Lionel Messi has not been blanketed in Lionel Scaloni's contemporary Argentina squad as he continues to recover from coronavirus.
The Paris Saint-Germain forward has not played a suit in almost a month, with the 1-1 Ligue 1 draw at Lorient on December 22th being his maximum latest day trip.
He shriveled COVID-19 at the same time as lower back home in Argentina during the mid-season smash, forcing him to return to France later than to start with deliberate.
Messi appeared ready to return to movement towards Lyon on January ninth, but PSG stated he needed to continue his recovery and then he additionally missed the two-zero win over Brest on Saturday.
While he said remaining week that "I have nearly recovered", Messi did screen on social media that obtaining over the illness took "longer than I thought".
Given his scenario, Argentina have apparently deemed it unnecessary risking Messi or in addition disrupting his recuperation given they have already secured qualification for this yr's World Cup.
Argentina journey to Chile on Thursday before website hosting Colombia 5 days later, with each opponents nevertheless desperately combating for the right to play at Qatar 2022.
La Albiceleste's different ultimate qualifiers are towards Venezuela and marvel-package Ecuador in March.
