The captain of Argentina, Lionel Messi, is ready to return to the starting eleven when they face Venezuela in the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the World Cup, but the availability of the midfielder Alexis Mac Allister is in doubtsaid the coach Lionel Scaloni.
Argentina was seen reinforced by the return of Messi for their World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia after the 37-year-old recovered from a right ankle injury, which occurred during the Copa America final against Colombia in July.
Messi, who plays for Inter Miami of the US Major League Soccer, had missed the qualifying matches against Chile and Colombia.
“Leo is fine, he has played several games before coming to us and that’s what he needed: to add minutes,” he said Scaloni a the press on Tuesday.
“Before the previous call we had talked and the decision was that he should not come because he needed to play. Now he is fit, he is fine. He will be part of the team.”
Liverpool’s Mac Allisterwas substituted at half-time during the club’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League last weekend. “Alexis is training differently. It is difficult for him to make it to the first game, especially because of the issue of care. We hope not to lose any more players,” he said. Scaloni.
Argentina will face Venezuela at the Monumental stadium in Maturín on Thursday and with the team preparing at the Inter Miami training center in Florida, Scaloni He said his team was worried about the Hurricane Milton.
Hurricane Milton, a major threat to travel
Hurricane Milton headed toward the storm on Tuesday as a massive Category 5 storm, causing massive traffic jams and fuel shortages as authorities ordered more than a million people to flee before it slammed into the Tampa Bay area.
“I had asked to travel today and it was not possible, they denied us the trip. We are going to travel tomorrow (Wednesday) if time permits. We hope to train tomorrow morning and then we leave. In the afternoon we leave, we have no more information than that,” he said. Scaloni.
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“We have to make a stopover because they do not allow landing from American soil directly to Venezuela. These are things that do not depend on us, we have had bad luck with this. The most important thing is the health of the people and of all of us who are here too,” the coach explained.
