‘Not that bad’: Argentina’s Scaloni calms Messi injury fears before World Cup defence
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Messi suffered hamstring problem on Sunday
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Scaloni will ‘wait to see how it evolves’ with new tests
The Argentina head coach, Lionel Scaloni, has calmed fears over Lionel Messi’s fitness, suggesting his latest injury “is not that bad” with two weeks to go before the start of the World Cup. Messi was diagnosed with muscle fatigue in his left hamstring by Inter Miami after he made an abrupt exit from their 6-4 victory over Philadelphia Union on Sunday.
Aged 38, Messi remains Argentina’s talisman for the defence of the title they won in Qatar four years ago. “Obviously we would have preferred that nothing had happened,” Scaloni told the Argentinian TV station DSports on Tuesday. “Now one has to wait and see how it evolves and above all the new tests they are going to conduct in order to see if it confirms their original diagnosis.”
المصدر: The Guardian — Sport