Argentina vs Peru

 Argentina vs Peru live updates: Lautaro Martinez goals send reigning Copa America champions through

Walter Samuel, who stood in for Argentina's suspended manager Lionel Scaloni tonight, commented on Lionel Messi's status after the match: “We are monitoring day after day. We will see how he feels, we will talk to the doctors. We have several days ahead of us before the game.

"I talked to him and he is getting better. It’s been a couple of days and it’s too early to tell. We will talk to him and the doctors.”

Perfect Argentina

Argentina have now beaten Peru three straight times at Copa America for the first time since winning seven straight against them between 1927 and 1947.

The defending champions have also won all three of their group-stage games for the third time this century, also doing so in 2007 and 2016.

Ignominious exit for Peru

This is the first time that Peru have missed the knockout stage at Copa America since 1995, which is also the last time they failed to win a single game at the tournament.

Even worse, this is the first time ever that they have failed to score a single goal at the tournament.

Fossati on refereeing: 'It was always against us

After blaming the heat during Peru's last match for hurting his players' performance tonight, Peru's manager Jorge Fossati went on to also blame tonight's referee for his team's loss.

“I believe the referee was biased at some points, at some points he was giving against us fouls where we hadn’t even touched opponents," Fossati said. "The referee and VAR missed the foul on the second goal. It was revealed on the big screen. It was a clear foul by Lautaro (Martinez) that threw our player off balance. I believe it was crystal clear. In many disputed moments, it was always against us.”

Instant reaction to Argentina's win over Peru

Felipe Cardenas and Adam Crafton have dissected the key talking points from tonight's match, looking at:

Lautaro Martinez, Copa America’s leading goalscorer

Did Argentina miss Messi?

How did Argentina manage without Scaloni?

Did Manchester United’s Garnacho take his chance?

Check out their breakdown at the link below!

CONCACAF's leading light

Who woulda thunk it?

CONCACAF is usually headlined by the USMNT and Mexico, but both are in serious danger of missing out on the knockout stage at Copa America.

In their stead, Canada have bounced back from their disastrous 2022 World Cup to clinch a berth in the quarters, and Panama stand a decent chance of advancing alongside them.