Lionel Messi will pass over two Global Cup qualifiers then he was once on Monday omitted of the Argentina squad for video games in opposition to Uruguay and Brazil as a result of he reportedly suffered an shock in a membership sport the life earlier than.
Upcoming lacking 3 video games for his membership, Inter Miami, initially of March with a pulled muscle, the 37-year-old Messi returned with a objective off the bench in a CONCACAF Champions Cup win. He performed a complete 90 mins and scored once more in an MLS win in Atlanta on Sunday however, Argentinian media reported, nearest felt muscle discomfort.
Argentina, the protecting Global Cup champions, can safeguard qualification for after yr’s event of their two video games at the flow global crew.
They manage the 10-team South American qualifying crew by means of 5 issues from Uruguay and consult with Montevideo on Friday earlier than webhosting Brazil in Buenos Aires on March 25.
The lead six groups qualify immediately for the Global Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada. The seventh-placed crew is lately Bolivia with 13 issues.
Upcoming 12 rounds, Messi is the lead scorer within the pageant with six targets.
Argentina also are with out injured Roma striker Paulo Dybala and River Plate full-back Paulo Montiel.
Brazil, shall be with out 33-year-old Neymar, who has suffered a thigh shock and has needed to delay his go back to the nationwide crew, who’re 5th, seven issues at the back of Argentina.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, ENG), Geronimo Rulli (Marseille, FRA), Walter Benitez (PSV Eindhoven, NED).
Defenders: Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid, ESP), Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille, FRA), Cristian Romero (Tottenham, ENG), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica, POR), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon, FRA), Facundo Medina (Lens, FRA), Juan Foyth (Villarreal, ESP), German Pezzella (River Plate)
Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (Roma, ITA), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool, ENG), Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid, ESP), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen, GER), Maximo Perrone (Como, ITA), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea, ENG), Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid, ESP), Benjamin Dominguez (Bologne, ITA), Thiago Almada (Lyon, FRA)
Forwards: Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan, ITA), Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid, ESP), Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid, ESP), Nicolas Paz (Como, ITA), Santiago Castro (Bologna, ITA), Nicolas Gonzalez (Juventus, ITA).
AFP