On the night of Thursday to Friday, Argentina traveled to Paraguay for the eleventh day of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. While the Albiceleste lost, Lionel Messi s was carried away at half-time of the match. Indeed, the Argentinian captain and number 10 attacked the referee: Anderson Daronco.
Leader in the South America region,Argentine faced the Paraguay away during the eleventh day. However, to everyone's surprise, Lionel Scaloni's men lost at the Estadio Defensores del Chacodans on the night of Thursday to Friday (2-1).
“I don’t love you”
At halftime Paraguay-ArgentineLionel Messi saw red. WhileAnderson Daronco did not award a second yellow card to Omar Alderete after a fault she suffered, the For money got carried away. “You're shitting yourself, I don't love you », would have blurted out Leo Messi to the referee when he whistled for half-time according to several Argentine media.
“We all saw what happened on the ground”
Present at a press conference after the defeat ofArgentine facing the Paraguay (2-1), Lionel Scaloni took a position on this fact of play, having also railed against the referee during the match. “I can say a lot of things. This doesn't make sense and would seem like an excuse. I prefer not to talk about it so that it's not an excuse, and people don't interpret it that way. That's it, we all saw what happened on the pitch. But that has nothing to do with the outcome. That's all, I learned a lot from these things. It seems that we are making excuses, that we want to justify something and that people can interpret something else. Let’s leave it there”confided the coach of theArgentine. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, theAlbiceleste has the opportunity to do better against the Peruand this, the Bombonera.
