Lionel Scaloni reveals the reason why Messi didn't play against Bolivia

The Argentine National Team achieved an important victory in Bolivia on the second date of the qualifiers towards the 2026 World Cup. The Argentine team placed itself in a great way and despite not having Lionel Messi available, it was a compact team that dominated to the locals, who finished with one less.

Lionel Scaloni revealed after the match his decision not to place, or rather, not to have Lionel Messi in this match. The man from Rosario has a muscular overload and has a very demanding schedule ahead of him with Inter Miami, so together they decided on his absence in La Paz, which the rest of the team endured without problems and even achieving a historic victory in the height.

“Yesterday he tried to recover and he didn't feel comfortable and we didn't take any chances. He was not in condition. Yesterday in training we wanted him to try and he didn't even get to try. It was not necessary because important things are coming. The stop was difficult and even going in could hurt him”, assured the Argentine coach. Now, Lionel Messi has already traveled back to Miami to report with his team for the rest of the MLS season, where he will have to achieve the miracle of qualifying for the Play-offs.

What else did Scaloni say?

Not only is it the first time that Argentina beats Bolivia by 3 goals, being a visitor, it has also already gone 9 undefeated games outside of Argentina in World Cup Qualifiers.
About the record, Scaloni did not say much. “There will already be some negative ones and they will remind me. They are statistics, they are there and they are there to be broken. Sometime it will break and they will break ours too. The important thing is that the team knows how to play certain games and knows how to face them and that is the best,” he assured.