The head coach of Argentina announced the rotation of the warehouse before the playoffs.

Having secured an advance ticket to the 1/16 finals, the coaching staff of the Argentina national team will give preference to their leading scorer. It turns out that from the first hulks on the field instead of Messi there will be a young talent Niko Paz.

Captain of the Argentina national team Lionel Messi will play the last match of the group stage against the national team of Jordan with a team of substitutes. The team's head coach, Lionel Scaloni, announced this at the Friday press conference at AT\u0026T Stadium..

" “We will voice the team’s warehouse tomorrow,” said the Argentinean coach.

The Argentine national team has already guaranteed itself a qualification to the 1/16 finals as a peremptory victory over Group J, having achieved victories over Algeria and Austria. It is already known that the 2022 world champions will play their upcoming match in Miami this coming Friday. Cape Verde was chosen as their opponent, as they finished another in group N.

However, Lionel Scaloni said that the choice of players for the match with Jordan does not depend on the tournament draw:.

“The decision about those who will appear in the starting warehouse tomorrow is not related to the opponent we will face in the upcoming round.”.

Now the Inter Miami star is losing the only player from the Argentina national team, who, having scored in this tournament, is now leading in the race for the Golden Boot. As of this year, there are already five goals in two starting matches: he scored a hat-trick against Algeria, after which he scored a double in the match with Austria (2:0).

Due to this performance, the Argentinean broke the record for the most goals in the history of the world championship (18). However, before the tournament, Messi suffered a minor injury to his left hamstring tendon, which increased his weakness, so the solution before the playoff stage seems like a logical choice for the coaching staff.

Saturday's match will see the appearance of many new faces. The only player who will save his place on the field will most likely be goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez. The place of Lionel Messi at the start may be occupied by Niko Pas. Previously, he had already made his debut in the world championship, replacing the captain at the end of the match against Algeria (3:0).

Lionel Scaloni said that despite the rotation, the team is not going to relax:.

" Let’s try to earn money as soon as possible. Jordan is a good opponent, and we don’t take anything as easily. We will try to correct certain aspects of the rest of the match, and also to control it? "

Immediately after the game with Jordan, the Argentine delegation will proceed to Miami, and will also carry out preparations before the match of the 1/16 finals.