Lionel Messi Returns to Training amid Injury, TBD for Argentina's Copa América QF

After missing Argentina's final game of the group stage against Peru on Saturday, Lionel Messi has returned to training, but his status for Thursday's Copa América quarterfinal matchup is still uncertain, per The Athletic's Felipe Cardenas . According to Cardenas, Messi returned to full training and participated in the team's full session on Monday. Argentina, the defending Copa América champions, will face Ecuador in its first match of the knockout round.

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