Jun 21, 2024 06:00 AMMessi’s through ball led to Julián Álvarez’s 49th-minute goal and the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner assisted on Lautaro Martínez’s 88th-minute score in a 2-0 victory on Thursday night, June 20.
“It’s been a long time since we’ve done this,” Messi said through a translator, “but we had patience to retain possession of the ball and it was hard to find the good open spaces.” A crowd of 70,564 attended the opener of the 32-game tournament. The United States plays Panama at the stadium on June 27.
“In the first half we did well defensively and we had a couple of chances but at this level you have to finish your chances,” new Canada captain Alphonso Davies said. “If you make mistakes they punish you, and that’s what they did today.”
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