Lionel Messi has issued an update after he suffered a shock injury and had to be taken off during Argentina's 2024 Copa America final win over Colombia.
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The 37-year-old needed to be substituted after only 66 minutes at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida in the early hours of Monday morning.
A first-half incident saw Messi limp down the tunnel at half-time, and returned for the second 45 minutes still showing signs of discomfort.
The eight-time Ballon d'Or winner hit the ground again shortly after the hour mark, and this time could not continue as Argentina manager replaced him with Nicolas Gonzalez.
Messi, now playing his football for Inter Miami in the United States, could be seen crying uncontrollably on the bench as his teammates in the dugout attempted to console him.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup champions eventually found the breakthrough in the 111th minute after the game ended 0-0 in standard time, with Lautaro Martinez the hero on the night.
Argentina's captain has since provided an update on his ankle injury, and also added how happy he is to see Angel Di Maria retire with another international trophy.
"Copa America is over and firstly I want to thank everyone for the messages and greetings," he wrote on Instagram, according to Goal.
"I'm doing well, thank God, and hopefully soon I can be on the pitch again enjoying what I love doing most.
"I'm happy, a lot, especially because we achieved the goal we had and Fide [Di Maria] leaves us with another Copa.
"The biggest ones, like him, Ota or me, we live it with special excitement, with other team-mates who already have several tournaments and add their experience as well, and with a litter of young people who give their all in every ball. We are a team and also a family, a spectacular group.
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"Thanks to everyone who was supporting us, this national team has a lot of present and a lot of future too. Let's go, Argentina, f***!"
