BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 26 -- Lionel Messi "never left" Argentina's national team and will be ready when coach Lionel Scaloni calls upon him, the head of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) said on Wednesday.
Messi has not represented the Albiceleste since June 30, when the team crashed out of the World Cup in Russia with a 4-3 defeat in the last 16 to eventual champions France.
But having requested an indefinite break from international football, many observers expect the Barcelona forward to be included in coach Lionel Scaloni's squad for friendlies in March.
"Leo Messi never left the national team," AFA president Claudio Tapia said in an interview published on the association's website. "I think the love he has for the shirt is so great that when he is called upon he'll be there, I have no doubt about that. It will depend on the coach and not on him."
Tapia said Messi had been in a positive mood when the pair met in Madrid earlier this month after the Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors.
"He looked happy, very happy," he said. "I hope that he will be a part of Argentina's upcoming squads because it makes people happy watching him play. He represents our country and is a standard-bearer for world football. He is the best player in the world, without doubt."
高三英语听力 听力模拟试题 段落材料(3)
英语语法名词性从句知识:主语从句学习指要
高二英语听力电子教材(第三课时)
英语语法名词性从句知识:关系型 what引导名词性从句
高二英语听力电子教材(第一课时)
英语语法名词性从句知识:同位语边缘知识归纳
高一英语听力 练习题(二)
高一英语听力 练习题答案(一)
高一英语上学期Unit2 reading 课文填空
英语语法名词性从句知识:同位语从句用法详解
【高一英语】英语听力练习
高一英语听力练习(4)
高三英语听力 听力模拟试题 对话材料(4)
高二英语学习方法:英语课文背诵16种方法
高一听力练习(1)
高三英语听力 听力模拟试题 对话材料(3)
英语语法名词性从句知识:名词性从句用法详解
【高二英语】英语听力练习
高一英语听力练习(3)
高三英语听力 听力模拟试题 段落材料(5)
高一英语上学期Unit2 using language 课文填空
高三英语听力 听力模拟试题 段落材料(4)
英语语法名词性从句知识:名词性从句基础
高中英语听力成绩提高把握6大关键
高二英语听力练习(1)
高三英语听力 听力模拟试题 段落材料(1)
英语语法名词性从句知识:应注意的两个问题
高一英语听力 听力课外练习1
高一听力练习(2)
英语语法名词性从句知识:宾语从句学习指要
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |