Messi and Argentina met the goal against Brazil 1:45
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Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi returned to Paris after the Albiceleste team secured a place in the Qatar World Cup 2022 and published a message of thanks to his more than 280 million followers on Instagram.
"I just landed in Paris with the immense joy of having achieved the goal of qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar. It is without a doubt the icing on the cake in a very special year that we live with our @afaseleccion !!! (Argentina's soccer team)" , Messi posted on his verified account.
The Argentine team drew goalless against Brazil on Tuesday and, thanks to Chile's defeat against Ecuador, the 'Scaloneta' - with 29 points - secured a place in the World Cup due to the advantage achieved over the rest of the teams that classification positions are disputed.
"Thank you again for all the love you always give us, in January if God wants we will be seeing each other again," Messi continued in his message, and stated that now "it's time to change the focus" because he wants to "continue fighting to achieve the goals" raised with PSG.
"There is barely a month and a half until 2022 and I would like to end this year in the best possible way and with more good times that we can achieve in France," he wrote in the message that accompanies a video with photos of the national team.
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Argentina reached its 13th consecutive World Cup with the game, and Messi's fifth in line.
Both that team and Brazil, the two that have their place assured in Qatar 2022, have a pending match.
The referee and the person in charge of the VAR of the Argentina - Brazil match are suspended
This Wednesday it was learned that Conmebol suspended Uruguayan referee Andrés Cunha and VAR manager Esteban Ostojich, also from Uruguay, for their performance in the match between Argentina and Brazil.
The decision of the Conmebol Referees Commission, published on the association's official website, establishes that both Cunha and Ostojich "have made serious and manifest errors in the exercise of their functions in the development of the match."
Specifically, the commission points to the judges for the play in which the Argentine defender Nicolás Otamendi hit the player Raphina with his arm 33 minutes into the first half.
The play, which for Conmebol was "violent behavior" since it endangered the physical integrity "of the England Leeds midfielder, was analyzed by the VAR at the time, but concluded that it had not been aggression.
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