2023-09-12 19:07:41
Since his debut in the Argentine National Team, on August 17, 2005 in a friendly once morest Hungary, Lionel Messi was always a fixture for the summons and, obviously, for the starting team of the Albiceleste. Were few opportunities that La Pulga missed matches and much less the officers. This Tuesday he will not be once morest Bolivia for the second date of the Qualifiers.
In these 18 years with the National Team, Messi did not play in 45 of Argentina’s 220 official matches. That is, Leo He participated in four out of every five matches, on average. The last time He was not called up, it was for the friendly once morest Indonesia that was played on the 19th. June of this year.
In his first ten years with the Albiceleste, His presence was almost perfect: between 2005 and 2014, he only missed 15 games. The year in which The most missed was 2013, when a series of injuries caused him to miss four games..
In 2015, Messi missed seven games of the Albiceleste, almost half of those that had been lost in the previous ten years. After the 2018 World Cup in Russia came the worst moment: following the elimination, La Pulga spent nine months without wearing the light blue and white shirt.
During In the Lionel Scaloni cycle, his commitment was total. From 2019 onwards I only read He was absent in seven games: five friendlies that same year and two qualifying matches. in 2022.
After having participated in all the matches that Argentina played in 2020 and 2021Messi accumulated 22 games played consecutively, in which the team became champion of the Copa América and qualified for the Qatar World Cup four dates in advance, until the streak was cut on the first FIFA date of 2022: the recovery from the coronavirus extended longer than expectedso Scaloni decided not to call him up for the matches once morest Chile and Colombia.
Then, Messi played 14 games in 2022: the last two dates of the Qualifiers, the Finalissima once morest Italy, four friendlies and the seven consecration matches in the World Cup in Qatar. At the start of 2023 he was in the celebrations for the world title once morest Panama and Curacao, He was once morest Australia as a visitor, but he left the match once morest Indonesia to start his vacation.
The flea He missed only 15 games due to points since he debuted with the national team: 12 occurred in qualifying matchesone in Copa América and the remaining two, in the games that did not enter the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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