Lionel Messi, Ángel Di María and Nicolás Otamendi are out for Argentina against Indonesia.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni will be without the three veteran’s for their match against Indonesia on June 19 in Jakarta. It was reported that Messi will not be travelling with the team and now Argentina coach Scaloni has confirmed that the three players will not be travelling with the team.
All three started for Argentina in their 2-0 win vs. Australia on Thursday.
Lionel Messi spoke after Argentina’s 2-0 win vs. Australia about the future of the national team.
Messi scored the quickest goal in his Argentina national team career and dazzled the crowd in Beijing. And he spoke to the media after the match. Here is what he had to say:
“We always enjoy being in the Argentina national team.
“It was complicated to play because of the heat and humidity but we continued with the same idea.
“Now there are the qualifiers and the Copa America. It’s going too far to think about the next World Cup. You have to enjoy what you have achieved.
“You have to think of what is coming. Now, a new cycle begins. This continues, we can’t stay with what happened. We have to enjoy every time we are together.”
Lionel Messi scored an incredible goal and dazzled everyone in Argentina’s 2-0 win vs. Australia.
Messi did what Lionel Messi does best and he scored after just 1:19 seconds into the match.
It took Argentina less than two minutes to take the 1-0 lead. Enzo Fernández would get the ball in midfield and drive forward as he would pass it to Messi. The Best player in the world would dribble beyond a defender and place the ball into the side of the goal to give Argentina the 1-0 lead.
The World Cup winners would come close a few more times, most notably Messi who had a chance from a difficult angle but his effort would hit the side netting. He would also try and set up Alexis Mac Allister put the goalkeeper would get there before Mac Allister and close him down.
Emiliano Martinez would make a big save. It was a pass into the area for Australia but their effort was saved by Martinez from very close range.
Lionel Scaloni would make a substitution at half time. Germán Pezzella replaced Nicolás Otamendi as Otamendi appeared to have picked up a knock in the first half.
Argentina would get a second goal in the second half. A corner kick for Argentina and Messi played it short to Rodrigo De Paul who crossed it to Pezzella and he would score a header to make it 2-0 for the World champions.
Alejandro Garnacho would make his Argentina national team debut. He was brought in for Nicolás González. His first touch and pass in an Argentina shirt was to Lionel Messi.
Scaloni would make more substitutions with Leandro Paredes brought in for Enzo and Guido Rodríguez for Rodrigo De Paul.
Lionel Messi would dribble around several Australian players in a play that would arguably make his top 20 highlight reel of dribbles. An incredible piece of skill.
Argentina would win 2-0 and their next match is on June 19 against Indonesia in Jakarta.
Lionel Messi with this gem of a goal for Argentina!pic.twitter.com/IQ06GnYnQs
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Lionel Messi and Alejandro Garnacho with Argentina.pic.twitter.com/vqgIEbXAIP
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Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has named his starting eleven for the match vs. Australia in Beijing.
Lionel Scaloni has made two changes to the team which started the World Cup final. As expected, Marcos Acuña starts in place of Nicolás Tagliafico.
Alexis Mac Allister does get the start, despite reportedly having a bit of fatigue. Up front, Nicolás González starts for Julián Álvarez. Here is the starting eleven:
Emiliano Martínez; Molina, Cuti, Otamendi, Acuña; De Paul, Enzo, Mac Allister; Messi, Di María, Nicolás González.
Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni has his starting eleven in mind for the match against Australia in Beijing.
Lionel Scaloni has all of his players but there are two doubts to the starting eleven. Scaloni spoke at a press conference on Wednesday and stated that the team that would start is almost the same as the one which started the World Cup final.
The two names being mentioned in the Argentine media are Alexis Mac Allister and Nicolás Tagliafico. Alexis Mac Allister has a bit of fatigue and should he be benched, Gio Lo Celso is expected to start in midfield.
Nicolás Tagliafico also has a bit of fatigue and Marcos Acuña would start in his place. This would be the starting eleven for the match:
Emiliano Martínez; Acuña, Otamendi, Romero, Molina; Di Maria, Lo Celso, Enzo, De Paul; Julián Álvarez and Lionel Messi
