HOUSTON – Argentina defeated Venezuela in the Copa America Quarter-Finals, setting the team up to play the U.S. National Men's Soccer team in the semi-finals Tuesday night. The game will be held at Houston's NRG Stadium.
Argentina beat Venezuela 4 - 1.
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Lionel Messi started for Argentina in the match Saturday night. It was his first start of the tournament.
The Barcelona midfielder is recovering from a back injury. He sat out the Copa America opener and came on as a substitute in the next two games of group play, scoring a hat trick in just 29 minutes against Panama.
In the quarterfinal against Venezuela, Messi assisted on Argentina's first goal with a long pass to Gonzalo Higuain in the eighth minute.