Scaloni: “Argentina is above all players”

The coach of Argentina, Lionel Scaloniit said it was sunday Argentina He is “far above any player”, in reference to the well-known lack of Leo Messi in the friendly that will be played tomorrow against Indonesiaalthough he recognized that ’10’ was “irreplaceable”.

“Messi is resting, I have decided to let him rest. Both he and Mary said and otamendi They needed to rest, had been thinking for a while. We will play a game with the Argentina team, which is the most important thing. Argentina is superior to any player. In this case, Leo is not here but others are there and I hope people will be satisfied,” he said at a press conference in Jakarta.

scaloni recognized, however, that Messi he is irreplaceable and that no one can “play Messi”, although he is confident in the quality of the albiceleste team, which was crowned world champion exactly six months ago.

“Who will replace him tomorrow? Nothing, nobody can play with Messi but we will try to make the team the same way, knowing that he is an impossible player to change. But the team has the ability to do it well. and with other aptitudes, and we will try that”, he stressed.

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Messi’s retirement, up in the air

The coach avoided answering questions about Messi’s future and a possible retirement from football, but said that “it will happen at some point.” “For the soccer world, we want him to play forever, but at some point it will happen that he won’t play anymore, not only in the Argentine team but he will stop playing soccer and that day will be a very sad one day for all,” he added.

Ahead of Monday’s friendly against Indonesia, Scaloni did not reveal who the starting eleven would be, but confirmed he would make “seven or eight changes” to observe the largest number of players on the second date of the Asian. tour He added that he is confident that “the level of the team will not change by making these changes.” “We hope that until the match Indonesia and what it means to play in this shirt”, he sums up.

This Monday, 2:30 pm Spanish time

Indonesia will face the reigning world champions on Monday in the second match of the double date FIFA of friends in Asiafour days after facing Australia in beijingwhere the Argentines prevailed 2-0.

The match, which will be held at the stadium Gelora Bung Karno of Jakarta, will have absences of Lionel Messi, Angel di Maria and Nicolás Otamendiwhich was released after the victory achieved against the Australian team