2024-07-07 06:46:21
Argentina and Ecuador met in the first game of the quarter-finals of the America’s Cup.
As reported by İdman.biz, IFFHS has prepared a statistical report on the results of the meeting.
Ecuador came close to reaching the semi-finals for the first time since 1993 but missed out.
Ecuador have not beaten CONMEBOL teams since 2001, when they beat Venezuela 4-0. During that period, there were seven draws and 13 defeats in 20 games.
Ecuador is the only CONMEBOL team that has never won a match in Copa America history after being down at half-time. The team that has been down at half-time 67 times has drawn only 5 times and lost 62 times.
Ecuador’s Kendry Paez, at 17 years and 61 days, is the youngest quarter-finalist in Copa America history.
Lisandro Martinez scored his first goal in 21 matches for Argentina.
Two of Argentina’s last 28 goals have been headers, the first being Guido Rodriguez.
Lisandro Martinez is the first Argentine defender to score a goal in the Copa America since 2016. Eight years ago, Victor Cuesta scored against Bolivia. He scored in the group stage. The last Argentine defenders to score in the Copa America knockout stages were Gabriel Heinze (against Mexico in 2007) and Marcos Rojo (against Paraguay in 2015). Interestingly, they were all Manchester United players and scored with their heads.
Enner Valencia is the first Ecuadorian to miss two penalties in the Copa America, having failed to score against Bolivia in 2015.
For the first time since the 2004 final against Brazil, Argentina missed out on a Copa America victory with an own goal in extra time, scored by Kevin Rodriguez. Twenty years ago, Adriano scored in the 90+3 minute.
Lionel Messi touched the ball just 32 times during the game, the lowest number in 90 minutes of an official match since the 2011 Copa America.
Messi failed to score from the sixth kick in a Copa America penalty shootout for the second time.
Emiliano Martinez has won all 4 penalty shootouts for the Argentina national team – in 2021 at the Copa America in games against Colombia, and at the 2022 World Cup – against the Netherlands and France.
Martinez missed 9 of 18 penalties in those 4 series. The goalkeeper saved 8 times with 50% accuracy and missed the goal once.
Ecuador has lost both penalty shootouts at the Copa America, losing to Mexico in 1997.
It should be noted that Argentina won the penalty shootout (4:2) in a match that ended with a score of 1:1.
İdman.biz