Buenos Aires –
Good news for Argentina national team. The Captain and the mainstay of the Tango Team, Lionel Messi, be sure to be fit to play against Peru.
Messi did play in full when Argentina was matched by Paraguay 1-1 in the match World Cup qualification 2022 the CONMEBOL zone last weekend. He failed to score because VAR ruled him out.
The draw made Argentina’s start to a halt after winning the first two games last October. Now, with only seven points from three matches, Argentina can no longer lose points when they visit Estadio Nacional, Lima, Wednesday (11/18/2020) to meet Peru.
Argenatina certainly needs full strength to be able to reap three points from Ricardo Gareca’s troops. While Peru has never won any of the three parties passed in qualifying, Argentina should be able to take advantage of it.
However, the unpleasant news came to Argentina in preparation for this match. Messi reportedly received an ankle injury after the match against Paraguay yesterday.
However, Messi’s condition has now improved and is ready to fight to bomb the Peru goal. Messi may be eager to score goals in this match for the sake of breaking eggs.
Because, Peru is one of two South American countries besides Bolivia that Messi has never broken into during his career in World Cup Qualification. Even though Messi is quite productive with 22 goals from 48 appearances in qualifying sessions.
Even though in five meetings with Peru in this event, Lionel Messi unbeaten with two wins and three draws.
“Leo played well in terms of performance,” said Scaloni as quoted by the US.
“We were not lucky because the goal was disallowed. Even though it was really cool,” he continued.
“I see the conditions are fine there and there are no problems, that’s the most important thing,” concluded Scaloni.
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(mrp / aff)
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