The United States men’s national team will take on Lionel Messi and Argentina in the Copa America Centenario semifinals tonight.
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United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann said his side was guilty of being “too nice” after their Copa America Centenario campaign ended in a brutal 4-0 drubbing by Argentina here Tuesday.
Things didn’t go as planned for the U.S. Men’s National Team as they faced Argentina in the semifinal match of Copa America Tuesday night.
Messi’s free-kick came in the 32nd minute of the contest at NRG Stadium to make it 2-0, hitting the set-piece of the underside of the crossbar, leaving Brad Guzan with no chance.
Messi had a goal and an assist, and Gonzalo Higuain had two goals for Argentina.
The Albiceleste will now face either Chile or Colombia in the final at East Rutherford in New Jersey on Sunday.
Midfielders Kyle Beckerman and Graham Zusi were inserted in the US lineup along with forward Chris Wondolowski for Tuesday night’s Copa America semifinal against top-ranked Argentina. It seems unlikely though, as Argentina is nearly certain to score at least a couple goals. Scoring 4 goals with the first done within the first 3 minutes of the game, Argentina will be a force to deal with in the Copa America 2016 finals.
Messi almost had another goal in the 83rd minute, but Guzan got a hand on his open shot from the right flank and steered it wide.
While Argentina rolls into the final, the U.S.is not done either.
Argentina dominated the United States from start-to-finish with a 4-0 victory over the United States on Tuesday in Houston.
Klinsmann inserted Beckerman and midfielder Graham Zusi into his lineup along with forward Chris Wondolowski because of suspensions assessed to midfielders Jermaine Jones and Alejandro Bedoya, and forward Bobby Wood. Statisticians dubbed more than one-third of its passes “incorrect”. However, 13 minutes from the intermission, Messi got on the score sheet with an absolute beauty of a goal. The last three times were in 1993, 1995 and 2007. There will always be a step backwards and then two more steps forward.
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That strike made him the leading goal scorer in the history of Argentina. “They got in a rhythm, they got that early goal, and it kind of shot us in the foot a little bit”.
