Argentina coach says Messi is out of the Rio Olympics

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The attacker Lionel Messi will not compete in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Who confirmed the information was the coach of the Argentine national team, Gerardo "Tata" Martino. In an interview with radio "La Red", the commander of the Hermanos he said the decision was taken due to the extensive calendar of team games in 2016.

- Messi will not participate in the Olympic Games. We have the Copa America, the Games and three dates in a row games of the qualifiers (September, October and November) - said the commander.

Tata Martino went further and explained that decided the exclusion of playmaker due to the sequence that the player will also have at Barcelona.

- It seems that the season of Barcelona will be long. When you spend all this, he goes to the Copa America after the Games and then the qualifiers. It would be too.

The teams vying for the Olympics are formed by athletes under 23, with the possibility of convening three players over the age of 23 years. Without Messi, Martino is considering taking names like Paulo Dybala, of Juventus, Luciano Vietto, of Atletico Madrid, Jonathan Calleri, São Paulo, and Carlos Tevez of Boca Juniors.

The male championship of the Olympics will be held from 4 to 20 August.