Second match for Argentina and first final that faces Lionel Messi in this one, his fifth Copa America. After the defeat (0-2) against Colombia, the Albiceleste can not afford a trip to Paraguay, a team in renovation that, historically, has always posed hard and rough matches. There is a nuance: if Argentina loses, it is not eliminated. Depending on the results, he could still take the third best, since he is also guaranteed to reach the quarterfinals - together with the first two of each of the three groups - but a defeat, or even a draw, would leave things, and the soul, very touched ahead of the third day against Qatar, which has ceased to be a Cinderella after what was shown this year in global. And there is another detail: if Argentina happens to pass as one of the two thirds, it could be crossed in a fratricidal quarter final in Porto Alegre before the host, Brazil. It would be a bombshell ... possible but still far away.

Many reasonsFor all those reasons, Argentina needs another briskness before the tough and renewed Paraguay of Toto Berizzo. It's funny: on the bench will be a kind of Galician derby, among one, Scaloni, who shone as a player in Deportivo; and another, Berizzo, who stood out as a player and coach in Celta. Both will be demanded, because Paraguay only drew against Qatar in the first day.