After a while, Lionel Messi will miss his international duties with Argentina. PSG forward was not called for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, in which his national team will play against Chile and Columbia. The reason for not calling your best player and captain? Covid. Messi was tested positive more than three weeks ago, but still suffers from consequences and will not play for La Albiceleste in these two games. It is also interesting to remember that the Argentinian played against Reims last weekend, but now decided that it was probably a bad idea.Messi called a Liverpool legend – a donkey?Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni explained he talked to Messi before the excluded him from the list, which is the best possible option, since Argentina already qualified for Qatar 2022.„I talked to Messi after he tested positive for COVID. It affected him a lot, he had the roughest variant. It is important that he recovers, feels fit because there will be important moments ahead. I felt that it was not ideal for him to joins us on international duty this weekend not being at 100 per cent. He was affected for a some time“ Scaloni said at the press conference on Wednesday. The Argentinian coach is Covid positive himself and won’t be available for the Chile match. His assistants Walter Samuel and Roberto Ayala will be in charge for the match.(3.60) BURKINA FASO (3.00) TUNISIA (2.40)Lionel Messi has already spoken about his slow recovery about 10 days after he tested positive, but still decided to play against Reims.„As you know I had COVID and I wanted to thank you for all the messages I received and to tell you that it took longer than I thought to be well but I have almost recovered and I am really looking forward to getting back on the pitch. I have been training these days to get 100%,very beautiful challenges are coming this year and I hope we can see each other again very soon. Thanks!!“ said the Argentinian in his message on Instagram on January 13th. Messi has scored six goals in 16 matches for PSG this season following his transfer from Barcelona. On Monday, PSG will play a derby match in the French Cup against Nice, and Messi is not expected to play.
