The captain of the Argentine national team confirmed that he has recovered from his discomfort and will be a starter this Sunday. The wish for “Fideo”, who will play his last match with the blue and white.
Lionel Messi will start against Colombia.
The captain of the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi, He assured that he is fit for Sunday’s Copa America final against Colombia, and said he hopes the striker will Angel From Maria end his international career with a goal.
Di Maria, 36, announced plans to retire from international football in November after representing his country for 15 years and Messi wants to get his name on the scoresheet as he did against Brazil to win the continental title in 2021 and against France to win the 2022 World Cup.
“We were very lucky that he could say goodbye in a final, it’s a spectacular setting for his last game, and who knows, he could score another goal in the final like he did in all the last ones he played. It would be extraordinary,” Messi said in an interview with Direct TV Sports on Saturday, adding that the team still hopes he reverses his decision.
“We always play it cool (if everything goes well), we have a knockout match soon. I think Fide (Di María) has already decided everything and there is nothing that can change him. That is why we try to make him enjoy what is left,” added the captain.
Di María has scored 31 goals in 144 games for Argentina, having played in six Copa América and four World Cups.
He also scored Argentina’s 1-0 winning goal over Nigeria in the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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