Lionel Messi has been dominated out of Argentina’s upcoming friendlies within the United States resulting from a hamstring damage, the Argentina Football Association confirmed on Monday. The Inter Miami celebrity was resulting from line up for the world champions in friendlies towards El Salvador in Philadelphia on Friday earlier than dealing with Costa Rica in Los Angeles on March 26. However, the 36-year-old Argentine captain has not recovered after tweaking a hamstring throughout Miami’s 3-1 victory over Nashville within the CONCACAF Champions Cup final week.

Messi, who was substituted simply after half-time within the win over Nashville, missed Miami’s win over D.C. United in Washington on Saturday.

“The captain of Argentina, Lionel Messi, will not be able to be in the squad for the friendlies in USA due to a minor injury to the hamstring of his right leg suffered in his team’s match against Nashville SC,” the Argentine federation stated in a publish on X, previously Twitter.

Miami coach Gerardo Martino had hinted after his staff’s win over Washington on Saturday that Messi would possibly miss the March internationals, saying the staff needed to make sure he was match for subsequent month’s CONCACAF Champions Cup quarter-finals.

“It is clear that with him there is an objective that he can play in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. We’re not going to take any risks,” Martino stated.

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