Argentina's Lionel Messi qualifies for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Argentina's Lionel Messi qualifies for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qualified Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi has recently recovered from a Covid-19 infection, but was dropped from Argentina in Wednesday's World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Colombia, already a two-time winner in Qatar's 2022 ...

Argentina's Lionel Messi qualifies for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Paris Saint-Germain star Lionel Messi, who recently recovered from a Covid-19 infection, was dropped from Argentina's World Cup qualifier against Chile and Colombia on Wednesday. The two rivals are competing for the tournament on January 26 in Santiago and on February 1 at home in Colombia. In December, Messi contracted the virus while on holiday in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina. On 5 January the PSG announced that Messi, who had joined Barcelona from Barcelona last year, had returned to France after a negative test.

This week, seven Ballon d'Or winners and an Argentine captain have returned to full training for a French club.

He won the French Cup and two leagues against Vanessa, a one-on-one draw with Lyon, and a 2-0 win at Brest last Saturday.

Messi has missed 10 league matches since coming to the PSG in August and will make his first appearance in 2022 against the Reims on Sunday.

Among the teams announced by Lionel Scaloni, along with winger Angel Di Maria and midfielder Leandro Paredes, Messi is one of his Argentine PSG teammates who was not called up for the qualifying round.

Tottenham's Christian Romero is injured and the 26-man squad is almost unchanged. River Plate's Argentine club players include veteran goalkeeper Franco Armani and forward Julian Alvarez, who has been named South American Footballer of the Year. In 2021.

Midfielders: Lucas Ocampo (Severia / ESP), Rodrigo de Paul (Atletico Madrid / ESP), Leandro Peredes (Paris Saint-Germain / FRA), Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis / SPA), Giovanni Roselz, Alistair (Brighton / ENG), Amy Buendia (Aston Villa / ENG), Alejandro Rogomez (Severia / ESP)

Forwards: Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina / ITA), Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain / FRA), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid / ESP), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan / ITA), Julian Alvarez (River Plate) River Plate (Inter Milan / ITA)