BUENOS AIRES: Five-time world player of the year Lionel Messi is widely expected to end an eight-month exile and be called back into the Argentina ...
BUENOS AIRES: Five-time world player of the year Lionel Messi is widely expected to end an eight-month exile and be called back into the Argentina squad ahead of the country's last get-together before the Copa America.
He was on the losing side in major finals three years running from 2014-16 - first to Germany in the World Cup in Brazil, then twice to Chile on penalties in the Copa America, including the one-off Centenary edition of the competition.Despite nine Spanish La Liga titles and four Champions League crowns with Barcelona, Messi's only success with Argentina was as part of the under-23 squad that won Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008.
"It's much more important to build teams and strengthen players to become champions rather than dreaming about Messi's return," said Menotti, who guided Argentina to World Cup glory as a coach in 1978.
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