By Joiner Martínez
Jun 28, 2024, 4:28 PM EDT
The start of the Argentine National Team’s title defense in the Copa América was positive, with victories over Canada (2-0) and Chile (1-0), but the second match left great concern about the physical condition of its figure. and captain, Lionel Messi.
Fortunately, it is not a tear, but a strain.
Messi felt discomfort in his right adductor during Tuesday’s match in New Jersey and, although he completed the 90 minutes, there was a question mark over his situation.
According to ESPN journalists, it is a muscle strain in the adductor, so it is not a tear. Six days before the quarterfinals – if he leads Group A, it will be next Thursday in Houston – Messi will be evaluated day by day.
The journalist had commented that the AFA was handling the situation with great secrecy in light of the medical studies carried out this Friday, since the magnetic resonance would determine the degree of the captain’s injury, although “the pain exists, persists and does not subside,” so the concern was evident.
The results, of course, decompressed the concern and turbulence that had been generated in the environment of the National Team and the footballer.
Messi will not be in the starting line-up against Peru in Miami, starting at 9:00 p.m. (ARG) this Saturday, due to the rotation that Lionel Scaloni will apply, but if that had not been the case, he would not have been able to play. The question now is whether the Argentine star can be in the starting line-up in the quarter-finals: if logic is followed and the Albiceleste finish as leaders of Group A, they will play against the second-placed team in Group B next Thursday on Texan soil.
This Friday, in Miami, the world champion team has another training session, with Messi again differentiated, thinking about the match against the team led by Jorge Fossati.
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