 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi wa14 Chikumi 2021, Messi akarova kubva pakurova mahara mu11 dhizaini vachipesana neChile mumutambo wekutanga weboka reArgentina we2021 Copa AméricamuBrazil. Musi wa 21 Chikumi, Messi akatamba mumutambo wake wechi147 apo akaenzana naJavier Mascherano rekodhi yemitambo yakawanda yeArgentina mukukunda 10 pamusoro peParaguay mumutambo wavo wechitatu wemutambo. Vhiki imwe gare gare, akaputsa rekodhi yekuonekwa kwakawanda muhembe yeArgentina paakaratidzira mukukunda 41 kurwisa Bolivia mumutambo wekupedzisira weboka rake, achibatsira chinangwa chekuvhura chaPapu Gómez uye akazowana zvibodzwa zviviri. Musi wa 3 Chikunguru, Messi akabatsira kaviri uye akarova kubva pakurohwa pachena mukukunda 30 pamusoro peEcuador mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emakwikwi. Musi waChikunguru 6, mukukwikwidza 11 mu semi-fainari vachipesana neColombia, Messi akaita mutambo wake we150 uye akanyoresa rubatsiro rwake rwechishanu rwemutambo uyu, kucheka-kumashure kwaLautaro Martínez, achienzanisa rekodhi yake yezvibodzwa zvipfumbamwe mumutambo mumwe chete kubva makore mashanu apfuura; akazoisa nzvimbo yake mukukunda kweArgentina pakupedzisira 32 penalty shoot-out kuti afambire mberi kune yake yechishanu yepasi rose. Musi wa 10 Chikunguru, Argentina yakakunda makwikwi eBrazil 10 mufainari, ichipa Messi mukombe wake wekutanga wepasi rose uye wekutanga weArgentina kubvira 1993, pamwe nekurekodha kwenyika yake yechi15 Copa América. Messi akabatanidzwa zvakananga muzvinangwa zvipfumbamwe kubva pazvinangwa gumi nezviviri zvakaitwa neArgentina, achiwana mana uye achibatsira zvishanu; akatumidzwa zita remutambi wemutambo nekuda kwekuita kwake, rukudzo rwaakagovana naNeymar. Akapedzisawo semutambi mukuru wemutambo uyu aine zvibodzwa zvina zvakabatana neColombia Luis Díaz, kunyangwe hazvo Bhutsu yeGoridhe yakapihwa Messi sezvo aive neanobatsira zvakanyanya. 