🇦🇷 "Leo will start": Scaloni confirms Messi in the line-up | OneFootball

With their ticket to the 2026 World Cup already secured, Argentina wants to keep building momentum ahead of the global tournament. And tomorrow, Tuesday’s match against Colombia is an opportunity to do just that. A match in which Leo Messi will be in the starting lineup.

"Tomorrow Leo will start. We hope the fans enjoy him and the team,” said Lionel Scaloni emphatically in the pre-match press conference. The Argentine coach wants to keep building momentum ahead of the event in North America. And he still doesn’t have a fixed squad list.

"There’s no point in thinking about the squad list a year before the World Cup. Nothing is ruled out, because there could be many surprises. I think the best thing is to wait until the end and decide then," commented the man from Pujato.

With the starting eleven for tomorrow almost confirmed, there’s only one doubt: who will take the left-back position? Scaloni is clear about it. "It’s between Facu Medina and Valentín Barco. Based on the work these two players have done, it will be between them."

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