Lionel Messi, who will celebrate his 37th birthday on June 24, will not be present in Paris this summer for the Olympic Games. In an interview with the media ESPN Argentina on Wednesday June 12, the eight-time Ballon d’Or announced that he had spoken with his former teammate, Javier Mascherano, coach of the Olympic national team. Both concluded that the schedule was too busy to consider participating in the Games again: “ It’s a difficult moment because there is already the Copa America (from June 20 to July 14 in the United States, editor’s note). I would have to spend two or three months away from my club, and above all, at my age I am not for the idea of playing everything. I have to choose carefully the times when I play and I think it would be too much to play both tournaments. » The Albiceleste won the last Copa America and hopes to retain their title. Leo Messi, who has been playing at Inter Miami for almost a year, has already won the Olympics in 2008. This summer in Paris, Argentina will face Morocco, Iraq and Ukraine in the first round in Group B.
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