Already 36-year-old, Messi is on the rise in injuries
Lionel Messi cannot play in Argentina during the A-match in March.
Argentina will play an A-match warm-up match against El Salvador and Costa Rica in March 2024 at Lincoln Feignal Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, respectively on the 23rd and 27th.
However, he will not be able to play during the upcoming A-match period. The Daily Mail said on Wednesday that Messi will not be able to play in the upcoming two international friendly matches due to his injury.
Argentina's national soccer team's official SNS also officially announced, "Argentina's captain Messi will not be able to play in the A-match national team match in March due to a hamstring injury in his right leg in his team's match."
Along with Messi, Paulo Dybala (AS Roma), Ezequiel Palacios (Leverkusen) and Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth) were also not called due to injuries during the A-match in March.
Messi was injured in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 against Nashville on the 14th. Messi, who started at the time, scored his team's second goal in the 23rd minute of the first half. Inter Miami won 3-1 thanks to Luis Suarez's first goal and Robert Taylor's decisive goal. Inter Miami, which drew 2-2 in the first leg, advanced to the quarterfinals with a 5-3 overall score.
Despite the win, Messi failed to smile as much. He was substituted five minutes into the second half due to a hamstring injury. The injury was deeper than expected. "I don't want to take any risk and I don't think Messi will be able to play at the upcoming weekend games," coach Gerardo Martino said at the time.
"We will proceed with some tests. Messi has a muscle overload in his right leg. We tried to see if he could hold out a little longer after half-time, but it rather bothered him and we eventually chose to replace him," he added.
In the end, Messi missed the league games held on the 11th and 17th. He will also miss the upcoming A-match period in March due to his injury. Messi, who has already reached the age of 36, is gradually increasing his injuries. Messi also failed to play seven out of 13 league games due to injury last season.
Meanwhile, Messi left Paris Saint-Germain last summer and wore an Inter Miami uniform. He is still showing off his class skills. He has 16 goals and seven assists in all 19 matches from last season to the beginning of this season. 스포츠토토
Messi will not be able to join the Argentine national team for the first time in about two years since the team convened an A match between January and February 2022. Messi made his debut as an adult member of the Argentine national team in 2005, and has 106 goals and 56 assists in 180 A matches.