Nicolás González could replace Lionel Messi for Argentina in the match against Uruguay.

González has chances of replacing Lionel Messi in the starting eleven against Uruguay on Friday. According to Joaquín Bruno of TyC Sports, the 26 year old will replace Messi and it could be a 4-4-2 formation.

Lionel Messi did not make the Argentina team due to an injury. The Argentina national team will play Uruguay on Friday and Brazil on Tuesday.

Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, Alejandro Garnacho and more players were cut from the Argentina team for the two World Cup qualifying matches.

Messi is the big name that was part of the preliminary Argentina team but did not make the final team for the two matches against Uruguay and Brazil. The 37 year old misses out due to injury.

Paulo Dybala is another big name for Argentina and he is out after being substituted with an injury for AS Roma in their last league match. Alejandro Garnacho does not make it as reports state that Benjamín Domínguez has won a place in the team over Garnacho.

Gonzalo Montiel is also cut from the team, as are Gio Lo Celso and Claudio Echeverri. Here are the players that have been called up:

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille)
Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (River Plate)
Leoanrdo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Máximo Perrone (Como)

Forwards:
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Benjamín Domínguez (Bologna)
Thiago Almada (Lyon)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Nico Paz (Como)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Santiago Castro (Bologna)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)

Lionel Messi is out of the Argentina national team for the two World Cup qualifying matches against Uruguay and Brazil.

Messi has not made the final list of players for the two World Cup qualifiers. The 37 year old misses out due to an injury.

The Argentina national team will play Uruguay on March 21 and Brazil on March 25 in Buenos Aires.

Goalkeepers:
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
Gerónimo Rulli (Olympique Marseille)
Walter Benítez (PSV Eindhoven)

Defenders:
Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid)
Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur)
Germán Pezzella (River Plate)
Leoanrdo Balerdi (Olympique Marseille)
Juan Foyth (Villarreal)
Nicolás Otamendi (Benfica)
Facundo Medina (Lens)
Nicolás Tagliafico (Lyon)

Midfielders:
Leandro Paredes (AS Roma)
Enzo Fernández (Chelsea)
Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Máximo Perrone (Como)

Forwards:
Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Benjamín Domínguez (Bologna)
Thiago Almada (Lyon)
Nicolás González (Juventus)
Nico Paz (Como)
Julián Álvarez (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter)
Santiago Castro (Bologna)
Ángel Correa (Atletico Madrid)

Lionel Messi is a doubt for Argentina’s two matches against Uruguay and Brazil after feeling discomfort while with Inter Miami.

Messi could miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifying matches against Uruguay and Brazil. According to Fernando Czyz and Nani Senra, the 37 year old felt discomfort in his right adductor during Inter Miami’s 2-1 win against Atlanta United.

A decision to see if he will travel will be made soon.