Lautaro Martinez's extra-time goal secures Argentina's Copa America victory over Colombia

MIAMI: Lautaro Martinez replaced Lo Celso in extra time in the 97th minute and turned Messi's sadness into a smile. Argentina retained the Copa America title by defeating Colombia, thanks to Martinez's lone goal in the 112th minute. Messi and his team won Argentina's second consecutive crown and a record 16th title.

Argentina ended Colombia's 28-game unbeaten run today. Despite being ahead of Argentina in ball possession and passing, Colombia was unable to score any goals in the match. The competition was tense. There were 18 fouls from the Colombian side. Argentina has eight. Both teams got two yellow cards each.

Di Maria's shot in the 58th minute was unfortunately not a goal. Messi had to leave the field in tears in the 66th minute due to an injury sustained in the 36th minute. Di Maria also returned to the bench in the 117th minute just before the end of the game.

Meanwhile, the start of the Copa America final match was delayed by an hour and a half as fans without tickets tried to storm the stadium. The match, which was supposed to start at 5.30 am Indian time, was delayed due to the crowd of fans who came to celebrate. The match started at 6:45 p.m. The organizers of the Copa America, Conmeball, were initially reluctant to allow fans to enter the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Due to this, the match was delayed for an hour and a half.

Even family members of the Argentina and Colombia players couldn't get inside at first because of the crowd. Children among the spectators were also injured. As pictures of the crowd spread on social media, there was concern about the safety of the spectators and the players.