October 16, 2024

Canada advanced to the Copa America semifinals after winning the tiebreaker. They will play the semi-final against Lionel Messi’s Argentina. Canada won the tiebreaker 4-3 on Saturday morning. Argentina won the tiebreaker on Friday. On Saturday, the Copa match was a tiebreaker. The match ended 1-1 at the scheduled time. The hero in the tiebreaker is Canadian goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau. He saved two penalties for Venezuela. That paved the way for Canada to reach the semi-finals. Argentina is in front this time.

Jacob Schuffelberg put Canada ahead with a goal 12 minutes into the match. Canada was leading 1-0 in the first half. Venezuela repaid the goal in the second half. Salman Rondon scored in 63 minutes. His shot from 35 yards went into the net. Neither team could widen the gap after that.

Argentina beat Ecuador in the semi-finals on Friday. Canada will have to play against World Cup winner Messi. That match will be on July 10. Colombia and Panama will meet in the quarterfinals on Saturday night. Brazil will play on Sunday morning. They will play against Uruguay. The winners of these two matches will meet in the semi-finals. That match will be on July 11.

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