FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Argentina, the world’s No. 1 ranked team, and international superstar Lionel Messi are headed to Gillette Stadium this Saturday for the quarterfinals of Copa America Centenario.
Messi and Argentina will face Venezuela in the tournament’s quarterfinal round at 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 18. As of Wednesday morning, almost 50,000 tickets have been sold for the game – including more than 15,000 sold in the last 72 hours.
This will be Argentina’s first visit to Foxborough since the 1994 World Cup, when Foxboro Stadium served as the country’s home base with opening games against Greece and Nigeria – both wins.