The Argentine team is preparing for the next Copa América matches and according to reports Lionel Messi, no new medical studies will be carried out to verify the severity of his injury to the adductor of his right leg. In addition, he would be available for the match this Saturday, June 29, against Peru, although coach Lionel Scaloni has already confirmed that he will rotate the team for the last date.
The captain of the National Team suffered a hard kick from the Chilean player Gabriel Suazo on the line of one of the sides and it was felt in one of his adductors, however, he was able to continue normally during the 90 minutes of the game.
The man from Rosario generated concern by requesting medical attention for pain in the adductor of his right leg during the first half of the match against the Trans-Andeans, which finally ended in a 1-0 victory for the Albiceleste due to Lautaro Martínez’s agonizing goal. After the meeting, he detailed: “I don’t think I have an injury. “It was difficult for me to move freely and it conditioned my head.”
And he added: “It bothered a little, but I was able to finish the game and tomorrow I will see how we continue. My adductor got hard, although I didn’t feel a pinch or anything.” In fact, they already did a study on him, he barely finished the game, in the MetLife locker room, with a portable ultrasound machine and It did not show muscle injury.
Messi is playing his seventh Copa América. He already played in the 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021 editions, precisely in the last one where he was able to win his first title with the senior team.
