Messi has served his three-month suspension for accusing CONMEBOL of corrupt practices and now has another chance to put one over on the Selecao.
During the 2019 Copa America saw, Messi who is usually level headed blew his top and inferred that the referee was biased against his team and favoured the eventual winners Brazil. This earned him a suspension from international matches for three months.
It's been three months since that incidence happened and he is back – with his first game against none other than the Selecao itself.
The Barcelona No.10 lost his cool like never before after July's semi-final loss to Brazil,and Messi was angered by Roddy Zambrano's handling of the game in Belo Horizonte.
“The CONMEBOL people are going to have to do something. They were constantly giving stupid things: handballs, nonsense penalties and here they didn't look at VAR,” Messi fumed after the final whistle as Brazil celebrated.
“We had two clear penalties that weren't given... the referee wasn't fair.”