Argentine soccer official makes another man wipe SWEAT off his neck in gross moment during Copa America semifinal in sweltering New Jersey

Argentine Football Association president Chiqui Tapia gave personification nan gross occupation of wiping his sweat distant during his nation's Copa America semifinal connected Tuesday night.

Tapia was watching his federation hit Canada 2-0 astatine MetLife Stadium successful Rutherford, New Jersey wherever it was different stifling evening. 

But while his squad gave him nary logic to sweat, Tapia was struggling successful nan power and felt nan request to deploy personification to support his look dry.

Video shows a man sat successful nan spot down Tapia pinch a cloth of immoderate benignant that he uses to swipe up beads of sweat arsenic they driblet connected Tapia's face.

He besides uses it arsenic a cooling cloth, pressing it against Tapia's cervix successful a bid to support him cool arsenic he watched nan crippled unfold.

Argentina continued their caller power of world shot pinch a mostly comfortable triumph complete nan Canadians.

The reigning world champions will now play either Uruguay aliases Colombia successful Sunday's last successful Miami. 

Manchester City's Julian Alvarez put nan Albiceleste up successful nan 22nd minute.

He controlled a agelong walk from Rodrigo De Paul, took 2 touches to get distant from Moise Bombito and slipped nan shot done nan legs of goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau for his ninth world goal.

Lionel Messi past redirected Enzo Fernandez's changeable pursuing a mediocre Ismael Kone clearance successful disconnected nan look of Crepeau from 4 yards successful nan 51st for his first extremity of nan tournament. 

Messi has 28 goals successful his past 25 matches for Argentina and 14 successful Copa America play, 3 awkward of nan record. He has scored against 38 different nations.

Messi and Argentina moved wrong 1 triumph of joining Spain arsenic nan only nations to triumph 3 consecutive awesome titles.

Trying to drawstring together Copa America titles astir nan 2022 World Cup championship, Argentina hopes to lucifer Spain's feat of winning nan 2008 and 2012 European Championships on pinch nan 2010 World Cup. 

'It's insane what this squad has done, what nan Argentina nationalist squad is doing,' Messi said.

'For those who stay from nan aged guard, it's beyond awesome that nan nationalist squad is successful different final.'