According to an Argentine media outlet, Lionel Messi would like to play in the Paris Olympic Games with the Argentine team, just like Angel Di Maria.
Lionel Messi returning to Paris in 2024, it’s possible. According to an Argentine media outlet, the former FC Barcelona and PSG player would like to play in the Olympic Games this summer with the Albiceleste, just like Angel Di Maria.
The two men won the gold medal in Beijing in 2008, under the orders of a certain Marcelo Bielsa. They then had to wait many years before winning a new title with their national team: the Copa America in 2021 and then, of course, the 2022 World Cup. Messi and Di Maria would thus like to offer themselves a new joint adventure, which would be the last, because Di Maria announced his future international retirement.
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It is technically possible: the Olympic football tournament begins two weeks after the end of the Copa America in the United States and each selection can invite three players over 23 years old. For France, it could be a certain Kylian Mbappé, who has expressed his interest on numerous occasions.
Argentina not yet qualified for the Olympics
The main obstacle, at the moment, is that Argentina has not yet qualified. The U23 team, led by Javier Mascherano, is competing in the AmSud zone Olympic qualifying tournament, which begins this Saturday. The ten South American selections are on the starting line, in Venezuela, and there are only two tickets to Paris to be won.
To facilitate the Olympic dream of Messi and Di Maria, the Argentine federation would consider inviting the U23 selection during the tour in China that the world champions are to undertake next March. On this occasion, Messi and Di Maria could even do a training session with their possible future teammates in Paris, just to get their bearings.
