This Monday (18), the Argentina Football Association confirmed Lionel Messi has been ruled out of Argentina’s upcoming friendlies.
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Messi suffered a hamstring injury and will miss the friendlies against El Salvador in Philadelphia on Friday (22) and Costa Rica in Los Angeles on March 26. He was injured during Inter Miami’s 3-1 win over Nashville in the CONCACAF Champions Cup last week.
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“The captain of Argentina, Lionel Messi, will not be able to be in the squad for the friendlies in USA due to a minor injury to the hamstring of his right leg suffered in his team’s match against Nashville SC”, said the Argentine federation in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Miami manager Gerardo Martino had already hinted that Messi would miss the March internationals after Saturday’s (16) game. “It is clear that with him there is an objective that he can play in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. We’re not going to take any risks”, said Martino.