Lionel Messi won’t be in Argentina’s squad at the Olympics starting later this month in Paris.
Jul 3, 2024 02:06 AM
BUENOS AIRES — Coach Javier Mascherano included four World Cup winners in the squad he announced Tuesday, July 2, including striker Julián Álvarez and defender Nicolás Otamendi. The 37-year-old Messi, who has struggled with injuries this year, is now playing at the Copa America, aiming to defend the continental title he won in 2021. That victory served as a springboard for Argentina to lift the World Cup in 2022.The Olympic men’s soccer tournament is for under-23 teams, but three older players are allowed on each squad.
Mascherano, who won the Olympic gold medal as a player in 2004 and ’08, will add goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli, Otamendi and Álvarez to his squad after Copa America is finished.Argentina will play two friendlies in France before its Olympic soccer tournament opener against Morocco on July 24. Argentina and Morocco are in Group B along with Iraq and Ukraine.
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