BUENOS AIRES: Captain Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s next four friendly matches, according to local press reports on Tuesday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner previously retired from the national side after their 2016 Copa America final defeat by Chile before returning to help them qualify for this year’s World Cup. The two-time world champions will face Guatemala in Los Angeles on September 7 and Colombia in New York four days later, before two friendlies later in the year against as-yet unnamed opponents. “Messi will not return this year and there are doubts about his future,” proclaimed Argentinian daily Clarin. News website Infobae said: “He will take a rest period, but that doesn’t mean he’s quitting.” “It is the coach who will say, when the time comes, what the situation is concerning Messi,” a team spokesman told media.
Published in Daily Times, August 16th 2018.
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