If injured, a football player can help his team in the selection matches for the 2026 Emergency.

Argentina national team striker and captain Lionel Messi may play in the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Paraguay, as the team's head coach Lionel Scaloni announced at the press conference.

" We learned that he looks good and is working, we’ll talk before training to figure out what we’re losing from the first days,” Scaloni said.

The match between Argentina and Paraguay will take place on the 13th, starting at about 2:00 outside Kiev.

It seems likely that the 36-year-old Argentinean will miss the rest of the Inter Miami matches due to a penalty.

This season, Messi played 12 matches on the club level, scoring 11 goals and providing five assists.