Lionel Messi has announced that he will play on for Argentina, reversing his decision in June to retire from global soccer.
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“I see that there are a lot of problems in Argentina football and I don’t want to create more”, Messi said.
‘We have to fix a lot of things in our Argentine football, but I’d rather do it by being in rather than criticizing from the outside.
As well as June’s defeat to Chile, the reigning Fifa Ballon d’Or also tasted defeat in the 2007 and 2015 Copa America finals, as well as the World Cup final in 2014.
He looks set to overturn his shock exit from the worldwide scene after being named in newly-appointed boss Edgardo Bauza’s squad for their World Cup qualifiers in September.
Retirement didn’t last too long for Argentina superstar Lionel Messi.
It was the fourth major final Argentina had lost in nine years, and the 29-year-old decided enough was enough.
I tried so hard to be [a] champion with Argentina.
Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo has now reported that Lionel Messi will put on the Albicelsete shirt on for the South American World Cup qualifiers that are going to take place in the near future.
“I saw him with a great desire to return”, he added. The Argentina coach said he optimistic about Messi making himself available and that the player seemed to be “very enthusiastic”.
Its first opponent, Uruguay is in the top of the table, while its away match five days later comes against a Venezuela side which sits bottom. “I hope we’ll be able to give them something to cheer about soon”, he said.
Just two months after retiring from global duty, the Argentine forward announced that he will be back for the country much to the delight of his fans.
“I sense that Messi wants” to rejoin the squad, Bauza told reporters on arriving back in Buenos Aires on Friday.
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“I want to thank all the people who wanted me to continue playing with Argentina”.
