Claudio Bravo: 'Whether Leo does or doesn't play, nothing is going to change'

Claudio Bravo and Lionel Messi will enter separate dressing rooms Monday when Chile's national team and Argentina take the pitch at the Copa America Centenario in a rematch of last year's final.

Bravo and Messi have crossed the Atlantic Ocean following a season in which the pair helped Barcelona capture a 24th title in La Liga and a 28th crown in the Copa del Rey. It's always intriguing when two teammates at the club level take each other on in an international fixture, and the Chilean 'keeper is hoping the Argentinian phenom is available for the match after suffering a back injury.

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"Whether Leo does or doesn't play, nothing is going to change our football," Bravo said, according to ESPN FC. "Personally, I'd prefer it if he plays because he brings a lot to a game. Knowing Leo, he will want to play, particularly this game, because it's the first match of the tournament. But we're not going to change the way we play, we will do what we've always done."

When Bravo and Messi clashed at the final of last year's Copa America, the former kept the latter off the scoreboard for 120 minutes, resulting in a penalty shootout that saw Chile win its first-ever title.