Connected in Europe: ‘Leo’ Messi, De Paul and Paredes thus support Argentina | PHOTO

With no chance of playing the match against Colombia for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers, Lionel Messi, Rodrigo De Paul and Leandro Paredes had no choice but to follow the Argentine team on television. In fact, through social networks, the Atlético de Madrid player showed proof of this.

While the ‘Albiceleste’ and the ‘Tricolor’ were already playing at the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium in Córdoba, the three footballers joined in a video call to encourage their teammates from a distance. De Paul, on Instagram Stories, shared the postcard, showing the screen with the images of the duel in the background.

The coach of Argentina, Lionel Scaloni, decided to rest ‘Leo’ Messi and did not call him up for the double shift. Different are the cases of Paredes and De Paul, who played against Chile in Calama, but were suspended for the match against Colombia, and are already in Europe.

Argentina vs. Colombia: the match preview

Colombia plays one of the last cards to reach the Qatar 2022 World Cup on Tuesday against a decimated Argentina and without its leader, Lionel Messi, but on a roll and encouraged by some 50,000 fans in Córdoba (center).

Just three dates from the closing of the South American qualifier, the coffee team (17 points) is sixth in the table, for the moment outside the two direct places still available and the fifth that allows a playoff with the Asian confederation. In contention are Ecuador (24), Peru (20), Uruguay (19) and even Chile (16).

The ‘Albiceleste’ (32), escort of the leader Brazil (36), faces the clash with the classification in the pocket. But it motivates her to maintain an undefeated 28 games. Without his stickman Messi, he won a tough battle against Chile 2-1 in the Calama desert, at 2,400 meters of altitude.