Two last-minute casualties in the Argentina chosen to say goodbye to Leo Messi
John Foyth (28), Villarreal defender, and Thiago Almada (24), River Plate midfielder, will not be with Argentina in this triple date of friendlies after falling out of the call in which they had entered in the first instance due to physical problems. Bad news for the coach. But even more so for them, because the moment could not be more special as what will be the last match of the team is in sight. Leo Messi with the Albiceleste.
Because these three games will have one protagonist above the rest: Leo Messi. Argentina will face Benin, Burkina Faso and Bolivia between September and October and the captain will face his last commitments with the Albiceleste. After so many years, so many goals and a World Cup in our pocket, it’s time to say goodbye.
Almada was already arriving between cottons. The midfielder had to leave River’s last game early and ultimately could not recover. Foyth, for his part, had not played for Villarreal for more than three weeks. and was in the final stretch of his recovery from a muscle injury. It didn’t arrive either.
The AFA announced both casualties and has not yet announced who their replacements will be. Scaloni will have to make a move to complete a call-up that, inevitably, will be conditioned by Messi’s farewell.
What of FoythIn addition, it has a point of bad luck. The defender missed three of Argentina’s last four major tournaments: the 2021 and 2024 Copa América and the 2018 World Cup. The exception was Qatar 2022. And what an exception: world champion. Now he is left out again. Almada too. Two absences that force the list to be touched just when Argentina is preparing to close one of the most important stages in its history.
