The biggest footballing show of Latin America came to an end with the Albicelestes lifting the trophy defeating Seelecaos in the Grand Finale. Like every year, Copa America 2021 also saw some sparkling of youth talents and veterans proving their metal in the biggest stage. Ten teams fought for the coveted trophy for a month with their continental counterparts to make a podium finish.
After almost a month-long fight, Arch-rivals Brazil and Argentina met in the finals at the Maracana stadium. In an end-to-end thrilling encounter, Argentina won 1-0 against the home team and won the Copa America for the 15th time in their history. This article will look into some of the prolific goal-getters of this tournament, which helped their team hunt for glory.
How are the Players chosen on the list?
This edition of Copa America saw some of the continent's best players fighting it out for individual glory. Since several players can score the same number of goals, we have filtered out the best on some constraints. These are:-
- The fewest number of minutes played
- Number of Assists provided and
- Several chances were created.
List of Top Scorers
The list starts with the player who has the highest number of Copa America goals, followed by scorers in descending order.
- Lionel Messi - No doubt one of the best of the modern era tops the list with the most number of Goals and most assists. He had a total of 9 goal contributions, which consists of a staggering 4 goals and 5 assists. Adding to this, Messi also won the MVP(Most valuable player) of this tournament award. L on. As expected, he was proved to answer Argentina's misery in the past with a whooping 4 man of the match awards.
2. Luis Diaz - One of the emerging stars of this tournament, Luis Diaz showed the world what he could be turned into. He helped Columbia in crucial stages, including a crucial goal against Argentina, which saw the match go into penalties. He scored four goals which were the highest for his team.
3. Gianluca Lapadula - The Serie B striker was another surprise package of this tournament scoring three goals in the tournament. He also provided an assist to see himself in the third spot on this list. This Italian-born striker was a key to Peru's journey in this edition of Copa.
4. Lautaro Martinez - The next big thing in Argentina's Football team was going through tough stages before starting this tournament as he was goalless for 6 matches. But as the Copa evolved, he got back in his colors. With 3 goals, he played the role of a perfect Messi partner, helping Argentina end their drought of long 28 years.
5. Neymar jr. - The poster boy of this tournament finds himself 5th in this list as Brazil failed to defend their crown, which they gained 2 years back without Neymar. Neymar was clearly the best selection player with a total of 5 goal involvements ( 2 goals + 3 assists). However, he was left alone as his teammates failed to convert chances in the final. He won a whopping 3 man of the match awards, which was highest after Messi.
In the end, Argentina was crowned as the deserved champions of Latin America. As this edition of Copa came to an end with the best teams locking horns against each other, we look forward to more fireworks in the next editions.
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