Super Classico Brazil, Argentina without Messi and Neymar

The Argentine Football Association announced today, Monday, the absence of the captain of the American Inter Miami team, Lionel Messi, 37, from the list of the Tango team concerned with the March camp, which is interspersed with the face of Uruguay and Brazil in the 13th and 14th rounds of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States of America and Canada And Mexico. Thus, he joins the list of stars who will be absent from “Super El Clásico”, led by the Samba star Neymar da Silva.

According to the details published by the Argentine newspaper, Messi, who scored his first goal in 2025 and contributed to his team, Inter Miami’s victory over his rival Atlanta United (2-1) in the American Football League competitions, he felt a discomfort in the close muscle of his left leg, and after conducting medical examinations, it was decided to exclude him from the squad of coach Lionel Scalloni, which will play a dual tour in The 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay on March 22nd in Montvquset, then Brazil in the “Super El Clásico” scheduled for the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, four days later.

The newspaper added that Messi participated for ninety minutes against Atlanta United for the first time in about a month, but he felt uncomfortable in the muscle close to the left foot in the 64th minute of the second half, which is the same injury that affected him in previous matches with Inter Miami, and therefore the former Barcelona star underwent an MRI exam And Al -Tabi for the Argentine national team, in coordination with the Inter Miami team, is excluding him from the next two games, although the fans of the Tango team were looking to see him join the squad for his country for the first time in 2025.

For his part, the star of the Brazilian Santos team, Neymar da Silva, will also be absent from the list of his country, after the coach of the Celissao Dorifal Junior decided to exclude him from the next camp because of his complete lack of readiness after suffering a muscle injury, and the former Saudi Al -Hilal player was in the process of returning to the Brazilian team for the first time after a long absence of a year and a half, due to his suffering from the successive injuries The stadiums for a long time.

It is worth noting that the Argentine national team leads the ranking of the South American teams, as the coach’s battalion, Scalloni, succeeded in obtaining 25 points by winning in eight games, drawing in one meeting and losing in three other confrontations out of a total of 12 games played so far, while Brazil ranks fifth with 18 points, collected by the comrades of Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior by winning in five confrontations and drawing in three confrontations in three, When they were defeated in four games.