On Friday morning, the first semi-final of the Copa America was between Argentina and Ecuador. Ecuador was very oppressive in the first half, and Argentina scored a header from Licindo Martinez . In the second half , Rodriguez Di Paolo had a fatal handball, Ana Valencia missed a penalty kick, and Kevin Rodriguez scored the equalizer in stoppage time. In the penalty shootout, although Liiano Messi missed the shot, D. Martinez saved the opponent's penalty kick twice. In the end, Argentina eliminated Ecuador 4-2 in the penalty shootout.

At the start of the game, 6 minutes into the match, Moses Kashido dribbled into the penalty area, facing the defender, his low shot was saved by D. Martinez . In the 27th minute, Najoel Morina made a cross , Ansu Fernandez headed the ball but missed the target. In the 35th minute, Argentina had a corner kick opportunity, Alex Maiaris hit the ball in front, and Licindo Martinez, who was unguarded at the back, headed the ball in, and Argentina led 1-0. In the 42nd minute, Argentina counterattacked in the frontcourt, Ansu Fernandez made a pass-like shot in the penalty area, and Nadal Martinez failed to kick the ball. At the end of the first half, Argentina led Ecuador 1-0.

After the change of sides, in the 61st minute, Ecuador made a cross from the left, and the ball hit Rodriguez Di Paolo 's hand. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick , which was hit by the post by Anna Valencia. The score remained unchanged. In the 70th minute, Liano Messi received a long pass from his teammate, and the angle of his shot after stopping the ball was too straight and was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 90th minute, John Yeboa made a cross from the right to the front of the goal, and Kevin Rodriguez headed the ball and rubbed it. The ball bounced off the ground and flew into the goal, but a player at the back post was in an offside position and interfered with the goalkeeper's save. After VAR intervened, it was confirmed that the goal was valid, and Ecuador tied the score 1-1. At the end of the 90th minute, the two teams were tied 1-1.

In the penalty shootout, Liiano Messi missed the shot, Anthony Martínez and Aaron Wenda missed the shot, but both were saved by D. Martinez . Julian Everis , Alex McAleer , Gonzalo Mondier and Nicolas Odamendi scored. At the end of the game, Argentina defeated Ecuador 4-2 in the penalty shootout.