Leandro Paredes trained with the Argentina national team after the 1-0 win against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers.

Paredes trained with the rest of the team on Saturday after missing the 1-0 win. Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni started a midfield of Rodrigo De Paul, Guido Rodriguez and Gio Lo Celso on Friday. Lionel Messi also trained normally and with the team after having played only 15 minutes against Uruguay on Friday and being brought on as a substitute.

Lionel Messi would be set to start the match against Brazil as it was Paulo Dybala who replaced him in the win and he was replaced by Joaquin Correa. Argentina play Brazil on Tuesday in a World Cup qualifier.

Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni commented on the team’s 1-0 win and the fitness of Lionel Messi.

Lionel Scaloni is now undefeated in his last 27 matches as his team won 1-0 against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers. It was Angel Di Maria who scored to give Argentina the win as the team had Lionel Messi on the bench. Scaloni was asked about Messi started the match as a substitute. Here’s what he had to say:

“We decided that he wouldn’t play because he is coming off some inactivity (Messi missed PSG’s last two matches). He entered in the second half to get some playing time and to think about the match against Brazil.”

Scaloni also spoke about the win and the World Cup qualifiers:

“There was the chance to almost qualify. There are times where you have to win. Today, we got it. Surely we didn’t play well but it counts.

“It was an option to put Lisandro (Martinez) and to have a back lien of five but we opted for Exequiel (Palacios) and to maintain the system. The key was in the goal, they also came close but couldn’t score.

“We came out of the back well, that wasn’t the problem. The midfield of the pitch wasn’t as fluid. That is where we got stuck because they pressured well.

They needed the points and to go out and get the match, for that reason they ran, they “pressured and they didn’t let us play. We had to look for spaces, to filter the passes to be able to generate the play.

“There are times where you can’t play well. You have to adapt. We adapted to the game. That’s an important signal, its good as a team.”

In regards to the team:

“You already know what I think of the players, of this team, of this group. I am proud of what we are doing. When I say that one player enters and another one leaves and that the team doesn’t suffer, this is why.

“There are times where you can’t play well but the will of these kids is superior to anything else. I am proud to coach them.”

Emiliano Martinez spoke about Argentina’s 1-0 win, Lionel Messi’s fitness and the World Cup.

Martinez was one of Argentina’s best players in their 1-0 win against Uruguay in the World Cup qualifiers. Making a big save early in the match, Martinez kept his team in it even after Angel Di Maria scored. Speaking to TyC Sports after the match, here is what he had to say:

“We knew it was going to be super difficult. Especially looking at yesterday’s results, they needed to gain (points) or to win. They played a great match, the pitch was very difficult, we couldn’t play much in the middle because it bounced a lot, it was very dry.

“Especially in the first half, in the second half there were a lot of crosses. I had one difficult one (cross) where I had to move. I panicked. The pitch was dry but it bounced fast. That’s the work of a goalkeeper, where sometimes you have to leave your foot back just in case. Today, I left it back and it helped me.”

Regarding Lionel Messi:

“He always wants to be there. He’s an animal in training, he wanted to be at his maximum but he’s not 100%, he decided not to force it and to me it looks good.”

He also spoke about the team and the World Cup:

“When you don’t play well, you still have to win. This team has great balls, we are better every time, that’s the path.

“We knew that winning today was going to be a big step. I don’t know if we are going to be at the World Cup but mathematically and looking at the other results, we gave ourselves a big step. We deserve everything because we work very well, like the kids who come here and want to be in the coach’s plans. That gives us pride.”

About the match against Brazil on Tuesday:

“I don’t know if there is revenge, they want the revenge. We are going to play at home, in the north of Argentina and we are anxious to give the people joy.”

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Paulo Dybala starts for Argentina as Lionel Messi is on the bench in Friday’s World Cup qualifier.

Dybala will start for Argentina as Lionel Messi will likely play in the second half. Messi and Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni reportedly decided that Messi would not start the match. Here is the starting eleven:

Emiliano Martinez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Otamendi, Marcos Acuña; De Paul, Guido, Lo Celso; Dybala, Di Maria and Lautaro Martinez.

Angel Di Maria will captain Argentina as Leandro Paredes, Gomes Gerth, Pezzella, Gaston Avila, Nicolas Dominguez, Enzo Fernandez, Santiago Simon, Cristian Medina, Thiago Almada, Exequiel Zeballos and Matias Soule don’t make the bench.