2023-09-09 08:36:37
Lionel Messi is suffering from muscle fatigue that does not ensure his presence in this Tuesday’s match against Bolivia in La Paz, for the second round of the South American Qualifiers.
“I don’t know what it is, honestly. She asked for the change. On Saturday they will do studies. If he is good, he will come and play. If it’s not right, we’ll see what we do. It’s all very recent,” coach Lionel Scaloni warned in the press conference he offered after the 1-0 draw against the Ecuadorians.
Although there is still no official confirmation from the Argentine Football Association, everything indicates that the man from Rosario will not be part of the delegation that will travel to Bolivia tomorrow with the intention of acclimatizing to the more than 3,600 meters of altitude in the capital of that country. country.
With a 36-year-old Messi, who did not do preseason and added 12 games in the last month and a half since his arrival at Inter Miami in the United States, everything indicates that he would not leave with his teammates.
There are two unusual situations at the moment: Messi does not usually leave the field because he does not like it, to the point that when he was not at his best he always started from the substitute bench, and on Thursday night he asked to be replaced before the end. the meeting with Ecuador. “If he doesn’t ask me for the change, I won’t get it,” Scaloni was honest at the press conference.
Messi is a key piece in the team, although his new version will also involve longer breaks than usual to dose the muscular load, especially thinking about ending the season in Major League Soccer in the best way and continuing to contribute in the next four games. of this year’s Selection by Qualifiers. Precisely the coach himself announced that a stage is coming where it will not be “the first time” that he has to take him out to take care of him.
Messi’s game against Ecuador had ups and downs. In the physical contact he felt light and the suffocating mark led him to control in two stages and not to return first. All this was put aside when with an ideal free kick in front of the goal he put an end to the football agony of a National Team that he sought without so many ideas and with a lot of dedication.
In Ezeiza. The National Team trained yesterday at 11 at the AFA grounds behind closed doors, although the players who gained minutes with Ecuador rested with light and regenerative tasks. Today they will have the day off to meet with family and friends and will only begin practices again tomorrow morning, before embarking on the trip to Bolivia.
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