Messi will play from the beginning avoiding the sanction

Lionel Messi was suspended for a match after seeing a red card in the 2019 Copa América. However, for this reason, the Argentine forward will not miss any match in the World Cup qualifiers.

Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), confirmed the matter in a tweet.

Messi received a controversial red card in the play-off for third place against Chile at the Copa América in Brazil in July last year and was suspended for one match. The South American Football Confederation, or Conmebol, later announced that Messi would have to sit in the national team jersey for the next game. However, the Argentine captain played two friendly matches against Brazil and Uruguay later that year.

Argentina will face Ecuador and Bolivia in next month’s World Cup qualifiers. Previously, the AFA had challenged Conmebol over Messi’s ban, which Tapia said was a success. Their argument was that the ban had expired. His argument has survived. The AFA said in a tweet.

In the 36th minute of that game, Messi was involved in a clash with Chilean soccer player Gary Medel. The referee showed red cards to both Messi and Medel in this incident. However, Argentina won the match 2-1 in the end. Sergio Agüero and Paolo DiBalla scored for the team.

Argentina’s dream of winning the title was shattered when they lost 2-0 to Brazil in the semi-finals of that event. Argentina’s claim for two penalties in that match was rejected. Even then, Messi was angry with the referee and Conmebol. He alleged that Conmebol was trying to hand over the title to Brazil. He also claimed that he had to see a red card in the next game (against Chile) for these words. He did not even go to take the medal at the end of the game.

At the end of the match for third place, Messi said: “There is no doubt that everything has been arranged to give Brazil an advantage. I hope that the VAR and the referees are not partial in the final and Peru can also fight. eyes will be quite difficult. ‘

“I don’t want to be part of any corruption,” Messi said. We should not be part of what is happening in the Copa América. That’s why I didn’t go looking for the medal. We could have gone further, but we were not allowed to go to the final. Corruption, referees and others did not allow people to enjoy football. ‘

Later, however, Messi apologized for this behavior. But he was expected to be severely punished. But in the end he was sanctioned for one match. He was fined 1,500 dollars. He was not scheduled to play in the team’s first match in the Latin American World Cup qualifiers in Qatar due to a one-match ban. However, after appealing to the AFA, he no longer receives that punishment.

Bangladesh time: 1541 hours, September 11, 2020
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