The health of Lionel Messi it turned into a question of state since it began to be played right adductor in the first half of the match against Chile, for the second date of the America Cup. While the studies did not provide evidence of a tear, The world champion captain was visibly affected and will miss this Saturday’s match against Peru, the closing match of the group phase. And the big question, at this time, is whether he will make it to the quarter-final match.
There are no definitions for now. “Leo had a problem in the last match, We will go day by day waiting for its evolution. Regarding Huevo, I’ll take this opportunity to clarify from the start, because he was a little overloaded. We hope to be able to count on them for the next match. We want to win against Peru, we’ve qualified, but we want to play a great match and win, we’re not planning to save anyone. We’re thinking about forming the best team to be able to win,” he said. Walter Samuel at the press conference on Friday, where he had to stand in front of the microphone following the sanction he received Lionel Scaloni due to the delay in the team’s entry after half-time of the matches against Canada and Chile.
In the open training session this Friday, while Scaloni was handing out blue bibs and giving signals for the first time in the competition of the possible 11, Leo Messi was conspicuous by his absence. Together with Marcos Acuña did kinesiology while his teammates moved around on one of the fields on the Florida International University campus.
It was then that 15 minutes arrived and the press had to leave the place. But when Clarion As he left the premises, he could see Messi walking towards the pitch. The captain was coming from an extreme kinesiology session, where the specialists They tried to break the contracture that has him mistreating.
The images were captured while he was covering the journey from the gym to the playing field where the rest of the team was training. He stopped for about 30 seconds halfway (about 200 meters) and greeted a tiny group of fans who had approached the place.
Although the match was played 72 hours ago, the medical decision was to wait until the area had gone down to perform the complementary studies and not do them immediately after. According to this media outlet, the evaluation carried out this Friday morning confirmed a strong contracture.
It is believed that what aggravated the situation was that the Inter Miami player forced an area in which he felt discomfort at the start of the match with Chile, when he was treated by doctor Daniel Martínez on the side of the lime line. In fact, the captain played the 90 minutes and after the victory he said: “I don’t know, it bothers me a little, but I was able to finish playing, so I hope it’s nothing”.
In addition to the work he had this afternoon, Leo took advantage of his free time in the last few hours to see a personal kinesiologist at his home in Fort Lauderdale.
No one can say that he will play, or that he will not play in the quarter-finals. Will he be in good shape for the quarter-finals? As Samuel said, it will be day by day. It has been known for some time that the Rosario native can do anything when he sets his mind to it.
