2024-03-18 13:34:21
The Argentina national team will play its two friendly matches – scheduled for Friday and Tuesday in the United States – without its star and captain, Lionel Messi, due to a muscle injury.
The American League announced the list of players who will join their country’s teams in the next international window, and Messi (Inter Miami captain and 8-time Ballon d’Or winner) was absent from the world champions squad.
This means that he will not participate in the two matches scheduled once morest El Salvador on Friday in Philadelphia, and Costa Rica next Tuesday in Los Angeles, as part of the preparations for the Copa America scheduled in the United States next summer.
The Argentine Football Association did not issue any statement regarding Messi’s absence or not.
The 36-year-old stayed away from the Inter Miami squad due to an injury he suffered in the 3-1 win over Nashville last week in the CONCACAF Champions League, and his team announced that he was suffering from a “minor injury” to his right thigh.
Messi missed the match that his team won over host DC United 3-1 – Saturday – in the American League.
In these two matches, the Argentine national team is also missing Roma’s Italian star Paulo Dybala, who is suffering from a muscle problem, but coach Luis Scaloni can rely on Lisandro Martinez, the English Manchester United defender, who is recovering from an injury he suffered in early February.
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