{"id":484614,"date":"2024-06-26T05:55:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=484614"},"modified":"2024-06-26T05:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T09:55:58","slug":"messi-optimistic-about-his-problem-as-argentina-reach-1-4-finals","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/messi-optimistic-about-his-problem-as-argentina-reach-1-4-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi optimistic about his problem as Argentina reach 1\/4 finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Messi revealed he believed his injury scare was &#8220;nothing serious&#8221; after receiving treatment for a right thigh problem during Argentina&#8217;s tough 1-0 Copa America victory against Chile at MetLife Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champs qualified for the \u00bc finals with their 2<sup>nd<\/sup> victory at the championship, as the goal was scored very late in the 88<sup>th<\/sup> minute by substitute Lautaro Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n<p>The most bothering moment for Argentina was when Messi received treatment from physios during the 1<sup>st<\/sup> half.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Lionel Messi vs Chile:<\/p>\n<p>65 touches<br \/>5 key passes<br \/>7 successful dribbles<br \/>7 passes into final third<br \/>3 accurate crosses<br \/>3 accurate long balls<br \/>10 duels won<br \/>3x fouled<br \/>8.49 WS rating<\/p>\n<p>Another game, another Player of the Match performance. \ud83e\ude84<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CA2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#CA2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wTVNlXL80Z\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/wTVNlXL80Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoScored\/status\/1805879942997041525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s bothering me a bit, but It didn\u2019t stop me from playing until the end,&#8221; the Argentina captain shared, speaking in the post-match mixed zone. &#8220;I believe it&#8217;s not a huge problem. It limited me to move freely. On Wednesday, we&#8217;ll see how I feel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lionel still played at the highest level despite his problem, as he hit the post in the 1<sup>st<\/sup> half.<\/p>\n<p>Messi added that his teammates knew that the match will be physical and Chile are great opponent but they did what they wanted \u2013 win and qualify to the \u00bc finals of Copa America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leo Messi revealed he believed his injury scare was &#8220;nothing serious&#8221; after receiving treatment for a right thigh problem during Argentina&#8217;s tough 1-0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":484615,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17143,23037,16898],"news_category":[14236,14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[17906,23066,23038,17905],"acf":{"announce":"Leo survived injury scare as his country beat Chile 1-0.","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484614"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484614"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484617,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484614\/revisions\/484617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484614"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=484614"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=484614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}