Argentina boss says he left Barcelona star on bench as he was not enough fit to play in 2-0 friendly victory against El Salvador in the weekend.
The Argentine Forward is been troubled under foot injury this week as he was even forced to sti out the Thursday training session, but according to the reports he can be playing against United States. However, the game came too soon, with the 27-year-old remaining on the bench as his team-mates coasted to victory courtesy of an own goal and a Federico Mancuello free-kick.
"The first day Messi trained well, the second he felt discomfort and the third cost him,We all understand the desire of the people, but really he couldn't play. We have to be careful - people will always want to see him play, but physically it just wasn't possible.We spoke to Federico about the system we were going to play and how we wanted him to play,He(Mancuello) is a good boy, an intelligent player, and it brought joy to see him score because we know he really appreciates this opportunity. We are very happy with him." the former Barcelona boss said after the game.
Martino also reserved praise for Independiente winger Mancuello, whose late goal came on his international debut for Argentina.
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