Lionel Messi will likely reappear on the Olympic playground after 16 years, since he attended and won the gold medal in 2008. Notably, Messi can meet Kylian Mbappe again if he agrees to attend the Olympics.
This possibility is being discussed when both the Argentine Olympic team and the president of the Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, revealed it. Mr. Bach emphasized: “It would be great if Messi could compete at the Paris Olympics. The Olympics are an important goal for many soccer stars, like Kylian Mbappe. For Messi, that means the opportunity to write back to history”.
Javier Mascherano, coach of the Argentine Olympic team, welcomed this possibility: “I was asked about it and of course, the team’s door is always open to Leo. I’m his best friend and I really like it. But first we have to qualify.”
At the beginning of next year, from mid-January to early February 2024, Olympic Argentina will enter the qualifying round of the Paris Olympics. 10 South American teams are divided into 2 groups to compete against each other to choose 2 spots to go to Paris.
Argentina is in Group B with Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay and Peru, while Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador are in Group A. Overall, the journey will be very fierce and not easy for Messi’s juniors to have. Olympic tickets.
Most likely, if he agrees and Argentina has a ticket, Messi will have an extremely busy summer. Because he will join the Argentina team at the Copa America in the US from June 20 to July 14, 2 weeks later the Olympics. This break is probably not enough for Messi to recover his physical strength, not to mention that the parent club Inter Miami has a reason to refuse him participation in the Paris Olympics because this is not a tournament under the FIFA system.
Meanwhile, Mbappe confirmed that he will attend the Olympics at home. He is considered the trump card to help France aim for the gold medal. Alongside him will be two other stars, the 2018 World Cup winners Varane and Lloris.