Lionel Messi followed Scaloni’s press conference on Instagram

Lionel Messi was not called up for the matches that the Argentina team will play against Chile (visit) and Colombia (local) for the Qatar 2022 Qualifiers. As is recalled, the attacker contracted coronavirus at the beginning of the year and after recovering, he was training with PSG to regain his fitness.

In that sense, the ‘Flea’ only returned to play with the Parisian team this weekend in the 4-0 win against Reims (he spent 28 minutes on the field). However, the distance is not an excuse for the footballer to stop encouraging the ‘Albiceleste’. This was demonstrated by being attentive to the conference of coach Lionel Scaloni.

TNT Sports captured the precise moment in which Lionel Messi follows the coach’s statements through a live broadcast on the official Instagram account of the Argentina team. “Greetings to all”, wrote the ‘Flea’.

The PSG midfielder’s comment generated thousands of reactions from fans. “Greetings, Leo and I hope to have you soon in the team”, “Rest that Qatar awaits you”, “This is your World Cup, Messi” The “You are a crack”were some of the user comments.

DT of Argentina reported that Messi was quite affected after getting coronavirus

This Wednesday, at the gates of the game against the Chilean team, Lionel Scaloni, DT of the ‘Albiceleste’, revealed details of the conversation he had with the ‘Flea’ after getting infected. “It is clear that we would love to have him with us. We had a chat and he told me that COVID-19 affected him quite a bit”, the technician said.

“It is important that Lionel Messi gets well, and that is why I decided that the best thing was for him to stay at his club”, added the coach.