L. Messi wanted to play in the Paris Olympics

2024-01-20 11:39 © AP

Lionel Messi wanted to participate in the biggest sports event.

As reported by "DSports", Miami "Inter" striker decided to test his skills at the Paris Olympics.

However, the Argentine U-23 national team has not yet secured the right to compete in this tournament and will try to do so in the qualifying tournament starting today in Venezuela.

It is said that one of the three players over 23 years old in Paris could be another world champion - Angel Di Maria.

L. Messi already has his Olympic champion title in his collection - he skated to victory with his teammates in Beijing in 2008.