Day to day in the recovery of Lionel Messi is running out. The match against is getting closer and closer. Ecuador dand quarter-finals of the America Cup: It will be at three in the morning on Friday in Spain. There will only be one more session for the Albiceleste team, the last one, which will take place this Thursday. The situation today indicates that the number 10 is getting better, but he is still in doubt.
The question mark will surely remain until a short while before the match. It would be a huge surprise if Lionel Scaloni confirmed at Wednesday’s press conference whether Messi will start or not. The idea is to wait until the last minute. And everything will be decided in a talk between the two Lionels.
According to his feelings, Messi will express his opinion and evaluate him with Scaloni. For now, he does not have a tear in the right adductor muscle. It is a small strain, although that is not the word used in the Argentine national team. “He has a mark in the area of the injury,” they say from the Argentine insiders. Other voices speak of “overload.”
The fact is that Messi did not play against Peru. He always trained separately, until the last training session, this Wednesday in Houston, at the Dynamo FC stadium. There he did the first practice session with his teammates. A good sign.
Scaloni makes calculations with Messi
In any case, the captain is said to be feeling better every day, but there is no way he will arrive in full form in Ecuador. So Scaloni is doing the math. Argentina, even without Leo, should beat Ecuador. After all, it would not be very smart for Messi to play this match and risk being left out of the most important matches: the semi-final (he will not be an opponent to fear either: Venezuela or Canada) and the final.
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It remains to be seen how Messi regulates his desire to play. Today is different: at 37, he has already been a substitute several times. If he prefers to watch from the sidelines, Angel Di Maria would play in his place. If Leo starts, Fideo would go to the bench. The two would not be together from the start. In any case, the question will be revealed at the last minute. We will have to wait and see. Patience.
