Lionel Messi went down with an obvious leg damage throughout the first half of Argentina’s Copa América last match in opposition to Colombia on Sunday evening.
Messi chased the ball and tried to kick it earlier than it went out of bounds. He planted his proper leg awkwardly and appeared to take contact from Colombia’s Santiago Arias.
The 37-year-old writhed in ache and rolled over a number of instances as he grabbed at his decrease proper leg. Trainers labored on the realm for a couple of minutes earlier than serving to him to his ft. He walked slowly towards the sideline earlier than reentering the sport.
Messi had been coping with a leg damage and discomfort by way of a lot of the event and missed Argentina’s group stage finale.
He had one shot try within the first half Sunday.
The groups went into the half in a scoreless draw.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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