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The origins of the football rivalry between Argentina and Brazil can be traced to a time before football became popular in both countries. [29] Their rivalry is found in almost all sports, but a men's football match between Argentina and Brazil is particularly important.
This was the eightieth meeting between these two historic rivals with Brazil winning 38 of the previous 79 matches to Uruguay's 21 wins and 20 draws. [21] However, the record in the 26 previous Copa América matches was fairly even, with nine wins for each side and eight draws, although the last Uruguayan triumph dated back to the 1983 Copa ...
Brazil is already the first South American team to secure a direct spot in next year's World Cup. Second-place Argentina is nearly there, too. Anyone thinking Tuesday's qualifying match between ...
With the match's result, Argentina continued its unbeaten streak, which reached 20 matches, while Brazil had their first competitive defeat since 2018. [52] After the match, manager Tite criticised the organisation of the Copa América and described the final as "stop-start" with "anti-football" preventing Brazil from playing well. [53]
Brazil and Argentina both suffered defeats in their qualifying matches ahead of the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday.
The match was Argentina's 8th final appearance, further extending its record, and was Colombia's third Copa América final. Before the match, Argentina had won a joint-record 15 titles (12 were won with a round-robin format and 3 in finals), and Colombia's most recent final win was in 2001.
Lionel Messi led his Argentina lineup off the field and into the locker rooms because of a brawl between rival fans in Brazil, delaying the start of their South American World Cup qualifier by 27 ...