“I am not prepared for that news. I am denied that and I will not think about it”… that phrase pronounced it Leandro Paredes In the last hours, but surely they could repeat millions and millions of Argentines. This is the last dance for the points in your country of Lionel Messi. And it is coming … almost nothing is left …
It will be at 20.30 on Thursday Argentine, and 1.30 in the morning of Spanish Friday. There he will start playing Messi His last 90 official minutes in his country with the Albiceleste shirt. He already said it a few days ago, clarifying that for that reason his full family will accompany him from the stands of the Monumental de River. “It will be very special,” He stressed. And specified: “I don’t know if there will be friendlies later.”
No tribute
Messi is already 38 years old and It will meet the 39 in the world of the United States. Now you will play the last double date of this tie. The next one will be in 2027. Then, only there Argentina would play an official game in its country. At that height, he believes Leo that he will not arrive. That is why his words. It seems that a slow farewell of the selection begins …
Except that they have it very well hidden, there will not be a special tribute of the AFA for the genius. Messi himself did not accept it. There will be time for some special match. Now he doesn’t want to put himself over the team, his teammates and rivals.
Mastantuono by Macallister?
The 10 will be captain in an ultra consolidated team, in which it will only miss Enzo Fernández (suspended), who will be replaced by Leandro Paredes. Besides, Alexis Mac Allister He will go to the alternate bank because he comes from suffering a physical discomfort and just joined the selection on Wednesday. Will your place be occupied by Franco Mastantuono, one of the two young people who Scaloni -It said- evaluates as headlines next to Nico Paz?
Venezuela is played by its first World Cup
Venezuela’s coach, the Argentine Fernando Batista, recognized: “We knew in intimacy that it could be Leo’s last official game in Argentina. The game has that seasoning and the companions will want to give a good game and a triumph. But we did not come to a party. We came to play something important.”
Venezuela, who comes from winning Bolivia And to lose with Uruguay, The classification to its first World Cup is played. Today is 7th, in a repechage position, four points below the 6th, Colombia, and one above 9th, Bolivia. The Vinotinto on the last date will be local against Colombia.
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It usually proposes interesting approaches Venezuela. The unknown is to what extent he can do it in front of an Argentina who assured several dates his passage to the 2026 World Cup and leads with arrogance, with 10 points ahead of his persecutors Ecuador and Brazil. And he also wants more in the last of Messi for the points in his country.
Probable alignments
Monumental, 1.30 hours (in Spain)
Argentina: Emiliano Martínez; Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Rodrigo de Paul, Leandro Paredes, Franco Mastantuono or Nico Paz; Lionel Messi, Julián Álvarez and Thiago Almada or Nico Paz
Selector: Lionel Scaloni
Venezuela: Rafael Romo; Jon Aramburu, Nahuel Ferraresi, Wilker Ángel, Miguel Navarro; Eduard Bello, Tlasco Segovia, Cristian Casseres, Jefferson Savarino; Josef Martínez, Salomón Rondón
Selector: Fernando Batista
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
