Argentina is held to a 1-1 game by Chile, despite a goal by Lionel Messi. Argentina is now one point behind Brazil, the only remaining team with a perfect qualification record, who hosts Ecuador on Friday. Despite losing, Argentina's captain Messi expressed satisfaction with the outcome. "We did our best," he said. Messi has been linked with moves to Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) has announced that it will seek a ban on him playing for his country until 2021 in response to claims of misconduct while he was under investigation for tax evasion. However, should he ever be called up again before then, the AFA could change its mind. It all began in 2015 when Le Point magazine claimed that Messi had avoided paying taxes for eight years. In 2016, after several months of investigations, the Spanish authorities closed their case without bringing charges against him. However, Argentina's fiscal agency continued to pursue its case during negotiations over his new contract with Barcelona. In July 2017, the AFA announced that it would not take any action against Messi following a meeting with Spain's ambassador to Argentina. The AFA also stated that it was confident that it could block him from playing for Argentina if there were future violations of law or ethics by him. Since making his debut for Argentina in 2004, Messi has won 91 caps and scored 51 goals.