Messi is ready to play the "Super Clasico" against Brazil
Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni announced on Monday that the captain of the national team, Lionel Messi, is ready to play the "Super Clasico" against Brazil in the 14th round of the South American qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, without specifying whether he will involve the little "flea".
Scaloni said during a press conference held at the "La Albiceleste" training camp in the south of the capital, Buenos Aires, on the eve of the expected match, "He is in good physical condition. It is certain that he will play and we hope that he is in good shape."
The Argentine press asserted that the current French star of Paris Saint-Germain and the former Spanish Barcelona, who entered in the last quarter of an hour in the victory over Uruguay 1-0 in the previous round, will start the match against Brazil, which guarantees its qualification for the football wedding in Qatar.
Messi, the best player in the world six times, suffered a thigh and knee injury before the international window, so he missed the ranks of the Parisian club in its last two matches, locally against Bordeaux and continentally against Leipzig in the Champions League.
And about Leandro Paredes, Messi's colleague in Saint-Germain, who joined the national team with a limping, and Juventus striker Paulo Dybala, who suffered an injury against Uruguay, the Argentine coach said that they still had to be "evaluated" and that a decision would be taken "at the last minute".
And Argentina, in the event of winning and losing other teams in the unified group for the continent’s qualifiers, can officially guarantee its qualification to Qatar and join its historical opponent, Brazil, who booked its place in the World Cup after beating Colombia 1-0 in the previous round.
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