Leo Messi will start on Sunday against Estonia in Pamplona. Photo: Mario Quinteros (special correspondent)
The doubt was mainly why Lionel Scalloni He had made it clear that against Estonia he would change and shoot different names than those who had made their debut against Italy last Thursday at Wembley. The question then arose immediately: What will happen to Lionel Messi? The decision was in the hands of the captain, who in the concentrated Argentine, here in Bilbao, expressed his desire to return from the beginning, beyond his team mates. For this, this Sunday at 15:00 in Argentina, at the El Sadar stadium in Osasuna, with a capacity of 23,500 spectators, on the 10th he will wear the ribbon on his arm again from the first minute.
Leo always wants to play. And in Pamplona there will be no exceptions. The question was asked only to see if the rosary had chosen to reduce the charges after winning the Grand Final of which he was the great character. However, Messi has warned that he has no problem being the owner again.
Messi only went to the bench once of the times he was called up in the Scaloni era; then he has always played from the beginning, Photo: Mario Quinteros (special correspondent)
Scaloni already knows that he has the total predisposition of the best player in the world every time he is under his orbit. In fact, when he was called up by the DT born in Pujato, La Pulga was always there from the beginning, except once: against Uruguay for the Qualifiers, on November 13 last year. That day Leo went to the bank and Paulo Dybala was in his place. Victory 1-0 for the national team and Messi enters the complement.
It doesn’t matter who is in front of it. For Messi it is indistinct. His goal is to enjoy the country’s jersey as much as possible and prepare for the World Cup in Qatar, which could be his last one. That’s why it doesn’t matter that Estonia, the Spanish rival, is anything but an elite team. He is 110 in the FIFA ranking and did not qualify for the World Cup.
That yes, the same Thursday that the Argentina beat Italy 3-0Estonia kicked off the UEFA Nations League by winning 2-0 at home to San Marino thanks to goals from striker Robert Kirss and defender Joonas Tamm.
Argentina will hold their final round in Bilbao this Saturday and Scaloni is expected to finish defining the rest of the lineup there, of which there are no signs yet. The only clear thing is that Messi will say present. It’s so good to see you again!
Bilbao. Special delivery.
Nahuel Lanzillotta
Source: Clarin
