Group A of the 2024 Copa América is set for a thrilling climax on today, June 29 as three teams – Canada, Chile, and Peru – battle for the remaining two knockout stage positions. Argentina, already qualified with a perfect record, may rest key players when they face a desperate Peruvian team clinging to a mathematical chance of advancing at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.
The Argentina national team leads the group with six points, followed by the canucks with three. Both Chileans and Peruvians sit precariously on one point each, needing victories and potentially favorable results from the other match to progress. Notably, all three squads chasing qualification have a negative goal difference of -1, adding another layer of intrigue to the final group stage fixtures.
La Roja’s hopes were dealt a heavy blow with their 1-0 loss to Argentina, while La Blanquirroja suffered the same fate against Canada on Tuesday. Both teams must win their final matches and hope for an upset in the Argentina-Peru clash to progress.
Led by the dazzling Alphonso Davies, Canada can secure a historic first-ever Copa America quarterfinal berth with a draw against Chile. However, their qualification hinges on Peru not pulling off an unlikely victory over Argentina’s B Team in Miami.
With everything on the line, Saturday promises a captivating finale in Group A. Fans can expect high-octane action as Canada, Chile, and Peru fight tooth and nail for their Copa América survival to accompany Argentina in the next stage of the tournament.
In Peru, the matches of La Bicolor will be broadcasted on TV exclusively on América Televisión and its streaming platform, América TVGo; and in Argentina, the matches of La Albiceleste will be broadcasted on Televisión Pública, Telefe, and TyC Sports and on live-stream from your cell phone, PC, laptop, Smart TV and Tablet on TyC Sports Play. Likewise, in Argentina and Peru, as well as the rest of Latin America, this match will also be available through DirecTV Sports and its streaming platform DirecTV Go.
In the United States, FOX Sports (FS1) has the rights to broadcast all the 2024 Copa America matches in the United States, from the streaming services of fubo TV, DIRECTV Stream and Sling TV. If you want to watch it in Spanish, you will have to contract TUDN, Univision or ViX Premium.
If you are in Spain, you can watch Argentina vs. Peru only on 3Cat and TV3, but the rest of the 2024 Copa America matches will be on Movistar+. Remember the time difference: the duel between argentinians and peruvians starts in the European country at 2:00 am on Sunday, June 30.
Finally, if you are in the United Kingdom, you can catch every thrilling moment of the 2024 Copa America with Premier Sports, the official broadcaster for the tournament in the UK. Subscribe today from just £9.99 per month and access live streams of all the games conveniently through the Premier Sports app (Android / iOS) or website.
Here are the schedules by country so you know at what time the match between Argentina vs. Peru starts for the 2024 Copa America Group A’s Matchday 3:
This will be the 18th meeting between the two teams in the Copa América. In total, they have met 17 times in the oldest national team championship in the world. The first time was in 1927, when the tournament was still called the South American Championship.
The advantage is quite wide for Argentina with 12 wins to its credit. Peru, on the other hand, has only three wins (1997, 1963 and 1957). The other two matches ended in draws. The biggest defeat was in the first meeting between the two, when the ‘Albiceleste’ won 5-1.
The Albiceleste and the Bicolor have faced each other 54 times throughout history, counting friendlies, Copa América and South American qualifiers. The Argentine National Team has a positive record against Peru with 35 wins, 14 draws and only five losses.
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