Messi is planning to play 4 warm-up matches before the Copa America

Argentina saw two friendlies scheduled in China before the Copa America in the United States. They were scheduled to play two matches against Nigeria on March 18 and Ivory Coast on March 26. But the football authorities in the two Chinese cities of Hangzhou and Beijing canceled two matches due to the situation caused by Lionel Messi not playing the warm-up matches. Inter Miami of Hong Kong.

Argentina was in a lot of trouble because these two warm-up matches were canceled before the Copa America. Then they started looking for a new venue to host the match. They even started planning who could be their replacements if the previous two opponents were not available. Now the new news is that Argentina is now thinking of playing four matches to deal with the shock of canceling the match.

Argentinian media outlet TYC Sports reported that the world champions plan to play against two teams from the US CONCACAF region a few days before the start of the tournament. Although the final announcement has not been made, Argentine media say that the two possible teams are Honduras and Ecuador. Between these two teams, Ecuador has participated in the Copa America, but Honduras is not able to play in this competition. It will be a relief for the reigning champions of the competition to be able to finalize the schedule of these two warm-up matches before the Copa.

On the other hand, Argentina is planning to host the two canceled matches in China at the same time. In that case, they want to play these two matches with the two finalists of the Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria and Ivory Coast.

Earlier, the Hangzhou Sports Bureau announced the cancellation of the Argentina-Nigeria match last Saturday. In a statement they said, 'As a commercial event, a company and the Argentina football team have decided to play a friendly match in Hangzhou in March. But the reasons are known to all and we have also heard from the governing authorities that the friendly match is not in a position to be organised. Because of this we have decided to cancel the match.