Copa America 2024 quarterfinals are here and defending champions Argentina will face Ecuador on Thursday. Lionel Messi's injury has become an area of concern for the reigning FIFA World Cup champions.
Argentina versus Ecuador match is scheduled to kick off at 9 pm (ET) on July 4 at NRG stadium. The soccer game will be live streamed on Fox and Fox Sports App. Experts predicted that Argentina are likely to win against Ecuador and advance to quarterfinals of Copa America 2024.
In a good news, Argentina's Lionel Messi returned to training as they prepare to face Ecuador in the Copa America quarter-finals in Houston this week. Messi had not trained since sustaining a groin/thigh injury during his side's 1-0 win against Chile on June 25. He sat out Argentina's 2-0 victory over Peru on Saturday.
The Argentine football federation said the 37-year-old did some kinesiology work before training and was with the rest of the group afterwards.
Messi, who has struggled with injuries this year, is aiming to defend the continental title he won in 2021. That victory served as a springboard for Argentina to lift the World Cup in 2022.
Messi won't be in Argentina's squad at the Olympics starting later this month in Paris. Coach Javier Mascherano included four World Cup winners in the squad he announced Tuesday, including striker Julián Álvarez and defender Nicolás Otamendi.
Messi won the gold medal at Beijing in 2008 in his only Olympic campaign.
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