The footballer Lionel Messi will undergo medical studies this Wednesday in the Argentine National Team after suffering an ailment in the adductor of his right leg that did not allow him to be at 100 percent during the agonizing 1-0 victory against Chile, in the framework of the second date of the Copa América 2024.
“What do I know? It bothers me a little, but I was able to finish playing. I hope it’s nothing serious. It was during the first play. I didn’t feel a twinge, it was hard. It was hard for me to move freely because of the pain. Tomorrow I’ll see how we continue,” Messi admitted in the mixed zone, with three days to go until the end of the group stage against a needy Peru in his adopted Miami. At this point it is very likely that the number 10 will be preserved, since the Albiceleste have secured qualification and with one point will win the group, regardless of what happens between Canada and Chile.
He also revealed that he did not feel the best in the days leading up to the match and that could have also played a bad trick on him against Chile.
“I’ve been coming here for a couple of days with a sore throat, with a fever, maybe that took its toll on me today too,” Leo explained and added about the discomfort: “It’s not something old or something I had, just a contracture. We’ll see.”
Furthermore, the man from Rosario was consulted about the possible rotation for the match with Peru, taking into account that the Argentine National Team has already practically guaranteed first place: “See how these days are going, how I am recovering, but yes, today we gave a important step to be classified, but there are many games in a row, many trips, we will start to think about what is coming.”
The image of Messi that worried the Argentine National Team
24 minutes of the first half were being played, when La Pulga realized that something was not right, he raised his head, looked towards the substitute bench and signaled to the coaching staff. They quickly treated him: first they applied cold and then they massaged him on the other side of the lime line.
Although he quickly returned to the playing field at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, which also did not escape criticism in the preview, the ex-Barcelona player stood still and stretched several times to regain physical fitness in the following advances of the Albiceleste.
“I haven’t spoken to Messi yet to find out how he is,” was what Lionel Scaloni responded at a press conference about the player from Rosario, who was training normally after the hard kick that Moïse Bombito gave him in the debut against Canada.
The truth is that Messi’s return in the 2024 Copa América will be subject to his evolution, supported by the official medical report of the Argentine National Team. A flashback of what happened to him at Inter Miami, where he was going through a difficult season with injuries and which even deprived him of some of the last friendlies with the Albiceleste.
Messi’s history with injuries in 2024
Messi’s muscle problems in 2024 date back to March of this year, when a small injury to the hamstring in his right leg left him out of the first leg of the Concachampions quarterfinals against Rayados, in addition to being previously preserved by an overload.
As a consequence, the captain of the Argentine National Team was removed from the list of those called up for the matches against El Salvador and Costa Rica, which were played in Philadelphia and Los Angeles, respectively. The idea was for the forward to stay in Miami to continue recovering from his illness.
Some time earlier, on November 21, 2023, Messi was replaced by Ángel Di María in the historic 1-1 victory over Brazil at the Maracaná, for the South American Qualifiers, after showing great signs of pain due to discomfort in the adductor muscle of his right leg.
That night he had to be treated on more than one occasion with massages by the campus medical staff. In fact, at the end of the first half he quickly went to the locker room to try to work on the affected area.
2024-06-26 09:17:26
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