A significant confrontation has been set up by Alexis Mac Allister after the Liverpool player won the Copa America.
Despite having earlier dreamed of a potential quadruple, Alexis Mac Allister was forced to settle for just a League Cup winner’s medal during his first season with Liverpool, but his incredible winning streak for club and nation continues.
The Argentine helped his country defeat Colombia 1-0 to win the Copa America on Sunday night, continuing his unbeaten streak in finals. Argentina, the current world champions, are enjoying a unique kind of supremacy in the international arena.
And now that the unusual triple has been completed, the Reds midfielder has the opportunity to accomplish something no Liverpool player has ever done. Following their Copa America victory, Argentina will now play Spain in the Finalissima of the following year. This one-time encounter between the defending champions of Europe and the Americas was reinstated in 2022.
Argentina defeated Italy 3-0 at Wembley in 2022 to win the inaugural resurrected match, which had been abandoned for 29 years. Although he was in the squad, Mac Allister, a Brighton & Hove Albion player at the time, was not played that evening.
But the Liverpool star will try to complete a historic treble in the 2025 Finalissima after playing a pivotal part in both the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2024 Copa America in the United States.
In fact, Argentina has won the last two meetings between the two teams. In 1993, they prevailed on penalties against a Danish team that included Torben Piechnik, a defender for Liverpool at the time. If Mac Allister is successful in helping his country win the crown, he will be the first Reds player in history to win the international prize.
And with Spain the opposition—having defeated England in the Euro 2024 final on Sunday night—he will face Rodri, a midfield rival for Man City, in that match.
The Spanish star, who helped Pep Guardiola’s team win a fourth consecutive Premier League title, has become a strong candidate for the Ballon d’Or after winning player of the tournament at Euro 2024.
But in the months to come, Mac Allister—a Liverpool player hoping to keep up his own stellar winning record—will be seeking to defeat his opponent for club and country.
