The star is ruled out for the match, he was unable to train yesterday and will undergo tests today for the discomfort in his adductor muscle. He is expected to be able to play in the quarter-finals. Scaloni will select a starting eleven tomorrow with several regular substitutes.
The Argentine National Team will return to training this afternoon in Miami, in preparation for next Saturday’s match against Peru, in which they will seek to seal their already assured qualification for the quarter-finals. The focus, in addition to the team that Lionel Scaloni will finish defining, will be on the recovery of Lionel Messi.
The star felt discomfort in his right adductor muscle in the first half of the match against Chile, but was able to finish the 90 minutes. However, he was unable to train with his teammates yesterday and today he will do so in a different way. The idea is to carry out tests on him, now that the inflammation in the area has gone down and to evaluate the next steps, but it is a fact that he will not be in the starting line-up tomorrow and they are aiming for him to reappear on Thursday in the match in search of the semi-finals.
Messi, assisted in the middle of the match against Chile
Another player who has already been ruled out is full-back Marcos Acuña, who started in his debut with Canada and played for a while in the duel against the Trans-Andeans, replacing Nicolás Tagliafico. The former Ferro and Racing player, who did not have a good time last season due to pubalgia, has muscle discomfort and his situation would be more complex than Leo’s: he could only reappear in a hypothetical semi-final.
Acuña, ruled out against Peru
In the face of the match against Peru, Scaloni already announced at the press conference after the match against Chile that there will be many changes. One point is enough for Argentina to finish first in the group and wait for the second place in Group B, which would be Ecuador or Mexico.
Dibu Martínez would continue in goal, but he will not go to the Olympic Games with Argentina because he does not have the authorization of Aston Villa. In the back line, the only one who would repeat, of those who started against the team managed by Ricardo Gareca, is Nicolás Tagliafico, due to Acuña’s injury. Then Gonzalo Montiel, Germán Pezzella and Nicolás Otamendi would come in.
In the middle there will be Enzo Fernández, Exequiel Palacios and there is doubt between Leandro Paredes and Giovani Lo Celso. And up front, Fideo Ángel Di María will reappear, Lautaro Martínez will have his chance as a starter and Alejandro Garnacho and Valentín Carboni will fight for the other place.
The probable formation of the Argentine National Team against Chile
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.
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