Lionel Messi leaves Copa América final in tears with apparent leg injury
by Guardian sport and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6P77S)
- Argentina captain suffered non-contact injury
- Messi denies it will be his last international appearance
Argentina won their second straight Copa America championship, overcoming Lionel Messi's second-half leg injury to beat Colombia 1-0 on Sunday in extra-time.
Messi's night ended early when he emotionally exited the field in the 64th minute with an apparent leg injury on Sunday night, and cameras showed him later on the bench with a badly swollen right ankle.
The 37-year-old appeared to suffer a non-contact injury while running at full speed with the game at 0-0. Messi immediately looked toward the Argentina bench as he went to the ground and remained down for several minutes as he waited on the trainers to come out. He was helped to his feet and immediately took his shoe off his right foot.