The race for booking a ticket for the FIFA World Cup 2026 continues throughout South America during the international period in March, with the world champion Argentina leading the pack of things.
La Albiceleste is currently the first place in the Conmebol qualifier and can secure a berth at the next summer tournament if you set 13 points in front of seventh place after the meeting with Uruguay and Brazil.
Two seismic encounters are fought without eight balloon d’Or winners Lionel Messi, whereby the 37-year-old is not called in Argentina’s squad for the March period.
Here is why Messi will not be involved in the next two games.
Argentina’s record look and goal scorer was left out of the March squad by Lionel Scaloni, with the striker of Inter Miami suffering from Atlanta United on Sunday evening during the MLS collision.
Messi achieved and completed the entirety of the 2-1 victory, but it has been known since then that he suffered an adductor injury. It is not expected that he will not be taken over for a long time, but will miss the upcoming games with Uruguay next Wednesday and next Wednesday.
An explanation between Miami on Monday: “Messi was subjected to an MRI this morning to evaluate the extent of the discomfort in his Adductor region, which he experienced against Atlanta United during the last night.
“The results of the investigation confirmed the existence of an inferior injury in the adductor.
Messi added on Instagram: “It is a shame to miss these special games with the Argentine national team against Brazil and Uruguay. As always, I wanted to be there, but at the last minute an injury was not forced to stop for a while before I returned to play.
Messi has to wait a few months before returning to the international campaign with Argentina, which will go to the field next in early June. La Albiceleste continues her qualification campaign of the World Cup against Chile before she came together with Colombia a few days later.
These battles should give Messi the opportunity to increase his appearance for Argentina to 184, while he was also able to contribute his 112 goals with the national team.