Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni has insisted his team will feel no added pressure when they seek to defend their Copa America crown in the United States this summer.

The Albiceleste, who are also the reigning World Cup champions, will begin their Copa America campaign against Canada on June 20 before also meeting Chile and Peru in the competition's group stage.

"For us, not much changes," Scaloni said in an interview published on the Major League Soccer (MLS) website on Thursday.

"Wearing this shirt means always going out to give your best every game and our way of approaching each match will not change. It is true that we have one more [champions'] star on our chest and our responsibility is to continue competing. But our way of playing will be the same."

Argentina will finalize their preparations for the competition with friendlies against Ecuador and Guatemala on June 9 and 14.

Scaloni said the matches would provide an opportunity to make "final adjustments" ahead of the world's oldest continental football tournament.

"The players are coming from a long season in which most of them have played a lot of games and this will give us a chance to come together and settle as a group. Hopefully these two matches will leave them ready to compete."

Argentina and Uruguay share the mantle as the most successful teams in Copa America history, having both won the competition 15 times.

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