With Lautaro Martinez's goal, Argentina beat Colombia at home. Slightly embarrassing, Messi, who remained at the club, was eliminated in the French Cup, and after consecutive victories over Chile and Colombia, the Blue and White Army extended the unbeaten record to 29 games.
Argentina have already won the World Cup tickets four rounds early, and Messi has just contracted the new crown virus, Scaloni decided to let Messi stay at the club to recuperate. However, in the French Cup against Nice, Messi, who wore the number 10 shirt in Paris for the first time, did not perform well, and Paris was also eliminated.
On the contrary, despite Messi's absence, Argentina's performance was not affected in any way, first with goals from Di Maria and Lautaro to win away to Chile. Against Colombia, Lautaro scored again.
After consecutive goals against Chile and Colombia, Lautaro has scored 7 goals in this World Cup, surpassing Messi, who scored 6 goals, in the team's top scorer list.
After defeating Chile and Colombia, Argentina's unbeaten record has extended to 29 games, and the last defeat was on July 3, 2019, when they lost to Brazil in the semi-finals of the Copa America.
Meanwhile, since 16 November 1997, Argentina has remained unbeaten at home against Colombia in the World Preliminary Round, with four wins and one draw.
Not only that, Scaloni also completed the record of his coaching career against South American teams. After coaching the Blue and White, Scaloni has never won the first four games against Colombia, which broke this embarrassing record and has already beaten all South American teams in his coaching career.
Speaking about Argentina's squad, Scaloni hinted that Messi is not indispensable, "In the Argentine national team, there are always players who are excluded. On the offensive end, we have enough assurance. There are a lot of really good players who have never even been recruited. ”
Watching his teammates behave like this in front of the TV set, Messi will be happy. However, he may also feel a little worried.