Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil over the following eight days due to an injury to his adductor.
The 37-year-old Messi was not included within the 25-man squad introduced on Monday (March 17, 2025) by coach Lionel Scaloni. Later Monday, Inter Miami mentioned Messi — the reigning Major League Soccer MVP — underwent an MRI “to assess the extent of the discomfort in his adductor region,” an injury that the staff mentioned occurred in Sunday’s win over Atlanta United.
“The examination’s findings confirmed the presence of a low-grade injury in the adductor muscle,” Inter Miami mentioned. “His clinical progress and response to treatment will determine his availability for competition.”
Argentine media initially reported Messi suffered a sore left thigh on Sunday throughout Inter Miami’s 2-1 victory.
Argentina’s matches
Argentina, which leads South America, will go to second-placed Uruguay on Friday and host fifth-placed Brazil 4 days later at Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires.
Messi was not the one absentee for the 2 matches that might seal Argentina’s qualification. Also dominated out have been Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Montiel and Giovani Lo Celso.
Scaloni additionally dropped Alejandro Garnacho and Claudio Echeverri from the bigger squad introduced on March 2.
Messi’s injury considerations
Messi, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner who captained and led Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title, has been sidelined a number of occasions by Inter Miami this season due to injury considerations.
This month, Messi missed three video games however returned on Thursday for the second leg of the round-of-16 CONCACAF Champions Cup tie against Cavalier SC.
Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano mentioned Messi was match to begin against Atlanta on Sunday. Messi scored within the twentieth minute, simply earlier than he was reported to have been injured.
Published – March 18, 2025 04:05 pm IST
