Football fans are dreaming of Lionel Messi playing at the Olympics again after Javier Mascherano's Argentina Under-23 team made it to Paris. But what can really play Argentina captain? Because Inter Miami will not get him for at least two months if he plays in this tournament.
Miami coach will not let Messi play in the Olympics!
Football fans are dreaming of Lionel Messi playing at the Olympics again after Javier Mascherano's Argentina Under-23 team made it to Paris. But what can really play Argentina captain? Because Inter Miami will not get him for at least two months if he plays in this tournament.
Miami will take on Salt Lake in their first match in the Major Soccer League (MLS) tomorrow, Wednesday. The Olympic issue came up in Miami coach Gerardo Tata Martino's press conference before taking the field in this match. Apart from Messi, there is one more player who can play in the Olympics - Paraguayan midfielder Diego Gomez in their team. who is also a member of the Paraguayan national team. So he will play in the Copa America.
However, Martino will ask Gomez to choose either the Copa America or the Olympics, 'Diego Gomez has the Copa America and the Olympic Games. We know he has to be given in the Cup, not in the (Olympic) Games. We'll be in touch, luckily I have a lot of friends there (Paraguay) and I'll just ask him to pick one.'
And the Miami coach also explained why he asked to choose one of the two seasons, 'I have no problem (to play for the country). But in this case there are two competitions at the same time and it means that a player will be away for more than two months. So choose one. You can't stay away for two months.'
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