Copa America 2024 commenced on Thursday, June 20 as holders Argentina took on Canada. It wasn’t the most convincing performance from La Albiceleste but they managed to pull off a 2-0 win to start their campaign.
Argentina have had the perfect start to their title defense, which they won in Brazil at Copa America 2021. They will hope to carry this momentum and lift the trophy again.
The second match at Copa America 2024 saw Peru play out a goalless draw against Chile. Both sides created multiple opportunities but failed to open the scoring and shared the points.
The next set of fixtures will see Ecuador take on Venezuela while Mexico will take on Jamaica, both in Group B.
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Lautaro Martinez leads Copa America 2024 Golden Boot Standings
Julian Alvarez opened the scoring in the 49th minute against Canada at Copa America, putting it into an empty net after the ball fell to him.
Lautaro Martinez made it 2-0 in the 88th minute, scoring through the legs of goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau. Lionel Messi, who is one of the favorites to win the Golden Boot award, missed a couple of big chances to score. He was 1v1 with Crepeau twice but failed to score.
Lautaro Martinez, Nicolas Otamendi, and Julian Alvarez were also guilty of missing some good chances.
In the second match, Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez scored his second goal of the tournament and now leads the goal scorer chart.
On that note, let’s take a look at the Copa America 2024 Top Scorers:
| Rank | Player | Country | Goals | Matches |
| 1 | Lautaro MartÃnez | Argentina | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Salomón Rondon | Venezuela | 3 | 4 |
| = | Darwin Nunez | Uruguay | 2 | 4 |
| = | Vinicius Jr | Brazil | 2 | 4 |
| = | Luis Diaz | Colombia | 2 | 4 |
| = | Jhon Córdoba | Colombia | 2 | 4 |
| = | Daniel Munoz | Colombia | 2 | 4 |
| = | Maximiliano Araújo | Uruguay | 2 | 4 |
| = | Folarin Balogun | USA | 2 | 4 |
| = | Eduard Bello | Venezuela | 2 | 4 |
| = | José Fajardo | Panama | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Christian Pulisic | USA | 1 | 4 |
| = | Matias Vina | Uruguay | 1 | 4 |
| = | Jhonder Cadiz | Venezuela | 1 | 4 |
| = | Alan Minda | Ecuador | 1 | 4 |
| = | Kendry Paez | Ecuador | 1 | 4 |
| = | Jeremy Sarmiento | Ecuador | 1 | 4 |
| = | Jefferson Lerma | Colombia | 1 | 4 |
| = | Julian Alvarez | Argentina | 1 | 4 |
| = | Gerardo Arteaga | Mexico | 1 | 4 |
| = | Julio Enciso | Paraguay | 1 | 4 |
| = | Max Araujo | Uruguay | 1 | 4 |
| = | Michael Murillo | Panama | 1 | 4 |
| = | Sávio | Brazil | 1 | 4 |
| = | Lucas Paquetá | Brazil | 1 | 4 |
| = | Omar Alderete | Paraguay | 1 | 4 |
| = | Davinson Sánchez | Colombia | 1 | 4 |
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