Lionel Messi has returned to coaching with team-mates however his standing for Argentina’s Copa America quarterfinal on Thursday stays unsure.
Messi, 37, missed Argentina’s last sport of the group stage — a 2-0 win over Peru on Saturday — after reporting discomfort with a thigh harm in his nation’s earlier outing, towards Chile, on Tuesday.
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Stand-in coach Walter Samuel revealed forward of Peru that the workforce’s star player was “day-to-day” with the problem and that he would proceed to be monitored.
He has now returned to full coaching and took half within the full session with team-mates on Monday.
It stays to be seen whether or not he will likely be match to go when the defending champions meet Ecuador in Houston on Thursday.
Messi missed six games of the Main League soccer season with Inter Miami with muscle accidents whereas additionally sitting out a pair of friendlies as membership and nation proceed to try to handle his minutes.
Argentina have a 100 per cent file to date, beating Canada, Peru after which Chile with out conceding a aim.
Ecuador adopted event shock packages Venezuela out of Group B, with the draw with Mexico on Sunday sufficient for second place.
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Watching Messi (not) play for Argentina towards Peru in Miami
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