The bad news that Lionel Scaloni gives Messi before the match against Australia

The Argentine team is focused on getting past the round of 16, when they face Australia, in the World Cup in Qatar. In this context, Lionel Scaloni, coach of the Albiceleste, confirmed some bad news prior to the crucial match, since he will not have one of his main stars from the start.

The match is, without exaggeration, the most important the Argentine national team has played since the Copa America final against Brazil a couple of years ago. Despite the fact that Australia is not the most difficult team for Argentina, that does not take away the importance of the match.

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It's about Angel Di Maria. The 'Noodle' suffered a muscular overload during the match against Poland and was substituted so as not to aggravate his situation. In the last training session he worked in a differentiated way and, for the duel against the Australians, he was ruled out to start, as confirmed by the journalist Gastón Edul.

Di María is key in Scaloni's scheme, however, he prefers not to risk it and give him minutes in the complementary stage. In his replacement, the inclusion of Leandro Paredes is ruled out to form a line of four midfielders and Ángel Correa or Papu Gómez could go instead of the Juventus winger.

'La Scaloneta' aims for the quarterfinals:

Although Australia made it to the round of 16, leaving Denmark on the way, one of the favorite teams for what was shown in the Nations League, Argentina hopes to ratify its favoritism and settle in the next round, where it could rival the Netherlands or the United States. Joined.