Colombia star James Rodriguez won the Best Player award at the 2024 Copa America despite his country losing the final match to Argentina 1-0.
It was often known that the team that won the title would have one of its players win the best award, but Rodriguez’s historic performance in the Copa changed this rule.
The former Real Madrid star played 6 matches in the Copa, during which he scored a goal and assisted 6 others, and it appears, whether from the results or the numbers, that he is most deserving of the best award.
Rodriguez received the Best of the Year award at Hard Rock Stadium after the Argentina match while crying sorry for his team’s loss to Lautaro Martinez’s goal in the second overtime.
In the same context, Lautaro Martinez won the Copa America 2024 top scorer award for himself, after scoring 5 goals in 6 matches in the competition.
As for the best goalkeeper award, it was decided for the always brilliant player with the Silver Country, Emiliano Martinez, especially since he was a major reason for the Tango reaching the final after his brilliance against Ecuador during the penalty shootout in the quarter-finals.
It is noteworthy that Argentina only conceded one goal in the Copa, which was in the quarter-final match against Ecuador.
