According to Opta, as reported by copaamerica.com, a number of facts show that the Albiceleste, nicknamed the Argentine national team, have a brilliant record compared to their potential opponents, the Canucks, nicknamed the Canadian national team.
Here are some interesting facts ahead of the Argentina vs Canada Euro 2024 semi-final match:
-Argentina has won the last 10 matches against representatives of Concacaf (North, Central America and the Caribbean) in official competitions.
– La Albiceleste have kept a clean sheet in their last six matches against Concacaf representatives. The streak began with a victory over Costa Rica in the 2011 Copa América.
– The last time the Albiceleste lost to a Concacaf representative in a senior tournament was at the 2004 Copa America, when Mexico won 1-0 in the group stage. Link: Full Copa America 2024 schedule
– Argentina have reached the semi-finals in seven of the last eight major tournaments (World Cup and Copa América) in which they have participated. The Albiceleste’s only failure was the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where they were eliminated in the round of 16 by tournament winners France (3-4).
– Under Lionel Scaloni, Argentina have reached the semi-finals of all four major tournaments they have participated in (Copa América 2019, 2021 and 2024 + FIFA World Cup 2022).
– Argentina have played four penalty shootouts since Lionel Scaloni became their coach, and all have been won by the Albiceleste: victories against Colombia in the 2021 Copa América, the Netherlands and France in the 2020 FIFA World Cup and Ecuador in the 2024 Copa América.
– This is the second time that Canada has faced a Latin American representative in the semi-final or final of an official tournament, after the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup, where it beat Colombia in the final.
– The reigning Copa América champions have reached the semi-finals seven times since 1993. The defending champions have only reached the semi-finals twice: Colombia in 2004 (lost to Argentina) and Chile in 2019 (lost to Peru), both of whom were eliminated by the same scoreline 3-0.
– Canada has generated more expected goals than its opponents in its last three Copa América games against Venezuela, Chile and Peru. The only team to outscore them in that regard during the tournament was Argentina in its debut.
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