As a world champion, Argentina national team is on an international tour for the first time and at the end of the European football season he will be in Asia, where he will play Australia in China and then in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesiaagainst the local team.
However, the more than 75,000 spectators who will watch a live match between Argentina and Indonesia for the first time will not be able to see his talent Lionel Messibecause the argentine 10 has already been rejected for the friendly match next Monday, June 19.
waiting that Argentina field their starting team in the friendly against Australiaa higher-level opponent they already faced at the last World Cup, against Indonesia, who are just entering the top 150 of the FIFA rankings (ranked 149), the manager is expected to assemble an alternative team, and Messi will not be among the players in that match.
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After Argentina vs. Australia on Thursday 15 June in Beijing, China, over 5,000 kilometers away from Jakarta, where it will be the second presentation of Get white, Messi will be disappointed with the Argentina team.
this was one Consensus decision between Messi himself and Lionel Scaloni, considering all the wear and tear Rosario is accumulating days after his 36th birthdayafter an extended season of more than 40 games with PSG, the Qatar 2022 World Cup and the other games he played with Argentina.
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In this way Messi proceeds to start his vacation and will have at least two weeks off before starting his stint with Inter Miamiwhich in July 2023 already faces the group stage of the League Cup.
This will be the first game for Argentina without Lionel Messi since the qualifying match that the Albiceleste they beat Colombia 1-0 in February 2022. in that fight Angel Korea He was selected to wear Argentina’s number 10 shirt, although he was short on minutes. Correa this time is not among those called up by Lionel Scaloni.
