The “small annoyance” that has Lionel Messi out of the fields, the tear suffered by Paulo Dybala and the injury of Ángel Di María, which occurred this Tuesday, worry the Argentines and the coach, Lionel Scaloni.
“Fideo” Di María had to be replaced at 23 minutes of the Juventus match against Maccabi Haifa corresponding to the fourth day of Group H of the Champions League due to a strain on his right leg.
While waiting for medical studies, Di María becomes the third Argentine soccer player to suffer physical discomfort in recent days and less than a month and a half before the start of the World Cup.
WITH ONE FOOT OUT OF THE WORLD CUP
How is Dibala? I say bad not to say very bad, but I’m afraid he’s more bad than bad. I think he will not be with Roma until 2023 », the coach of Roma, the Portuguese José Mourinho, said at a press conference on Sunday.
Dybala was injured on Sunday after converting a penalty goal that allowed his team to beat Lecce 2-1 in an Italian Serie A match.
The former Instituto, Palermo and Juventus player was replaced at 49 minutes, moments after converting his goal. The Italian press specified that Dybala suffered a tear in the left femoral biceps. “La Joya” will undergo an MRI this Wednesday that will help determine how long the 28-year-old Argentine will be out of the fields.
WITH A “LITTLE ANNOYANCE”
On October 5, the Albiceleste captain was replaced ten minutes from time in PSG’s 1-1 draw against Benfica for the third matchday of Group H of the European Champions League.
His absence due to “some discomfort in the calf” in the following game, last Saturday against Reims for the tenth day of the French League, set off the alarms and on Sunday the French club confirmed that he suffers a “small discomfort in the calf” that It prevents him from playing this Tuesday against Benfica.
DOUBTS AND CERTAINTIES
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will begin on November 20 and the Albiceleste’s first match will be two days later against Saudi Arabia.
October 21 is the deadline for the participating nations to submit the provisional list to FIFA. The final list, of 26 players, must be sent on or before November 14. If Dybala finally could not be in the World Cup, the chances increase that Ángel Correa, from Atlético de Madrid, will join the team.
«I feel part of the squad, because every time I had to play I think I met expectations. Hopefully it’s on the list. I was already on a previous list to go to Russia in 2018 and I was left out. That hurt me a lot and I don’t want it to happen to me again,” Correa said Monday.
Exequiel Palacios, Nicolás Domínguez, Joaquín Correa and Giovanni Simeone are other players who would have more chances of being in Qatar 2022 if Dybala does not recover.
The strikers who have a guaranteed place, if they are in optimal physical condition, are Ángel Di María, Lionel Messi, Julián Álvarez and Lautaro Martínez.
Also midfielders Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Enzo Fernández, Guido Rodríguez, Alexis Mac Alister and Alejandro Gómez. If there are no surprises, goalkeepers Emiliano Martínez, Franco Armani and Gerónimo Rulli and defenders Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Marcos Acuña, Nicolás Tagliafico, Germán Pezzella and Lisandro Martínez will also be present at the World Cup. EFE
