Although he did not play, Lionel Messi's gesture with his teammates in Bolivia

Lionel Messi and the Argentine National Team face Bolivia in a complicated qualifying match in La Paz. The big news for this match was precisely the absence of Lionel Messi, not only in the starting team, but also in the official squad. That is, even though the player traveled with the team and his teammates, he will not be taken into account for this match. One of the big reasons would be due to his discomfort in the last game against Ecuador.

The alarms went off when yesterday on the 10th he was not required nor was he part of the practice along with the rest of his teammates. The albiceleste formation to face the team from the highlands at the Hernando Siles stadium in the Bolivian capital is with Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Ángel Di María, Julián Álvarez and Nicolás González.

Many doubts had arisen regarding the chance of the Inter Miami footballer being part of this commitment, especially after both he and his coach admitted that he had muscle discomfort after the 1-0 in favor against the Ecuadorians. . Messi himself confessed after the game that he had a discomfort and that it should not be a surprise that he is leaving the games a little more often. Mainly the playoffs, where they are at a very high level.

Messi's important gesture with his teammates

Messi, who made a great gesture by joining the Argentine contingent even though he knew that he was almost ruled out for the match (he even missed his son Mateo's birthday), showed up with a personal suitcase and that is why it is speculated that he did not He will return to Argentina and head directly to Miami to resume work with Inter. The Herons' next match will be on Saturday 9/16, when they visit Atlanta United in search of closing the gap with the playoff qualifying zone.