Lionel has been suspended from the qualifying march of Argentina in the 2020 World Cup along with getting a fine for 1500 dollars by the soccer governing body of South America.
CONMEBOL sated this decision on Tuesday which is due to Messi’s red card call during the team’s 2-1 victory against Chile back on June 6th that ended in the 3rd place for Argentina in Copa America.
Messi got the red card during the 37th minute of the game after he had an altercation with Gary Medel of team Chile. Medel also got a red card for this incident.
As for the South American qualification, it starts in March.
As for Messi’s attack on the Copa America organization, it has not been mentioned in this suspension. Messi claimed that the tournament was corrupted and that it had been done in order for Brazil to win. Messi later apologized for his comments to CONMEBOL.
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