The Dhaka Times Desk Argentina will play World Cup 2014 qualifiers against Paraguay on September 10. And in that, Argentina has arranged a team of 18 people with the recently injured Lionel Messi. Despite being injured, coach Alessandro Sabella commented that he was forced to keep Messi in the team despite the demands of the country and fans.
The injury suffered at the end of last season at Barcelona returned at the start of this season. Messi suffered a blood clot in his left thigh while playing against Atletico Madrid last Wednesday, so coach Gerard Martino said that Messi will not be seen in the team for Barcelona in the match against Malaga this week.
Many worries have piled on the shoulders of the Argentinian coach about Messi's injury. Higuain and Mascherano are not in the team after receiving red cards against Colombia and Ecuador. Moreover, Messi's unexpected injury. However, according to the doctor, Messi will recover before the 10th, but the Argentine media is saying otherwise.
Argentina leads Latin America with 26 points from 13 games in Brazil's World Cup qualifiers. Colombia, breathing down Argentina's neck, will level the points if they win against Ecuador on September 6. After that, if they beat Paraguay at the bottom of the points list on the 10th, Argentina will secure the ticket to Brazil in addition to regaining the top spot.
But it all depends if Messi can play, how Argentina play without Messi. Although Argentina without Mes previously beat Italy 2-1, they had top scorer Higuain with 9 goals in the qualifiers and midfielder Mascherano. However, coach Sabella is getting Manchester City striker Aguero this time.
However, Dani Alves is not worried about Messi's injury. He said, "At some point Ferrari has to go to rest, Messi will come back from rest and put on a great performance like the world has seen so far."
Reference: gold.com
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