Copa America 2019: Brazil 2-0 Argentina - 3 reasons why Argentina lost the match

#2 They were somewhat unlucky

Lionel Messi hit the crossbar

For the entirety of the group stage, Argentina had the feel of a highly unbalanced team who had yet to get to grips with one another and this was largely a function of the imbalance that has rocked their nation's football in recent years.

Their head coach was only appointed late last year and most of the players in the current squad had not played with one another in a major competition prior to this one.

They, however, rose above all that to put in a fine team display against Venezuela in the quarterfinal and they built on that with another impressive performance against Brazil.

There was team coordination and more importantly, Lionel Messi who had been peripheral in the tournament till this point stepped up and gave his best display of the competition.

For large parts of the match, Argentina were on the front foot with Brazil electing to sit back and soak up the pressure. Los Albiceleste sought to take advantage of Brazil's laid back approach but ultimately failed to do so.

It was not for lack of trying though, as they managed fourteen shots at the Brazilian goal, with two of those painfully coming off the crossbar. Had either of those gone in, Brazil would have found themselves rattled which would have played to Argentina's advantage but ultimately they were denied by a matter of inches.

Tight matches like this one are most times decided by small margins and elements of luck and even the most pragmatic of persons would agree that sometimes, forces beyond our control come to our aid in harrowing situations and while Argentina might have done all within their power to get the victory, they lost the game by small margins.