{"id":13109,"date":"2022-03-24T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/24\/lionel-messis-status-for-argentina-vs-venezuela-confirmed\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:00:40","slug":"lionel-messis-status-for-argentina-vs-venezuela-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/24\/lionel-messis-status-for-argentina-vs-venezuela-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi\u2019s status for Argentina vs Venezuela confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has provided an update on the wellbeing of star man Lionel Messi, ahead of his side\u2019s latest upcoming pair of fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>The Albiceleste are primed to return to action on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>In the first of two World Cup qualifiers slated for the coming week, Scaloni\u2019s troops will play host to Venezuela at the Bombonera.<\/p>\n<p>In the buildup to the Buenos Aires showdown, however, one member of the hosts\u2019 setup to have been labelled as a doubt came in the form of the aforementioned Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>This came with veteran attacker Messi having been forced to sit out Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s 3-0 drubbing at the hands of AS Monaco at the weekend, owing to a bout of illness.<\/p>\n<p>In a boost for all associated with Argentina, though, speaking to the media ahead of tomorrow night\u2019s action, Scaloni confirmed that his captain is fit and available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow PSG star Angel Di Maria, on the other hand, remains a doubt to feature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lionel Scaloni confirms that Messi is fit and available for tomorrow\u2019s game and that Armani will start in goal in the absence of Mart\u00ednez. A decision is yet to be made on Di Mar\u00eda<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GOLAZO (@golazoargentino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/golazoargentino\/status\/1507034404262010884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Qatar bound<\/h2>\n<p>For those not aware, Argentina\u2019s upcoming fixtures versus Venezuela and Ecuador are actually, in the grand scheme of things, altogether unimportant.<\/p>\n<p>The Albiceleste have in fact already booked their spot at this year\u2019s Qatar World Cup, sitting 2nd in the CONMEBOL qualification table behind only arch rivals Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>To this point in their campaign, Scaloni and co. have remained unbeaten across a full 15 fixtures, racking up ten wins and five draws en route to a current tally of 35 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/nico-speaks-out-over-barcelonas-contract-talks-with-teammates-gavi-araujo\/\">Nico speaks out over Barcelona\u2019s contract talks with teammates Gavi &amp; Araujo<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/as-juventus-lie-in-wait-jorginhos-agent-reveals-priority-ahead-of-chelsea-contract-talks\/\">As Juventus lie in wait, Jorginho\u2019s agent reveals \u2018priority\u2019 in Chelsea contract talks<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has provided an update on the wellbeing of star man Lionel Messi, ahead of his side\u2019s latest upcoming pair of fixtures. The Albiceleste are primed to return to action on Friday evening. In the first of two World Cup qualifiers slated for the coming week, Scaloni\u2019s troops will play host [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-13109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}