How is Messi after the muscle discomfort that leaves him out of the game against Peru

The health of Lionel Messi It became a state topic since it began to be played. right adductor in the first half of the match against Chile, for the second date of the Copa América. Although the studies did not show signs of a tear, the world champion captain was visibly affected and will miss this Saturday’s duel against Peru, at the close of the group stage. And the big question, at this time, is whether he will reach the quarterfinal match.

For now there are no definitions. “Leo had a problem in the last game, We will go day by day waiting for its evolution. The Egg thing too, I take this opportunity to clarify it from the outset, because it had a small overload. We hope to be able to count on them next game. We want to win with Peru, we are classified, but we want to play a great game and win, we are not planning to save anyone. “We are thinking about forming the best team to be able to win,” he said. Walter Samuel at the press conference this Friday, where he had to stand in front of the microphone as a result of the sanction that Lionel Scaloni received for the delay in the team’s entry after halftime of the games against Canada and Chile.

In the open training this Friday, while Scaloni handed out blue bibs and gave signals for the first time in the possible 11 competition, Leo Messi was conspicuous by his absence. Together with Marcos Acuña did kinesiology while his teammates moved on one of the fields on the Florida International University campus.

It was then that 15 minutes arrived and the press had to leave the place. But when Clarion He was leaving the premises, he could see Messi walking towards the field. The captain was coming from an extreme kinesiology session, where the specialists They tried to break the contracture that has him mistreating.

The images were captured while he was covering the journey from the gym to the playing field where the rest of the team was training. He stopped for about 30 seconds halfway (about 200 meters) and greeted a tiny group of fans who had approached the place.

Although the match was played 72 hours ago, the medical decision was to wait for the area to subside before carrying out complementary studies and not do them immediately afterwards. As this medium was able to find out, this evaluation carried out this Friday morning confirmed a strong contracture.

It is believed that what aggravated the condition was that the Inter Miami player forced an area in which he felt discomfort at the start of the match with Chile, when he was treated by doctor Daniel Martínez on the side of the lime line. In fact, the captain played the 90 minutes and after the victory he said: “What do I know, it bothers me a little, but I was able to finish playing, so I hope it’s nothing.”

In addition to the work that was done this afternoon, in the last few hours Leo took advantage of his free time to see a personal kinesiologist at his home in Fort Lauderdale.

Nobody can dare to say that they will play, nor that they will not play in the quarterfinals. Will he make it to the quarterfinals? As Samuel said, it will be day by day. It has been known for a long time that the man from Rosario can do anything when he sets his mind to it.