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Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), wants Lionel Messi to go to Zurich on May 4.

It's felt that a personal appearance by the player would help in trying to reduce the suspension that Messi was handed for insulting the assistant referee in the match between Argentina and Chile.

"We are going to talk with him on Friday to make the right decision," Tapia said.

"Because it is important that he is in Switzerland before the FIFA authorities, to see if we can get a reduction of the four games."

Tapia also referred to the great pressure to which the star is subjected to.

"You have to be in his body and suffer everything that he suffers, to understand the pressure," he said.

"It's difficult, and that's why we met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in Chile to talk about the subject."