Argentina overcame a difficult match against Canada in their Copa América debut, and for Julián Álvarez, it was no longer a cry. El Araña has been going through a long drought with the National Team , in which he has not scored since the World Cup in Qatar : namely since his double in the semi-final against Croatia, on November 13, 2022.

Since then, the River-trained striker has played 13 games without scoring. Specifically: one in Qatar (vs. France), six friendlies (vs. Panama, Australia, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala) and six in qualifying (Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Brazil).

However, despite Lautaro Martínez ‘s stellar form last season, Lionel Scaloni gave Julián his chance on his Copa América debut and his No.9 responded . At the start of the extra-time game against Canada, Araña looked to have made it 1-0: a Messi cross-field pass to Mac Allister, who was blocked by the goalkeeper, and Julián’s arrival to finish before the defenders closed in.

With this goal, the Manchester City striker has scored 8 goals in 32 appearances for the national team. And now that the streak has been broken, let there be more to come.

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