Lionel Messi drying off an Argentina rally. The news is rare enough that Lionel Scaloni, Argentina’s latest coach, is being questioned at length about his wonderkid’s absence for the two late 2022 World Cup qualifying games against Chile and Turkey. Colombia.
“We would like him to be here. I had a conversation with him and he told me that the Covid affected him a lot. He had the hardest strain…”, commented the former defender of Corunna about the Parisian striker, who made his return with PSG after a month of absence against Reims, entering at the end of the match. instead of Di Maria.
Messi had tested positive at the end of December, and his long absence thereafter indeed suggests that he has struggled to recover: “It is important that he recovers physically and I have decided that the best thing is that he does not come in bad conditions, continued Scaloni, himself affected by the virus this week. He didn’t play for a long time and I think the decision was the right one. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner still has two weeks of training and two games to arrive in the best possible shape against Real Madrid on February 9.