This Saturday, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) sent a document to the Ethics Commission of the Conmebol attaching a personal apology of the captain of the team, Lionel Messi.
All this with the purpose of appeasing the atmosphere after his controversial statements after the match against Chile of the Copa América Brazil 2019.
According to the newspaper La Nación, in the letter sent by the AFA, the Barça player admitted that he did not refer any particular official when talking about 'corruption' within the entity. In addition, he admits that his words were for "the fever of the moment".
Messi was sent off for the second time in a clash against Gary Medel, where the Chilean threw him on his heels. During the altercation, the Paraguayan referee Mario Díaz de Vivar decided to expel both without reviewing it in the VAR.
The Argentine star was very critical of the refereeing and the handling of the Copa America, reason why the leadership of the maximum entity of the South American football determined to take letters in the subject.
The AFA leadership wants CONMEBOL to close the Ethics Commission's investigation and focus on the disciplinary files for the expulsion and for their statements after the match.
Those close to the Argentine leadership believe that the possible sanction can not go beyond a warning or a fine . They also hope that the suspension to Messi for the red does not pass a game and asked that it can be met in the friendly match on September 5 when Chile and Argentina face again in the city of Los Angeles.