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The Argentine Football Association announced that Lionel Messi could play with the national team at the opening of next month’s World Cup qualifiers, after his suspension during the Copa America last year.
The Argentine Federation added in a statement on its official Twitter account that Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Federation, had consulted with Alejandro Dominguez, president of the Confederation of Confederation, who confirmed that “the suspension has ended and that (Messi) can play.”
The President of the @Grandpa, Claudio Tapia, raised a query to @CONMEBOL on the sanction that the captain of @Argentina Lionel Messi against Ecuador and after having completed one year, @agdws confirmed that it has prescribed and is available for the double date pic.twitter.com/rWcvaMI0fo
– Argentina National Team ???????? (@Argentina) September 10, 2020
Messi was suspended for one game after he was sent off in the third-place match against Chile, and officials of the South American Confederation “CONMEBOL” accused him of corruption.
Messi was supposed to miss the Ecuador game in Buenos Aires on October 8th.
The Argentine striker and Barcelona star were fired after a quarrel with Gary Medel, and said that the tournament had been manipulated for the sake of host country Brazil, which defeated Argentina in a controversial semi-final match before winning the title.
Argentina, which has not won a World Cup since 1986, will start their qualifying campaign with two consecutive matches, hosting Ecuador before heading out to meet Bolivia.
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