Messi's great challenge in an Argentine team with a very large generational change

Lionel Messi is always the leader of any team and this time he is faced with the new challenge of having to guide a group of young players new to the Argentine team. Lionel Scaloni, Argentina coach, chose to call up new players for the CONMEBOL qualifiers. Likewise, Messi continues to be a fixed player for the Argentine national team.

Everyone changes except Messi, which would seem to be the rule in the Argentine soccer team. Messi is today facing the great challenge of being the leader of a team that has many players less than 25 years of age. Scaloni has already had problems with historical players like Dimaria for not calling them up for the game against Ecuador and calling players like Simeone or Macalister.

Argentina has a difficult debut against Ecuador at the historic Boca Juniors "La Bombonera" stadium. Lionel Messi the last time he faced Ecuador in the qualifying rounds, he scored 3 goals, ensuring Argentina's place in the 2018 World Cup in Russia, so he has good memories of facing Ecuador with Argentina.

Argentina's starting team to face Ecuador is with: Franco Armani; Gonzalo Montiel, Lucas Martínez Quarta; Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico; Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Marcos Acuña; Lionel Messi, Lucas Ocampos and Lautaro Martínez. Messi will have to be the guide of all these great players so that Argentina has no complications to qualify for the next World Cup.