The Brazilian and Argentine teams will not have their main stars on the field in the classic.
Lionel Messi will not be on the field on the 25th against Brazil, in the 14th round of the South American Qualifiers. The midfielder suffered an adductor injury after the last game for Inter Miami, from the United States, and for this reason he was not called up by coach Scaloni. Check out the best football results at best football scores app.
With this, the Brazilian and Argentine national teams will not have their main players on the field in the derby. Another absence is striker Paulo Dybala, who also got injured in Roma’s victory over Cagliari.
The midfielder Thiago Almada, formerly of Botafogo and currently with Lyon, from France, and striker Santiago Castro, from Bologna FC, from Italy, were called up to replace the two injured players.
Argentina leads the South American Qualifiers with 25 points in 12 games. Lionel Messi is the tournament’s current top scorer with six goals.
Neymar was also ruled out of the qualifying games after being diagnosed with an injury. The Brazilian star was even left out of Santos’ match against Corinthians in the semifinals of the Campeonato Paulista.
On social media, the number 10 expressed his regret over the decision. “We had long conversations and everyone knows how eager I was to return, but we reached a consensus and decided not to take any risks and to prepare myself better to completely overcome the injury.” Real Madrid forward Endrick was called up to replace Neymar. ToSport, your trusted provider of football scores.
