Buenos Aires, 24 Mar This Friday night, at La Bombonera, Lionel Messi will play what is likely to be his last official match in Argentina before a World Cup when Albiceleste hosts Vinotinto on the penultimate day of the South American qualifiers for Qatar 2022. At 34 years old, 'la Pulga' will receive the affection of Argentine fans who are amazed at a team that won the Copa America last year against Brazil in Maracana, which has been in 29 games without losing and which has already won its ticket to this year's World Cup. Messi suffered in recent days a flu picture but trained alongside his teammates and is expected to start this Friday. Emiliano 'Dibu' Martínez, Cristian Romero, Giovani Lo Celso and Emiliano Buendia will not be able to play because they were suspended by FIFA, Lisandro Martinez, Alejandro 'Papu' Gomez and Marcos Acuña are out due to injury and Lautaro Martinez because they tested positive for coronavirus. The multiple casualties will force coach Lionel Scaloni to make several modifications that will allow him to analyze the relays that will go to the World Cup. In the previous two days, Argentina beat Chile 1-2 and Colombia 1-0 without Messi, who was absent to recover from coronavirus. After the match against Venezuela, Albiceleste will play Ecuador next Tuesday. Then he will have to play a pending match against Brazil from matchday six. Even with one less match, Canarinha leads the South American qualifiers with 39 points, followed by Argentina with 35. Then there are Ecuador (25) and Uruguay (22) in the direct qualifying zone, Peru (21), which would play a repechage, and behind are Chile (19), Colombia (17), Bolivia (15), Paraguay (13) and Venezuela (10). No longer able to qualify, the Vinotinto led by Argentinian José Pekerman has several casualties. Left back Oscar Gonzalez, midfielder Tomás Rincón and winger Yeferson Soteldo will not be able to play due to accumulation of yellow cards. In addition, attacker Eric Ramirez and midfielder Junior Moreno were not called up due to injury. The one who will be present is the English Everton centre-forward Salomón Rondón, the historic top scorer, captain and figure of the national team. The vinotinto team will finish the South American qualifiers on Tuesday when they host Colombia Puerto Ordaz. - Probable lineups: Argentina: Franco Armani; Nahuel Molina, German Pezzella, Nicolas Otamendi, Nicolas Tagliafico; Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Exequiel Palacios or Manuel Lanzini; Nicolas Gonzalez, Lionel Messi and Joaquin Correa. Coach: Lionel Scaloni. Colombia: Wuilker Faríñez; Ronald Hernandez, Nahuel Ferraresi, John Chancellor, Miguel Navarro; Jose Martinez, Yangel Herrera, Darwin Machis, Romulo Otero, Jefferson Savarino; and Solomon Rondon. Coach: Jose Pekerman. Referee: Peruvian Kevin Ortega, assisted by his compatriots Michael Orué and Jesús Sánchez. Stadium: Alberto J. Armando, popularly known as 'la Bombonera', from Buenos Aires, with capacity for about 55,000 spectators. Time: 20.30 local (23.30 GMT). CHIEF sam/og
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