Lionel Messi will be a substitute for Argentina against Jordan | OneFootball

Lionel Messi will not start Argentina’s third World Cup match against Jordan, scheduled for the early hours of Sunday at 4:00.

Head coach Lionel Scaloni said on Friday that the captain will begin on the bench. Answering a question from 91-year-old commentator Macaya Marquez, he added that Messi would come on after half-time.

Messi is the competition’s leading scorer with five goals and now the World Cup’s all-time top scorer with 18. He will have to wait to add to those tallies.

The Argentina skipper is 39, with 201 caps and 122 international goals.

Already through to the round of 32 after wins over Algeria, 3-0, and Austria, 2-0, the world champions top Group J going into the final group fixture. Messi has scored all of Argentina’s goals so far.

Source: L'Équipe