Injured and preserved during this international truce, the captain of Albiceleste went down to the locker room to support his family.
The image of Lionel Messi disoriented in the stands during Spain-Argentina before greeting teammate Manuel Lanzini and leaving his place, has toured the planet football. The 6-1 defeat of Albiceleste in a friendly match on the score of 6-1 came back to recall the many shortcomings of this selection within three months of the World Cup.
Touched the adductors, the Barcelona striker has not played any minute of these meetings in March, against Italy last Friday, and against the Roja. In agreement with Jorge Sampaoli and due to the upcoming club season deadline, no risk was taken for the Pulga.
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According to the Catalan press, Sport in the lead, Lionel Messi did not leave the stadium directly after getting up, he would have gone into the locker room to wait for his teammates and cheer them up after this very wide failure. « We’ll get out of this situation together! », This is what he would have said to his partners to mean that nothing was recorded for the future.
For the World Cup in Russia, Argentina has inherited a complex pool with Nigeria, Iceland and Croatia. In case of qualification, she would cross the first or second of the group of France.