{"id":4199,"date":"2026-05-28T22:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:17:18","slug":"lionel-messi-confirmed-for-argentinas-world-cup-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4199","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi Confirmed For Argentina&#039;s World Cup Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Lionel Messi headlines Argentina&#8217;s 26-man roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as the defending champions eye a repeat title at this summer&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Already one of the greatest players of all-time, the 38-year-old superstar could solidify his spot at the top if he can lead the Albiceleste to back-to-back World Cups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Messi, however, has given Argentina a scare just two weeks ahead of the World Cup. The 38-year-old was substituted in an Inter Miami game on Sunday and diagnosed with &#8220;an overload associated with muscle fatigue in his left hamstring.&#8221; No timeline was given for his recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Messi finally achieved his career ambition in Qatar four years ago by leading Argentina to World Cup glory and emulating national icon Diego Maradona, who won the World Cup in 1986.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Since Qatar 2022, he has moved to the United States to make Inter Miami the dominant force in MLS, winning the MLS Cup last year. He previously played at Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona, where he made his name as a club legend and helped the Catalan side win four Champions League titles.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Lionel Messi headlines Argentina&#8217;s 26-man roster for the 2026 FIFA World Cup as the defending champions eye a repeat title at this summer&#8217;s tournament. Already one of the greatest players of all-time, the 38-year-old superstar could solidify his spot at the top if he can lead the Albiceleste to back-to-back World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}