Messi, the captain of Argentina, is ready to play Venezuela, but Mac Allister isn’t sure if he will be

Captain Lionel Messi is ready to play again when Argentina plays Venezuela in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers. However, boss Lionel Scaloni said that midfielder Alexis Mac Allister might not be able to play.

Messi’s return for Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Bolivia was a big boost. The 37-year-old had been out with a right ankle injury since July, when he hurt it in the Copa America final against Colombia.

Messi, who plays for AC Milan in the Major League Soccer, missed their qualifiers against Chile and Colombia.

“Messi is okay. After not being called up for the last game, he played in a few games for his own team in the past few weeks. “That’s what we agreed to because he needed to recover and get more minutes,” Scaloni told reporters on Tuesday.

“Leo is training with the squad and is ready to be part of the team to play against Venezuela, who will be a great rival.”

Mac Allister was taken off at halftime in Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League last weekend.

“He (Mac Allister) is training on his own.” Scaloni said, “We’ll see if he makes it to the first game.”

For now, he hasn’t been able to join us. We’ll decide on Thursday whether he plays, sits on the bench, or is part of the team. But he’s having a hard time making it today.

“I believe we need to look after him. This guy has played a lot of games, and that’s how things are today. Things could change later, so we hope we don’t lose any more players.

Tomorrow, Argentina plays Venezuela at the Monumental Stadium of Maturin. While the team was working at Inter Miami’s training center in Florida, Scaloni said that Hurricane Milton was a worry for his team.

Hurricane Milton, a huge Category 5 storm, slammed into Florida’s battered Gulf Coast on Tuesday. It caused huge traffic jams and fuel shortages, and authorities told more than a million people to leave the Tampa Bay area before it hit.

“We work, we work calmly, the truth is that the training place is perfect, we work well, but it is always around this issue and especially when there is the security issue, it is a delicate issue,” said Scaloni.

“The game is important, but staying safe is much more important.” So, whether you like it or not, your mind is always on wind and hurricanes, whether they happen close by or far away, and whether the airport stops.

“We’re scared, and we’re waiting to see if it’s true that we can leave tomorrow. They say we can leave in the afternoon.” We don’t know for sure, but we are worried about that side.”