Neither the MLS nor the Copa America, this is Messi's real goal in 2024

Lionel Messi returned to training with Inter Miami two weeks ago. The first days of work alongside his teammates under the orders of coach Gerardo Martino and his assistants are key to achieve the best possible physical shape and prepare for a 2024 that will be very demanding. He suffered some muscular injuries last year precisely because he did not have a preseason before joining The Herons, and this time he wants to do things right.

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Fortunately for him, the most physically demanding stage of the preseason is over and now it's time for the friendly matches. This Friday David Beckham's side played against El Salvador at the Cuscatlán Stadium and drew 0-0, while next week they will face Dallas FC. They will then begin a tour of Asia that will last several days and will take them to Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan.

Once back in America, they will be ready for the start of the season, in which they will compete simultaneously in Major League Soccer and the CONCACAF Champions League. In addition, he will play his seventh Copa America with the Argentine National Team in June. However, one of his main goals for 2024 will be another tournament: the Olympic Games in Paris.

According to DSports, Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria have expressed to the chiefs of the Argentine Football Association their desire to participate with the national team in that tournament, which will start on July 26 (just two weeks after the Copa America final). For both stars this could be the last major tournament with Argentina, considering that the next World Cup is still two years away. Moreover, it is the opportunity to win their second gold medal, after having done so in Beijing 2008.

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It does not depend only on them

Despite Messi and Di Maria's desire, their chances of being in the Olympic Games will depend on other factors. The most important of them is for Argentina to secure their place in the tournament and for that they will have to have a good performance in the pre-Olympic that will be played from this Saturday in Venezuela. Only 2 of the 10 South American teams will be able to qualify.