Angel DI MARIA suffered an injury and had to be substituted off in the first half during Argentina’s 5-0 win against Panama on Friday.
Some tests were done on DI MARIA and the diagnosis is that he is suffering pain in his right adductor and that more tests will have to be done to determine how long if he would miss the rest of the tournament or not.
Angel DI MARIA’s match against Panama:
Lionel MESSI spoke about his injury, the Copa America and being close to Gabriel BATISTUTA’s goal scoring record with the National Team. Here’s what he had to say:
“I’m happy because I was very anxious to play after being out. I couldn’t move normally. I heard that they were comparing me with JORDAN. That’s crazy.”
“We had talked with Tata that the most logical thing would be for me to return little by little. We’re coming off two straight finals and this is a great chance for us to win it. That’s the road. If we’ve gotten to two finals it’s because we’ve done things right. We lost due to details.”
“Breaking BATISTUTA’s record is the least of my concerns. If it happens at this Copa, good. If not, no big deal. It’s a pleasure being close to Bati.”
Tata MARTINO spoke about Argentina’s 5-0 victory against Panama and also about Lionel MESSI. Here’s what he had to say:
“Up until the second goal, the match was very physical. After that, it wasn’t the case anymore. It wasn’t an easy match to play. We’re still a solid National Team on defense and we recover the ball well.”
“The match was a different match until MESSI came on. Leo got substituted in and solved everything. We had planned that MESSI would play 30 minutes.”
It was the Lionel MESSI show as Argentina defeated Panama 5-0 with goals from Nicolas OTAMENDI, Sergio AGUERO and a hattrick by Lionel MESSI.
Tata MARTINO does not make any changes in his starting line-up for the second match as it will be the same eleven which beat Chile that start.
ROMERO; ROJO, OTAMENDI, FUNES MORI, MERCADO; BANEGA, MASCHERANO, FERNANDEZ; DI MARIA, HIGUAIN and GAITAN.
