On July 15, Beijing time, the much-watched 2024 Copa America final began. Defending champions Argentina take on world No. 12 Colombia. In the second half of the game, Argentina captain Lionel Messi left the field due to injury and continued to shed tears on the bench.

In this final, Argentina was stubbornly sniped by Colombia, and Messi was taken care of by Colombia players. In the 36th minute of the game, Messi was stepped on by Arias and fell to the ground in pain after a cross, and once went to the sidelines for treatment.

And in the 65th minute, Messi couldn't hold on to a thigh strain during a chaseback, and he fell to the ground and couldn't signal for a substitution. Messi was then replaced by Gonzalez.

What is distressing is that Messi returned to the bench and covered his face sadly and continued to cry bitterly, from the 66th minute to the 69th minute, Messi cried for 3 minutes. Obviously, he was very annoyed by his injury, after all, this was his farewell match for the Copa America, or the final that attracted attention, and it was indeed regrettable that Messi, as the captain, left the field early due to injury.

From the details zoomed in from the live broadcast camera, it can be seen that Messi's shoes and socks on his right foot have been taken off and covered with a thick ice pack. I don't know if this ankle injury will keep Messi away from the field for a while.