But before lifting the Copa America trophy in 2021, he had only suffered crushing defeats on the grandest stages, which clouded his legacy with Argentina. The 2014 team that lost to Germany in a ...

But then there was the 2021 Copa América, Argentina's first major trophy in 28 years, accompanied by the massive exhale that came with the realization that Lionel Messi wouldn't end his senior ...

The defending champions will be looking to win a third straight major tournament, and are unsurprisingly among the favorites to lift yet another trophy. Argentina won the 2021 Copa América ...

Yet still, Argentina walked away with their third straight major trophy — the 2022 World Cup sandwiched between the 2021 Copa and this one — becoming the first South American team to do so.

“Hopefully it can be different,” said Messi of Argentina’s return to the Copa America final, where they fell to hosts Chile last year. “Hopefully we can lift this trophy that we desire and ...

Argentina thus top the list of Copa America winners with 16 titles, followed by Uruguay's 15, in addition to copying Spain's achievement of back-to-back continental titles with a World Cup in ...