{"id":46435,"date":"2021-07-09T17:03:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/argentina-vs-brazil-messi-warns-team-mates-about-neymar-ahead-of-copa-america-final"},"modified":"2021-07-09T17:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T16:27:49","slug":"argentina-vs-brazil-messi-warns-team-mates-about-neymar-ahead-of-copa-america-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/argentina-vs-brazil-messi-warns-team-mates-about-neymar-ahead-of-copa-america-final","title":{"rendered":"Argentina vs Brazil: Messi warns team mates about Neymar ahead of Copa America final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Argentina captain, Lionel Messi, has warned his teammates over the threat posed by Brazil forward, Neymar Jr, ahead of the Copa Am\u00e9rica final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Messi and his teammates qualified for the final following a nervy penalty shootout against Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>The game ended 1-1 after 120 minutes and Emiliano Martinez produced three saves in the ensuing shoot-out.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s game represents another opportunity for Messi to finally win a major trophy with his country<\/p>\n<p>But standing in there are hosts Brazil and Messi\u2019s former Barcelona teammate Neymar Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrazil, with Neymar, are going to be very difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know his potential, what he does individually,\u201d Messi said according to Sport.<\/p>\n<p>The final will take place at Maracana at 1am UK time (2am Spanish time) on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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