Sevilla left back Marcos Acuña suffers from muscle overload in his right thigh that this Thursday prevented him from participating in the national team’s training and is confirmed as absent for Saturday’s match against Peru.
Acuña, who had the opportunity to return to the starting eleven in the third match of Group A, did specific work with the physical trainer during practice at the facilities of Florida International University (FIU), while the rest of the squad, with the exception of Lionel Messi, worked for ninety minutes, with tactical exercises on the field and physical exercises in one of the University’s gyms.
Messi, with an adductor injury that occurred against Chile, will not play against Peru either and the Argentine coaching staff hopes to recover him for the quarterfinal match, next July 4 in Houston.
In this way, the eleven that is outlined to play with the Incas is: Emiliano Martínez; Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Enzo Fernández, Leandro Paredes or Giovani Lo Celso, Exequiel Palacios; Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez and Alejandro Garnacho or Valentín Carboni.
