2024-03-17 03:01:00
The presence of Lionel Messi in the imminent friendlies of the Argentine National Team becomes increasingly unlikely. This Saturday, the injured star saw a screen in the middle of the double from his friend Luis Suárez in the 3-1 victory for Inter Miami as a visitor to DC United while the MLS did not include him as one of those called up for the next FIFA double date in its usual newsletter.
The Argentine captain suffered a micromuscular injury in his right leg in the match on Wednesday (3-1) against Nashville in the round of 16 of the Concachampions and was ruled out for this Saturday’s event in Washington.
“We will see what happens with the Argentine National Team,” Tata Martino’s assistant, Javier Morales, had pointed out in the run-up to the match regarding the Rosario’s situation.
The selection will be facing El Salvador and Costa Rica on this double FIFA datea very eventful one indeed (the matches were going to be in China and went to the United States, while the initial rivals, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, also fell).
Against El Salvador the Friday the 22nd at 9pm in Philadelphiawhile against Costa Rica, led by Gustavo Alfaro from Rafael, it will be the Tuesday 26th at 11:50 p.m. In Chicago.
Another injured in the National Team
While waiting for news on Messi’s situation, the Albiceleste coaching staff added another injured player this Saturday: the Cordoba native. Paulo Dybala, who was withdrawn from the squad due to an injury to the adductor in his right leg that he suffered on Friday training with Roma.
Since the Qatar 2022 World Cup final, when he came on late and had a clearance against Mbappé that remains in memory, Dybala almost couldn’t play for the National Team again. He participated in the friendlies against Panama and Curacao to celebrate the title in the country but then he missed all the matches (two more friendlies and six qualifying matches).
It is worth remembering that the central defender had already been disaffected from the original list of those called up by Lionel Scaloni. Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) and summoned in his place Nicolás Valentini (Boca).
The MLS: from Suárez to the wind of Chicago
As for the Miami managed to win without its best player and climbed to the top of Zone A of the American league, with 10 points in five games. The celebration included a comeback as DC United took the lead after 14 minutes. Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana tied the score at 24, while The Uruguayan Suárez twisted history with a new day of scoring glory: he entered at 61 for the Finnish Taylor and scored at 72 and 85 minutes. In Miami, the former Racing Tomás Avilés and the former Argentines Nicolás Freire and Federico Redondo were starters, as well as the Spanish Sergio Busquets.
Special mention for what happened in another match in this curious league. The Chicago Fire beat the Montreal Impact 4-3 with an unlikely goal: a long shot that ended up being deflected strongly by the wind and fooled the goalkeeper of the Canadians, who was knocked out to prevent Chicago’s comeback. In the Impact, the Uruguayan ex-Huracán Matías Cóccaro scored two goals.