By Daily Sports on June 9, 2016
Lionel Messi trained alongside his Argentina teammates at the Copa America Centenario on Wednesday as he targets a return from injury in his team's second Group D game against Panama.
Messi, who has been nursing a sore back after sustaining an injury in a friendly against Honduras last month, has trained separately under the supervision of team medical staff since arriving in the United States.
However the 28-year-old Barcelona superstar took part in a full training session on Wednesday at the University of Illinois campus, two days after sitting out Argentina's opening 2-1 victory over Chile in Santa Clara on Monday.
In a short message on his Facebook page, Messi said he hoped to make a swift return to Argentina's starting line-up.
"I hope to be ready as soon as possible to help the team," Messi wrote.
A victory against Panama on Friday would almost certainly guarantee a place in the quarterfinals for Argentina with one game remaining in Group D.
Argentina are desperate to win this year's Copa America as they aim to end a 23-year-old title drought. That barren spell has included defeats in the 2014 World Cup final and last year's Copa America final.
•Culled fom Superspots.com Photo shows Lionel Messi.
Source Daily Sports
Posted June 9, 2016
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