"Messi? Yesterday I asked him if he was ready to play and he said yes"

Lionel Scaloni spoke about the 90 minutes played against Puerto Rico for Leo Messi (0-6), who as a precaution did not play the previous match, also friendly, against Venezuela (1-1). The Argentine coach explained that he spoke with the former Barça player and the doctors to find out how he was and to see if he could be available. “Yesterday I asked him if he was ready to play and he said yes. For us it is always a joy,” he commented.

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On the other hand, said that the friendly match against Puerto Rico It served to see players who were called up for the national team for the first time. It allowed “us to be able to see guys that we called up for the first time or that don’t have many minutes,” he said in the press conference after the match in Miami. José López, Lautaro Rivero, Aníbal Moreno and Facundo Cambeses today joined the list of players that Scaloni has debuted with Argentina’s senior team since his arrival on the bench in 2018. “It is important for them, they are not going to forget it,” he added.