Argentina vs Colombia Copa America 2024 final Highlights | Argentina win Copa America title for a record 16th time; beat Colombia by 1-0

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's LIVE Coverage of the Copa America 2024 final between Argentina and Colombia at the Miami Gardens' Hard Rock Stadium. 

This is Koushik Biswas, who will bring you all the updates on the Argentina vs Colombia Copa America 2024 final from the web desk as Lionel Messi's Argentina look to become the most successful team in Copa America History. Meantime, James Rodriguez's Colombia take the title back home after some stunning performances in knockouts.

So, sit back and relax as we bring you all the latest of the game. You can also read the preview of this game, to have the right information before the final. 

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Jul 15, 2024 07:12 IST
Match Summary
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



Jul 15, 2024 10:24 IST
The moment
THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR ✨👏

LEO MESSI AND ARGENTINA LIFT THE COPA AMÉRICA TROPHY 🇦🇷🏆 pic.twitter.com/AX3N8z2D5v
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 15, 2024



Jul 15, 2024 10:22 IST
Thank You, Fideo
¡Gracias, Fideo! 🫶🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/ntGd6yJNNz
— Copa Mundial FIFA 🏆 (@fifaworldcup_es) July 15, 2024



Jul 15, 2024 09:59 IST
Lisandro Martinez wins the Golden boot award
Lisandro Martinez wins the Golden boot with five goals in the tournament.



Jul 15, 2024 09:59 IST
Martinez wins the Best Goalkeeper Award
Emiliano Martinez wins the back-to-back best goalkeeper award.



Jul 15, 2024 09:57 IST
James Rodriguez wins the player of the tournament award
Six assists and one goal, Colombian captain James Rodriguez wins the Player of the tournament award.



Jul 15, 2024 09:41 IST
Full time | Argentina 1-0 Colombia
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.
 



Jul 15, 2024 09:37 IST
120+2' | Shout for a penalty
Shout for a penalty from Colombian players, but denied by the referee. 



Jul 15, 2024 09:35 IST
120' | 2 minutes added
2 minutes added as injury time.



Jul 15, 2024 09:31 IST
117' | Final bye from Di Maria
Di Maria, in tears, his replaced by Nicolas Otamendi.



Jul 15, 2024 09:30 IST
114' | Yellow card
Yellow card for Borja for a foul on Lisandro Martinez.



Jul 15, 2024 09:29 IST
112' | Goal for Argentina | Argentina 1-0 Colombia
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.



Jul 15, 2024 09:24 IST
109' | Block by Lisandro
Huge block by Lisandro Martinez to restrict Borja from going for a shot.



Jul 15, 2024 09:23 IST
108' | Nearly for Lautaro
Angel Di Maria, in his last international game, sent a great cross but even a stretched Lautaro Martinez could not reach the ball



Jul 15, 2024 09:21 IST
National holiday in Colombia announced



Jul 15, 2024 09:20 IST
106' | Triple change for Colombia
Dias, Arias and Lerma are replaced by Borja, Carrascal



Jul 15, 2024 09:16 IST
105+1' | First half of extra time done
No goals from either side. We are 15 minutes away from penalty.



Jul 15, 2024 09:15 IST
105' | 1 minute added
1 minute added as injury time.



Jul 15, 2024 09:13 IST
104' | Lisandro with a intervention
Lisandro deflects a long cross from Mojica which was heading for Luis Diaz.



Jul 15, 2024 09:11 IST
102' | Two players down for Argentina
Lisandro and Romero both are down after colliding with each other. 



Jul 15, 2024 09:08 IST
Messi's ankle does not look good
That ankle doesn't look good.

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

pic.twitter.com/BGnPMvelXO
— herculez gomez (@herculezg) July 15, 2024



Jul 15, 2024 09:06 IST
97' | Triple change for Argentina
Enzo, Mac Allister and Alvarez are replaced by Lo Celso, Paredes and Lautaro Martinez.



