🤕 Argentina lose Paredes for the pre-World Cup friendlies | OneFootball

Leandro Paredes will miss Argentina’s pre-World Cup friendlies due to a hamstring tear.

The news, first reported by Olé, Martín Arévalo (ESPN), and Ezequiel Sosa (TyC), leaves the Juventus midfielder out of Argentina’s upcoming matches.

The player will not be available for the warm-up matches Lionel Scaloni intends to use to fine-tune the team before the tournament kicks off. He will miss the games against Honduras (June 6) and Iceland (June 9).

Paredes is one of the pillars of Scaloni’s midfield system, and his absence from the friendlies limits the coach’s tactical experiments in a key position.

Because of the nature of the injury, recovery time can range from two to four weeks depending on its severity. The clear objective is for Paredes to be fit for Argentina’s World Cup opener against Algeria on June 17.

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