Argentina and Uruguay fight for a 16th title to isolate themselves at the top of the Copa América

A Argentinacurrent world and continental champion, will seek to win her 16th America Cup and resolve your personal dispute with the Uruguay to be the biggest winner of the tournament. At the moment, both have 15 tournament titles.

It was precisely in the last Copa América, played in Brazil, in 2021, that the ‘Albiceleste’ and star Lionel Messi took off the burden of 28 years without titles (the 1993 Copa América in Ecuador had been their last achievement).

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Since the triumph at Maracanã against the Brazilian team in 2021, the Argentines began a path of celebration after celebration that culminated in the third world championship won in Qatar in December 2022. In the middle of this path, there was the victory of the ‘Finalíssima’ over the European champion Italy at Wembley, England, in June of the same year.

Now, Argentina will fight to overcome its arch-rival of more than a century and neighbor from Rio de la Plata, Uruguay, with whom it shares the Copa América title record.

The Uruguayans, in turn, won their last title in 2011, precisely in Argentina, where they defeated Paraguay in the final with a team in which a young Luis Suárez stood out, who will certainly play his last tournament with the ‘Celeste’ shirt in the U.S.

With nine victories, Brazil occupies third place on the list of winners of the oldest national team competition in the world, which has been held since 1916 and will celebrate its 48th edition in the USA.

Behind the three South American powers, with two titles each, are Peru, Paraguay and Chile, and the table of champions is completed by Bolivia and Colombia, with a Copa América won by each, both as hosts.