Brazil-An emergency guest loses splendor, confirmed Mess absence

Lionel Messi will be Argentina's major absence at the 16 October friendly in Riyaad, Saudi Arabia, towards Brazil.

The news has been confirmed by the AFA, the Argentina Football Federation, with Messin not being gathered by Coach Scanlon for friendly challenges to Guatemala and Colombia will be neither to Brazil nor to November meetings that Argentina will play.

In fact, it was Mess himself that has sought not to gather at these friendly meetings so that the representative team can prove as many new elements as possible.