Argentina captain Lionel Messi are well again and will start their World Cup qualifiers at home to Brazil on Tuesday but Neymar The teams announced they would be absent after feeling pain in their thighs.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni made the same comment before their last game, a 1-0 win Uruguay on Friday, although Messi only appeared for the final 14 minutes of the game.
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Argentina is second in South America’s group of 10 qualifying teams, six points behind Brazil, being the only team from the region to have secured their spot at the World Cup. Qatar 2022 until now.
Scaloni reiterated that Messi, 34, has made a full recovery from knee and hamstring concerns that kept him out Paris Saint-GermainLast two games and getting ready for one of the biggest matches in the South American calendar.
“He was fit the day before and in the end we decided that the best thing was to let him play for a few minutes so he can feel it and he is confirmed to play tomorrow,” Scaloni talks about Tuesday’s game in San Juan.
“It’s going to be a very tough match. They’re the top team in qualifying and have reached the final.”
Brazil will be without Neymar after their top scorer reported feeling pain in the sub-region of his left thigh.
“Neymar Jr said he felt unsafe about the situation and because there was not enough time to carry out additional tests, the technical committee decided to rest the player, who will not be going. with the team to San Juan, the site of Tuesday’s match against Argentina,” Brazil’s national team said in a statement.
The top four teams in the South American qualifiers will automatically qualify for next year’s World Cup finals, and the fifth-placed team will qualify for the inter-regional knockout round.
Argentina are unbeaten in 26 games, including a 1-0 win over Brazil in the Copa America final in Rio de Janeiro in July.
