Lionel Messi hopes to become a Copa America winner in just two days time. It's one of the few titles lacking from his extensive list of honours in football.

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For Argentina, he has already won the Olympic Games and the U20 World Cup. In fact, it was exactly 10 years ago (July 2, 2005) that he won the latter of those two in Holland.

With the No.18 on his back, Messi scored two penalties as Argentina beat Nigeria 2-1 to win the competition. He was also named the tournament's top scorer and the tournament's best player.

However, he started that tournament as a substitute. Little by little, his role in Francisco Ferraro's team grew and he first started a game against Egypt. He scored in that game and started from then on.

Now Messi, as well as Ezequiel Garay, Pablo Zabaleta, Lucas Biglia, Fernando Gago and Sergio Aguero, can help that generation of players add another trophy to the national team's haul.