Messi returns to Argentina squad for World Cup qualifiers

Reuters

03 October, 2024, 06:00 am

Final modified: 03 October, 2024, 06:06 am

Argentina were boosted by the return of captain Lionel Messi for his or her CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia, the country’s football association said on Wednesday, after the 37-year-extinct recovered from an ankle harm.

Messi, who performs for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, used to be no longer famed of Argentina’s squad for his or her World Cup Qualifiers against Chile and Colombia in August on account of the harm which he sustained all thru the Copa The us closing.

Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to rating a yarn 16th Copa The us title.

Goalkeepers – Geronimo Rulli, Juan Musso, Walter Benitez

Defenders – Gonzalo Montiel, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Leonardo Balerdi, German Pezzella, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Marcos Acuna, Nicolas Tagliafico

Midfielders – Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister, Rodrigo De Paul, Exequiel Palacios, Enzo Fernandez, Giovani Lo Celso, Thiago Almada

Forwards – Alejandro Garnacho, Nicolas Gonzalez, Nico Paz, Paulo Dybala, Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martinez, Julian Alvarez and Valentin Carboni