Lionel Messi was named in the Argentina squad Thursday for the first time since the World Cup, ending a self-imposed eight month exile. The 31-year-old Barcelona star hasn’t pulled on the light blue and white national team jersey since Argentina were dumped out of the World Cup last June by eventual winners France. “The World Cup was a big disappointment for everyone, for him even more so,” Scaloni told reporters at Argentina’s Ezeiza training center outside Buenos Aires. Whilst he’s built up an almost unprecedented collection of trophies with his club, Messi is running out of time to taste major international success with Argentina. Argentina play Venezuela in Madrid on March 22 and then travel to Tangier four days later to tackle hosts Morocco.

Source: Pakistan Today March 07, 2019 18:00 UTC