Athletistic / Football. Argentina national team captain and forward Lionel Messi is not part of the squad for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (France). The national team’s press office confirmed that the 37-year-old forward was not included in the team’s final bid for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Messi is currently part of the Argentina national team and is participating in the 2024 America’s Cup in the United States. The Argentines confidently won Group A and reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, where their opponent will be the Ecuadorian national team. It is worth noting that earlier Messi himself explained his non-participation in the 2024 Olympics by the fact that he could not afford to be absent for more than two months at Inter Miami: the MLS season is played according to the “Vienna-Autumn” system and does not stop during the America’s Cup and the Olympic Games.
Lionel Messi won the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China as part of the Argentina national team.
The men’s Olympic football tournament will run from July 24 (starting two days before the opening ceremony) to August 9.
Source: Sport
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