At 8 o'clock in the morning on July 15, Beijing time, the final of the 2024 Copa America will be passionately staged, and the Argentina team led by Messi will face off against the strong Colombia team.
In terms of the overall strength of the two teams, naturally Argentina has an overwhelming advantage. The data shows that the total value of the Argentina team is 805 million euros, ranking second in the Copa America, second only to the first-ranked Samba Army, while the total value of the Colombia team is only 283 million euros, ranking fifth in the Copa America, compared to Argentina, Colombia is not a point or two.
Argentina has a strong squad and a star-studded squad, with world-class stars such as Messi, Lautaro, Alvarez, Enzo and McAllister. Any one of them has the ability to change the course of the game in an instant; In contrast, Colombia is particularly civilian, playing against almost no world-class stars, all unknown ordinary players in world football.
In view of this, the outside world is generally more optimistic that Argentina can beat Colombia to the last laugh and successfully defend the Copa America title. The author thinks that the heat will die, although Argentina is strong as a whole and crushes Colombia, but it may not be able to have the last laugh.
First of all, judging from the past head-to-head record between the two teams, Colombia is not afraid of Argentina. The data shows that from 2018 to the present, Colombia has played Argentina a total of 5 times, with a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 1 loss, and the strong Argentina team can be a draw. In this sense, Colombia does not fall behind against Argentina, does not have any psychological disadvantage, as long as it travels lightly and plays its normal form, it is not impossible to defeat Argentina.
Secondly, after Argentina entered the knockout stage, the state was slightly sluggish, and in the quarter-finals against Ecuador, which was similar in strength to Colombia, they seemed helpless, and they did not solve the battle for 120 minutes, until they entered the penalty shootout, and Argentina only had 5 penalties and 5 difficult laughs to the end. With the example that the Colombia team gave itself, Colombia can face Argentina more calmly this time, lose the battle, not be ashamed, and win the battle is the highlight moment of creating history. Therefore, in terms of mentality, Colombia is more relaxed than Argentina, which wants to win and is afraid of losing. This is very conducive to Colombia's super-level performance.
Finally, Argentina has also committed the taboo of "death in the heat". As we all know, in previous tournaments, the team with the highest call to win the championship is less likely to have the last laugh. On the contrary, some teams that are not favored by the outside world are more likely to upset and complete the counterattack. Therefore, based on the above three reasons, the author thinks that Colombia may upset the Pampas Eagles Argentina and have the last laugh and become the biggest winner of this Copa America.