Argentina Squad for Copa America 2024: Messi Makes a Comeback

Accordingly, Lionel Messi has returned to the Argentina national team to prepare for Copa America 2024, after being absent from FIFA Days last March.

In preparation for the friendly matches against Ecuador (June 10) and Guatemala (June 14) in the United States, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) recently announced a list of 29 teams. players of this country. After the upcoming friendly matches, coach Lionel Scaloni finalizes the list of 26 players who will participate in the 2024 Copa America.

Lionel Messi is on the Argentina national team’s list heading to Copa America 2024.

And in this gathering, Lionel Messi appeared again. Previously, the 2022 World Cup champion did not join the team in March. Messi is currently in very high form at Inter Miami. Since the beginning of the season, the Barca legend has scored 12 goals and 11 assists in 13 matches in all competitions.

It’s easy to see that Argentina’s composition in this gathering is almost unchanged compared to the 2022 World Cup. Besides Messi, Mr. Scaloni still places his faith in heroes like Di Maria, Enzo Fernandez, De Paul, Allister, and Emi. Martinez or Otamendi. The most notable absence is Paulo Dybala, despite his impressive form at Roma.

At this year’s Copa America, the Argentine team is in the same group as Peru, Chile and Canada. In the first match on June 21, Scaloni and his team will meet opponent Canada. This will be the last international tournament in Di Maria’s career, while with Messi, he is expected to still be able to attend the 2026 World Cup taking place in North America.