After the Copa América this summer, will Lionel Messi be released for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games? Three months before a first match against Morocco at Geoffroy-Guichard, Javier Mascherano, the coach of the Argentine Espoirs, still believes in it.
Will the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne have the opportunity to see Lionel Messi in action against Morocco on July 24? Three months before the men’s football tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (from July 24 to August 10), the suspense remains total regarding the participation of the Ballon d’Or record holder. The captain of the 2022 world champions will play in the Copa América (from June 20 to July 14) and will perhaps not be released by Inter Miami immediately for the Olympics.
Despite the reluctance of David Beckham’s club (through the voice of the coach and compatriot Tata Martino), Javier Mascherano, the coach of the Albiceleste U23, still hopes for the presence of his friend for the Games. ” We’ll see. We invited him, but we know that it won’t be easy because there is the Copa América and the Olympic Games are not an official competition (in the Fifa calendar, editor’s note)so we will see »launched the former defensive midfielder to the Colombian media week.
MLS stops during the Games…
At 36 years old, Messi has one last chance to compete in the Olympics and win a second Olympic medal after the gold won in 2008. Inter Miami has its say but releasing Messi 10 more days after the Copa América does not is not insurmountable. MLS then stops for the Leagues Cup, a competition between American and Mexican clubs. The round of 16 begins on August 9, on the eve of the final of the Olympic tournament, and Messi could therefore return for the end of the League Cup.
The Argentine Hopes (reinforced as much as possible by three players over 23) will therefore challenge Morocco, then an Asian selection (TQO in progress) and Ukraine, on July 27 and 30, this time at Groupama Stadium. The groups of Argentina and France meet in the quarter-finals and, if the two teams finish first, they will only be able to face each other in the final, on August 9 at the Parc des Princes, which Leo Messi knows well…
