Lionel Messi won't start against Paraguay, look at why and how much he'll play

Lionel Messi is still on everyone's lips, since the Argentine still does not know if he will play or not in the match against Paraguay. Messi's season with Inter Miami has already ended, as they failed to qualify for the Major League Soccer playoffs.

Lionel Scaloni had already warned that Lionel Messi's ownership was not confirmed: “There is one more training session left and for Messi it is important to have one more training session. We have to be sure that it is convenient for him to be a starter. Based on that, the team changes.”

Now, after that extra training, Gastón Edul assured it on his official Twitter account: “Leo Messi is not going to start but he will play. Forty minutes or the entire second half. Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez would start together for the first time in an official match.”

The starting lineup of Argentina will be the following: Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina or Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico or Marcos Acuña; Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Alexis Mac Allister; Julián Álvarez, Lautaro Martínez and Nicolás González.

Lionel Messi, just a few weeks ago, said that Cuti Romero was the best central defender in the world. Today, the Tottenham defender spoke about Messi, however, he only said this phrase: “Messi left his injury behind and luckily we have him.”