“Let’s stand together again”, Messi said inspirationally in a carefully choreographed clip posted on his personal social network Instagram account on June 12, calling on fans to continue supporting the team. Argentina team in the upcoming Copa America in the United States in the middle of next week (June 20).

“Here, I want each and every one of you, and I ask only one thing: Never stop encouraging us, let’s do this again together. Let’s stand together, let’s go forward together. Another new success”, Messi expressed.

In the nearly 1-minute clip, Messi also brought back images of the Argentina team going through a long journey with many difficulties, to the 2021 Copa America championship and glory at the 2022 World Cup. Throughout the journey. Here, Argentina fans always stand by Messi and the team, experiencing many moments of extreme tension and moments bursting with joy and happiness.

At Copa America 2024, Messi and the Argentina team embark on the journey to defend the championship. In a recent interview, Messi said: “We have achieved all the glory in recent years. However, the desire to continue to defend these titles with the greatest motivation remains intact.” .

We will face teams who would love to beat us in the Copa America, because we are also world champions, but that’s okay. We will tell everyone again that we are the Argentine team. We will successfully defend the championship.”

Messi has just returned to play for Argentina after more than 6 months of absence. He played for more than 30 minutes when he came off the bench in the 1-0 win over Ecuador on June 10 (Di Maria was the only scorer in the match). The Argentine team also plays a friendly match against the Guatemala team at 7:00 a.m. on June 15, before entering the Copa America journey.

According to journalist Gaston Edul of TyC Sports channel, Messi will play from the start in Argentina’s match against Guatemala, but he can only play for about 45 minutes. Coach Scaloni does not want to take risks with Messi. This coach is trying to get the 36-year-old player to be in the best condition and play right from the opening match and the opening of the Copa America when the Argentina team meets the Canadian team (at 7:00 a.m.)

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Also according to Gaston Edul: “The Argentinian team received good news about their strength when defender German Pezzella has recovered from injury and returned to training very well, being able to qualify for the Copa America. This also means that the defender Leonardo Balerdi can be eliminated from the official list of 26 players. Coach Scaloni will therefore only consider eliminating the remaining 2 positions, after the match with the Guatemala team.