Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻo Messi. ʻO Argentina, ma kahi hoʻokūkū i hoʻāʻo ai i ko lākou kūʻē ʻana i ka ʻeha, ua lanakila ʻo Brazil ma Maracana. Ua hoʻokō ka Argentine 10 i ka mea hiki ʻole iā Maradona: lanakila i kahi Copa América. ʻO kahi pahuhopu mai Ángel Di María i kanu i ka poʻe lanakila ʻole o Brazil i nalowale ʻole mai Nowemapa 2019. ʻO La Canarinha, kahi mokuahi o ka hoʻokūkū, ua hoʻonāukiuki ʻia e kahi pale Argentine i hoʻokumu i kahi pā.
Ua lanakila ʻo Argentina i kāna Copa América ʻumikumamālima me kahi hui i ka hoʻololi piha. Ua hoʻohana ʻo Coach Lionel Scaloni i ka ʻōpio e kūkulu hou i kahi hui i paʻi ikaika ʻia ma ka 2018 World Cup ma Russia. Ua lawe ʻo Messi, 34, i ke alakaʻi o ka hui. I ka hoʻokûkû continental, ua kiʻi ʻo ia i ʻehā mau pahu hopu a alakaʻi i ka hui e hōʻike i kona ʻaoʻao maikaʻi loa. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka pāʻani kūʻē iā Brazil, lawe nā mea a pau iā ia ma ko lākou poʻohiwi e hāpai iā ia i ka lewa. ʻAʻole no ka haʻahaʻa. Ua lanakila ʻo Rosario i kāna poʻo poʻokela mua me ka hui poʻokela ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana i ka hopena o ka World Cup ma 2014 a me ʻekolu mau hopena Copa América i Brazil (2007) a me Chile (2015 a me 2016).
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Brazil i ka hope. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Commander Neymar, me ke kāʻei lima ʻole o ke kāpena, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kāna mau hoa kime e hoʻouka i nā wahi āpau a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī i waiho ʻia e ka Albiceleste. Ua hoʻāʻo lākou iā Richarlison, akā ʻaʻohe laki. Ua hōʻole ʻo Emiliano Martínez i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana a Canarinha. Ua hoʻouna aku ʻo Tite i ke kahua i kahi Vinicius i pāʻani wale iā ʻEkuador. Ua loaʻa iā Emerson ka hohonu o ka hoʻouka ʻana, akā ʻaʻohe pahuhopu. ʻO ka kuʻekuʻe wāwae ʻākau o ka Argentine Gonzalo Montiel i hōʻuluʻulu i ka kūʻē ʻana o Argentine: piha i ke koko, akā paʻa. Ua loaʻa iā Messi ka manawa e hana ai i ka 2-0, akā ʻaʻole i pane kona mau wāwae iā ia. Paʻi ʻia ʻo Brazil; Ua ʻae ʻo Argentina. A ʻo ia ke kī. Ua ʻike mua ʻo Messi i ka mea e lanakila ai.
