Messi and Argentina are waiting – the Canadian team qualified tonight (between Friday and Saturday) for the semi-finals of the Copa America after a dramatic victory in penalties over the Venezuelan team, ending 1:1 after 90 minutes.
Already at the start of the game, Jacob Shappelburg gave the Reds from Canada the lead, after a great goal in the 13th minute. The game was fast-paced and equal with dozens of scoring opportunities in total for both teams, when in the 65th minute Salomon Rondon tied the score to 1:1 and excited all the Venezuelan fans present at the stadium in Texas.
The result remained unchanged until the end of the legal time. In the penalty shootout, the star was the goalkeeper of the Canadian team, who stopped three penalties and advanced his team to the next stage.
For the first time that the team from the country of Maple participates in the Copa America, it reaches the semi-finals and in fact is the first to do so for the first time since the Honduras team in 2001. Alphonso Davies, by the way, played 90 minutes and scored from the penalty spot in the penalty shootout. Argentina and Canada met in the group stage, the world champion won 0:2 with goals from Julián Albers and Otro Martinez.