Jul 15, 2024 09:04 IST
95' | Vargas makes a great save
De Paul with an underlapping run and followed with a cutback pass to Nicolás González, whose right footed shot is saved by Vargas. 



Jul 15, 2024 09:00 IST
91' | Change for Colombia
James Rodriguez is replaced by Juan Fernando Quintero. The first half of the the extra time starts.



Jul 15, 2024 08:54 IST
Full time in normal time: Argentina 0-0 Colombia
No goals from their teams in the normal full-time of 90 minutes. We are going to the extra time now.



Jul 15, 2024 08:53 IST
90+3' | Nicolás González misses the target
Nicolás González missed the target after the corner was headed down by Romero for him to go for a volley.



Jul 15, 2024 08:51 IST
90+1' | 4 minutes added
4 minutes added as injury time.



Jul 15, 2024 08:51 IST
90+1' | Chance for Di Maria
Chance for Di Maria, who could not get around Mojica to get the shot.



Jul 15, 2024 08:48 IST
88' | Close for Argentina
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.



Jul 15, 2024 08:45 IST
BEST.
He’s the best. Always. pic.twitter.com/FOaxKdUbWv
— Selección Argentina in English (@AFASeleccionEN) July 15, 2024



Jul 15, 2024 08:41 IST
81' | Free-kick for Colombia
James Rodriguez goes for the goal from the free-kick spot and is blocked by the wall.



Jul 15, 2024 08:36 IST
75' | Goal but offside
Nicolás Tagliafico is offside. Though Nicolás González scored via his cross, the goal is denied.



Jul 15, 2024 08:33 IST
73' | VAR check for a potential penalty
VAR check for a potential foul by Mac Allister on Jhon Córdoba. It is nullified by the VAR officials.



Jul 15, 2024 08:31 IST
72' | Montiel is injured as well
Montiel is reaplced by Nahuel Molina.



Jul 15, 2024 08:28 IST
Messi in tears
Messi is in tears as he is subbed off due to injury 💔 pic.twitter.com/t0l3OLLuWf
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) July 15, 2024



Jul 15, 2024 08:27 IST
65' | Messi is replaced by Nicolás González
Unfortunately for him and his fans around the world, Messi can not continue anymore and is replaced by Nicolás González.




Jul 15, 2024 08:24 IST
64' | Messi is injured again

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



Jul 15, 2024 08:22 IST
62' | Lerma misses his target
Lerma tries his luck from a long-range shot and it is nowhere near the target.



Jul 15, 2024 08:21 IST
61' | Yellow card
Yellow card for Mac Allister for a foul on James Rodriguez on the byline.



Jul 15, 2024 08:18 IST
57' | Vargas denies Di Maria again
Di Maria from the left tried to go for the far post low corner and it was deflected away by Vargas. 



Jul 15, 2024 08:14 IST
54' | Colombia with the first corner of second half
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.



Jul 15, 2024 08:09 IST
49' | Camilo Vargas makes the save
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.



Jul 15, 2024 08:08 IST
48' | Arias misses the target
Nearly for Colombia. Arias's volley missed the far post narrowly. 



Jul 15, 2024 08:05 IST
46' | Second half starts
Colombia starts the proceedings in the second half.



Jul 15, 2024 08:02 IST
Players are coming out of the tunnel
We are getting ready for the second half.



Jul 15, 2024 07:40 IST
Half-time: Argentina 0-0 Colombia
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.



Jul 15, 2024 07:39 IST
45' | 1 minute added
 1 minute added as injury time.



Jul 15, 2024 07:38 IST
44' | Tagliafico misses the target with the header
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.



Jul 15, 2024 07:35 IST
42' | Montiel with a weak cross
Montiel with a disappointing cross after receiving a long cross from Di Maria from across the ground.



Jul 15, 2024 07:34 IST
41' | Richard is on target with his shot
Richard Rios with a shot from long range. Though he was on-target, it is an easy grab for Martinez.