, Unimás, TUDN, Fox, FS1, FS2
• India, Bagladesh, Butan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka: Tsports

The Hard Rock Stadium is the host for the Copa America 2024 final. The multipurpose stadium has a capacity of 75,000 people.

Match: Argentina vs. Colombia 

Date and time: Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 8 p.m. local time (GMT-4); Monday, July 15, 2024 at 6.30 am Indian Standard time

Venue: Hard Rock Stadium – Miami Gardens, Florida