How Lions went to the previous Cups America

ByDavid Mitchell
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Argentina has one more chance to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, the Copa América. As of July 24, Lucas Rey’s team will compete in the Copa América – also known as the Panamerican Cup – in search of the passage to the next World Cup.

From 2000 to the present, the lions were always on the podium of this tournament. Nine competitions were played, twice ended with the bronze medal (2000 and 2009), while seven times they lifted the cup.

In 2003, 2004, 2013, 2017 and 2022 they stayed with the gold medal. In 2003 the title got the classification to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, while in the 2004 edition Jorge Lombi He came out as the tournament scorer.

In 2013 the scorer podium was made up of three Argentines, Facundo Callioni With 10 goals, Lucas Vila with 9 and Gonzalo Peillat With 8 goals, while 2017 Matías Paredes and Gonzalo Peillat They ended up as top scorers, with seven goals in the tournament. In the last edition, 2022, Canadian Gordon Johnston ended with 10 goals, Maico Casella with eight and Leandro Tolini With four.

David Mitchell
David Mitchell

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